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Essay On Bridging Access To Care

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Mrs. Holly Stuart, LCSW is currently the Director of the housing program at Bridging Access to Care. Bridging Access to Care (BAC) is a nonprofit, multi-service community-based organization. BAC provides comprehensive clinical treatment, evidence-based prevention education, harm reduction, care coordination, and mental health services in a trauma informed/sensitive environment for individuals in at-risk communities in New York City. Mrs. Stuart and I are currently employed at BAC where she has worked for the past three years. In her current role, she supervises a staff of twenty and oversees six different housing programs which are geared towards the homeless and marginally-housed people living with HIV/AIDS and individuals with …show more content…

She believes enhancing the quality of life for the less fortunate will not only impact the dynamics within their immediate families but can positively impact the lives of others. With respect to working with survivors of domestic/family violence, Mrs. Stuart stated there weren't any specific reasons for working with this population. However, because domestic violence is so prevalent in our society, a social worker is destined to encounter said group, which was how she began working with the population. Mrs. Stuart stated during her work with the population she noticed the victims are usually not forthcoming with information. They tend to harbor a lot of secrets to protect their partners because they do not want to betray their trust. Also, this is a coping mechanism used to enable them to survive. However, at times a small amount of information may be revealed, and this is the opportunity for clinicians to pose questions in ways that offer the greatest chance of being given open and honest responses while listening creatively to what is being said, or not said. Another theme that is common among this group is the victims don’t understand the cycle of violence and the thinking of the abuser thus there is a lot of self-blame for the violence they have suffered which erode at their sense of self-worth. Hence, the victims start to

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