Screening Center Reflection

Your work with the client

Length and frequency of contact At the Screening Center, clinicians only meet with clients when a crisis is present, which causes the client to become a threat to themselves, others, or property. I typically would meet with this client once, but for the sake of this assignment, I have been able to follow up with the client on two different occasions. The client was evaluated at the screening center once in November and December of 2013, once in January of 2014, twice in February of 2014, once in March and September of 2014, and lastly evaluated by me in February of 2016. Each time that the client was evaluated at the screening center, she was discharged and recommended to continue treatment with current outside treatment

I only deal with the problem at the surface, but there is so much more going on beneath the surface, that is not being attended too—at least that’s what is seems like. I noticed that the client doesn’t like living in a group home, but is afraid to eventually have to be out on her own one day. One of the things that strikes me is that she was raped by her brother from her, and when she is upset or AWOLS, she says that she just wants to go get raped by anyone and die, or come back saying that she had sex with random men. Those are maladaptive sexual behaviors that I don’t think are discussed enough, or that she is receiving treatment for. The client participates in more group therapy or activities than she does individual treatment. Group therapy is great but, this type of therapy is generalized and discusses goals that each youth may have but it’s not specific enough to treat trauma—in this particular case at this time. When completing the contract for safety, there were staff listed on the plan for her support teams and out of the four names listed, she crossed off two. This tells me that the client doesn’t always feel like she

I think it is very important during the hiring process to strive to pick the best individuals and train them annually. I have seen programs have too much money at the end of a fiscal year that they are trying to figure out how to spend it, so it doesn’t look like the money isn’t need it. We need to use our funds wisely and train our staff, because we as professionals can help save the lives of these youth.

If I decide to stay with this organization, I may volunteer to start going out to the group homes and school for presentations for the youth and the staff. I want to beable to do more for my clients than I am doing. In crisis, I see someone is having a problem and then I make the referral hoping that they follow up or follow through and that is not good enough. Some where my current clients’ needs are not met, and I now learned that we don’t realize that as professionals we are part of the problem and need to brain storm about what we can do better to service our