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As an intern in generalist social work practice, your aim is to provide resources through the agency and refer a client elsewhere for additional assistance. However, this does not mean ignoring the warning signs that may arise during a conversation with the client. These warning signs, which could include the client’s disclosure about self-harm or suicidal ideation, can take the resource-based discussion in a different direction. The discussion might turn into a risk assessment interview, for example, as immediate harm to self and others takes priority. In this way, social workers must be nimble and able to adapt to new information they are receiving.
Interns, in particular, must understand when to continue and when to seek help from a supervisor.
For this Discussion, you practice handling just such a situation in an interactive media piece. You then explore your agency’s policies about clients at risk and use both these experiences to inform your discussion about suicide risk assessment.
Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
To Prepare
· Access and complete the interactive media in the Learning Resources.
· Consider the choices you make while navigating the client scenario and your reasoning behind those choices.
· Explore your agency’s policies concerning clients at risk.
ASSIGNMENT
Post a reflection on the decisions you made in the Risk Assessment client scenario. What did you choose to do, and why? Then, describe your agency’s scope of practice and its policies related to clients at risk. How would these policies have changed your actions in the interactive scenario?
NOTE; Risk assessment attached separately.
