Sex And Abuse Services Struck Me The Most - 1478 Words

Introduction Case management is needed in every part of social work when dealing with a clientele so when I decided to look through my options the choice of sex and abuse services struck me the most. When you work with such programs as MOCSA; they deal with meeting with the person who was been sexual assaulted and helping them with their decision on whether or not to press charges and continue working with them and recommending services. When someone is sexually assaulted it takes time to move on from such a horrific event many carry what happened around with them forever and even blame their selves. The social worker will have to work with the client over a period and keep in contact with them to help them through this extremely†¦show more content†¦Robinson describes phase 1 as the period immediately following the sexual assault. He talks about the different feelings that the victim will be experiencing and how she may be taking what just happened to her. In this first phase the victi m goes through the initial intact process at the hospital where she meets numerous personnel as well as police many times a social worker is called in to help the person feel safe and to help as much as they can. The social worker can act as an advocate for the patient if that is what the victim is wanting and will be able to walk the person through what is going to happen and how and why it is needed for them to take the measures that they are going to then conduct. Phase two is then described as days or weeks after the event where the person does not wish to talk or even be reminded of what had happened to her. I would describe this phase personally as an avoidance stage, I say this because they may want to forget that this happened but in reality it did and eventually they will need to discuss what happened to them with others or just with a counselor. Phase three begins with Robinson indicating that many victims become depressed and withdrawn from their daily activities. I belie ve this is the initial stage when someone should then start seeking therapy. Many times it comes to a point where the victim may be afraid to date other men or even be in a man’s presence for they feel he may attack her. Through