I agree with you on the social worker being able to

I agree with you on the social worker being able to work with the client and
empowering them not making all of the decisions.I had a social worker that
made all the decisions for me when I was younger. It did not work out with
them. When I go older I met another social worker who showed me how to
empower and encouraged me to do things on my own. My previous place of
employment so many of the members were so used the care coordinator doing
things for them versus them being held accountable for their own actions.

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RE: Discussion - Week 8
COLLAPSE
The Generalist Intervention Model is a great tool to
use, especially when working with a client at the
micro level. Of the two case studies that we read, I
enjoyed the case of Debra (Plummer, Makris &
Brocksen, 2014). It is apparent that Debra has
been suffering from domestic abuse and will need
assistance in finding resources such as housing and
possibly assistance civilly, such as an emergency
protective order which can be handled at the court
house through the victim's witness advocates
office. The social worker in the case did a great job
in allowing and empowering Debra to decide which
issues she would like to address
initially (Plummer, Makris & Brocksen , 2014). Debra, from
my perspective, has had her dignity and respect taken away, so
she might not be confident in dealing with these issues.
Furthermore, according to Kirst-Ashman & Hull,
2015)
empowerment
is one of the three principles that shape

generalist practice. It was apparent that the social
worker exuded empathy and encouragement,
which are key variables in winning the engagement
phase. As I have learned throughout the duration of
the course and in the readings, it is imperative to
recognize the situation that we are dealing with
and ensure that we are demonstrating that we are
compassionate and that the client feels that we are
genuine in our approach, which is another area
that the social worker did a great job in relative to
the Generalist Intervention Model (GIM). The social
worker did a great job in exuding several skills that
(Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2015) elaborate on. the
social worker did a great job of communicating and
exuding warmth, empathy, compassion, and was
very thorough on collaboratively working with
Deborah in determining an action-plan near the
end of the assessment.
The social worker was culturally competent by
taking the time to familiarize herself with some of
the practices of the Chinese culture. According to
(Chan, 2012), the number of Chinese women being
abused by their domestic partners continue to rise
from 1,009 in 1998 to 6, 843 in 2008. And the
government of Hong Kong has not been proactive
in dealing with domestic violence (Chan, 2012).