You have been working with Mrs. Orwell for approximately two months. Her eating patterns have improved to the point where your services are no longer needed. She is now regularly receiving and eating meals delivered by the meals-on-wheels program. Her weight has returned to normal, and her energy level has improved. Three weeks earlier, you and Mrs. Orwell had discussed the progress and decided
that you would conclude your relationship in one month. The meeting next week will be your last. In pointing out endings, what would you say to Mrs. Orwell?
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Students' answers will vary. In pointing out endings, you remind clients "some time before the last session that the working relationship is coming to a close" (Shulman, 1992, p. 206). In most cases when you and clients agree to work together and establish a service contract, you also determine a time frame. This occurs as a significant part of the goal setting and planning processes. Periodically during the work phase, you refer to this time frame. Of course, you and clients may renegotiate the timetable when the situation warrants. Ideally, however, you and the client carefully consider and openly discuss any such revision. Extending a time frame does not necessarily increase the probability of goal achievement. Additional time could imply that the goals are just too difficult to accomplish. Also, time extensions may leave an impression that your work together can go on indefinitely. Of course, in several practice settings (for example, hospitals, residential facilities, prisons), there are natural ending points that are partially or completely beyond either clients' or social workers' control.
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