The Assessment Process

The Assessment Process

Christine Garrison

BSHS/395

July 6, 2015

University of Phoenix

The Assessment Process

    The Assessment Process is the first step that a human service professional will use in helping the process. This part of the process starts as soon as the worker receives notice of the new client. There is three part in this first part of the helping process. In this paper, we will disuse all three steps as well as the parts that lie within those steps.

 The first part of the assessment is making initial contact. Making initial contact can start with a phone call or when the client comes to the agency the first time. Prior to this step, it is a good idea to see what documentation that can gather on the individual. The first part of this step it is considered an information gathering part of the helping process. During the initial contact, it best to take lots of documentation about what the client is saying and what they feel are the problems in their life. It is important during this step to take lots of notes so that an individual has documentation to go back on at a later time to cross reference information. Notes as well as asking questions is a very important part of the process. When I worker meets the client for the first contact the process of intake has begun and will work through the all the steps to help fix the clients issues the best that can help with the services.

 Problem identification is the second part of the assessment process this is where the client, as well as the helper. The helper can explore what the problems that the client is experiencing life and as well as other issues that may need to be addressed. When the problems are being identified this helps the worker explore what can be done to help solve these issues as well as prevent other issues from occurring during this part of the process. During this process, the workers will see what needs to happen during the implementation process. When identifying problems, it must be from both the clients view as well as what can be figured out by the helper so that all problems can change during the helping process. Problem identification can be gone back to at any time if the situations change for the client.