Student Social Worker Observation

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This process recording will reflect an observation that the student social worker discover while working with a client. The student social worker has been visiting with this client for the past seven weeks and has been attempting to establish trust and build rapport with this client to get her to open up more. Specifically, this week the student social worker was successful in executing her strategies to allow the client to feel comfort enough to express her true emotions.
This client is an African American female, 90, diagnosed with cancer; the doctors have not found a point of origin for her type of cancer but have referred her to hospice services. This client has been on services since the end of August and has been through many changes; she left her home and has been placed in a facility for safety precautions and has had difficulties with the nursing staff since her arrival. Although, the student social worker visits weekly with this client she always seems to complain when asked about the events of her day.
Particularly, this visit intent was to just offer support to the client to offer conversation and companionship. Intentionally, the student social worker wanted to discuss with the client about her meals and to see if she would like to get up into her chair …show more content…

Since this emphasized strong Christian she was able alter the client’s mood by reading bible scripture. Through this process it allowed the client reflect on her relationship with Christ and gave her a sense of hope in the strength of their relationship. As for my personal experience with this client I am a Christian so when asked to read a few scriptures I did not feel any discomfort in this situation. I understand that a future social worker it will be my responsible to remain open-minded to future client that may have different religious

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