An Evaluation Of A Interview With A Mental Health Agency...

Agency Information Heartfelt is a mental health agency that works with adults, children and their families who deal with any type of behavior or mental health problem since 2006 at 1100 Logger Ct, Raleigh NC 27609. It mission is â€Å"to provide culturally competent, and professionally sound mental health, foster care, youth development and family support services to empower our community one child and one family at a time† (.....). The services that Heartfelt offers to clients are intensive in-home therapy outpatient therapy, community support team (CST), peer support, medication management, and residential level III group home. Most of Heartfelt employees consist of licensed clinicians and other professionals. Many of the interns at†¦show more content†¦The clients that I met so far have interesting stories that I could link to my experience. There are stories that had me crying and questioned so many things in life. What I love from clients that I met is they striv e for change. Not only that they mention it, but they show it by their actions that they are ready to adopt changes in their lives and they would do whatever it takes to meet their goals. My perspectives about the social workers at Heartfelt is they make me proud of choosing social work and also their diligent have helped me embraced things that I have never thought about in the social work field and in life. What have surprised me is the trust that my supervisor and the rest of the employee have in me. They count on me when completing task and embrace and value my voice in meetings. For instance, my supervisor let me trained current and new employees completing tasks. At first, I felt awkward training people who have more experience than me and they are accredited professionals. It is just amazing how the workers put their egos aside and are open to learn from others. In terms of ethical dilemma, I have not yet encountered one. Relevance of BSW Education My practice I and practice II classes have prepared me well for my internship. I found myself recalling on a lot of tools learned from those classes when I am assigned for a specific task. One tool learned in practice I class was to help client