What responsibility did Albert have to tell Carlos his concerns and possible options?
Albert Mendoza was a baccalaureate social work intern at Crime Victims Center, an agency serving crime victims. His client, Carlos Hernandez, was a Mexican immigrant who sought both financial assistance for medical care and counseling for his family after they were assaulted in their home. Carlos was unable to communicate in English, and Albert had difficulty with his limited Spanish language proficiency. Albert began to suspect that Carlos was in the country illegally. He worried that he didn’t know the law about services available to illegal immigrants, specifically the Crime Victim’s Compensation funds. The agency did not have another Spanish-speaking worker, and Albert, a new social work intern, had primary responsibility for the case.
This was another dilemma for Albert. But the risk was really Carlos’s. The best course seemed to be for Albert to tell Carlos his concerns and his need to communicate them to the supervisor. One important question for the class to consider would be what Albert shared with Carlos about confidentiality and what the agency’s policy was about discussing the cases of clients in supervision.
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