Personal Narrative: My Life As A Social Worker

What does everyone need at some point in one’s life? Answer: Help and support. What is the hardest thing for people struggling with a variety of issues to ask for? Answer: Help and support. As a social worker, it is our job to help individuals and one’s families cope with the problems they are facing and provide support and services to improve the client’s life. My client, Barbra Anne, has not have had an easy journey to recovery from her sexual abuse experience. Victims of sexual assault vary in reactions and life adjustments depending on maturity, life experiences, and support system, and especially the nature of the attack. My first encounter with Barbra Anne was when she was placed in triage with being three months pregnant along with having broken ribs and cops placed outside her hospital room. I believe that to this day she is still reliving the attack(s) in her mind and feels the need to protect herself mentally, physically, and emotionally and expresses it in different ways. Five months ago she ran away from the hospital in attempt to make it to RIFA because she was hungry. I believe
As a facilitator in the field of social work, I or another social worker would help monitor the group support process and serve as a group therapist. I think group/family counseling would help Barbra Anne and her family as it helps the family understand each person’s fears, worries, and hopes with an over all hope of regaining a familial backbone or support. I also believe that providing Barbra Anne personal counseling to help with the emotions(fear, anger, sorrow, etc.) that come along with adjusting to life after her attack. I think another good option to offer Barbra Anne is to join a support group that includes other victims. A support group may help her acknowledge her attack and see both the struggles and hopes that others have experienced as