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My name is Mylette Charles I currently work at PATH ( People Assisting the Homeless) located in Los Angeles, California. The goal of this agency is to end homelessness for the community. We provide job assistance, counseling, substance abuse treatment and other services such as providing temporary and permanent housing for those in need. I have a masters in social work and have been licensed for the past 5 years. My client, Chloe age 22 was referred to me by herself. She is looking to get her life together and get help. Assessment is using the tools social workers learned to evaluate the needs of a client. I chose to do the assessment with Chloe because my job is to figure out peoples problems and do my past to help them solve it and be an …show more content…

My job would be to first find an available spot open for her in our agencies housing. The goal is to get her into temporary housing and if not spots are available I will call around to local shelters to make sure she has a place to stay. Then I will give her info where she is eligible to get groceries and free dinner. I will be her source of her transportation, taking her to and from her houses and places she will need to go. She will be put in a job skills program to teach her the basics and I will help refer her to places where she can work and take her to drop off applications. While this is going on I will meet with her throughout the process to answer any questions she may have and continue to be an advocate. We will together work on her strengths to help her self- esteem and help to deal with the emotions she is feeling with everything that is going on. I will continue to make sure to support her decisions to got to musical school and let her know of her options. If she is up for it I would like her to be in counseling/ therapy to talk about how living on the streets and how her previous job left her feeling. Since there is no family or friends to help support during this time I think it'll be best to join a support group among other young homeless transgenders so she can share her thoughts and feeling so she feels and knows she is not alone. To reach the final goal she will be in a program that teaches her about the options on how to get enrolled and how to pay for college. One last action to take would be in the community. Chloe often mentions about the other thousands of transgenders so the goal would be to try and get more of them involved and reaching out. So the plan would be to have a open support group with those I n similar

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