A 50-year-old female from the Phillipines is referred to a mental health clinic for assessment. The
client speaks very little English and the social worker does not speak Tagalog. There are also no
Tagalog-speaking staff at the agency.
The social worker should FIRST:
a) Refer the client to an ethnic-specific service center with social workers who speak Tagalog
b) Inquire whether the client would prefer an ethnic-specific service center or an interpreter
c) Hire an interpreter to tell the client she should go to an ethnic-specific service center
d) Refer the client to another social worker at the agency and let him/her determine what to do
B
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the
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