Crises at Every Level of Service

HUMN 8110 Advance d Social Work Theory and Practice Week 3 — Crisis Theory (ACT) AJIA MEUX: Good morning. Today is July 6th -- Wednesday. I am getting ready to go in to work this morning. I'm tired. I'm starting to get adjusted to the time difference. I have one client today, doing an intake for her at the shelter. And the rest of my day is going to be spent doing a lot of paperwork, reorganization, creating processes for the programs. It seems like that's what my role has evolved into. I've been able to help Miss Silva focus on what she needs to focus on, which is like organizational stuff. And being out there in the community. And talking to the right folks and things like that, by seeing clients. Right now I have about six clients. One of the clients, we're trying to help her leave the country. She was in a very abusive -- she has a protective order but her husband has been violating the protective order. He's been driving by her home, and he's threatened to kill her on many occasions. So we are trying to get her out of the country. AJIA MEUX: OK. So we have the application. And the application actually seems really, it's not complicated, it's very simple. So it just says t hat you need to provide the details of your employment, even if you were self -employed for the last 10 years. And have you ever served in the military? Did you ever participate in any, I think that says, combat? Let me pull this up. OK. Oh, have you ever p articipated in any form of combat. Just like if you were in the military, did you fight? Have you ever witnessed or participated in any ill treatment of prisoners, civilians, looting or desecration of religious buildings? Were you ever a member of a politi cal party or other group or organization? I don't really know what that means, but — FEMALE SPEAKER: Were you ever a member of a political party or politician. AJIA MEUX: Are you a member of a political party? FEMALE SPEAKER: Not really. AJIA MEUX: We found a shelter in, or they found a shelter for before I got here, in Canada. But the visa paperwork for her and all of her children, it would cost too much money. So we're trying to find other alternatives. Right now I've been looking for a shelter in Mex ico. Trying to find her -- because you don't need a visa to cross the Mexican border from Belize -- so we've been try to find a shelter in Mexico. And then we're going to start the process of applying for her US visa, just for her, to see whether or not she can get it. ANNA SILVA: What I'm saying is that I cannot disclose the information. We're looking for safety for a client of ours. I don't know who is working at your bank. I cannot disclose the person's information. Well, we can -- I will be purchasing the draft. My name is Anna Silva from Mary Open Doors. I'll be purchasing the draft for the client to travel to Guatemala City to get the visa. So I will bring in my passport. Is that correct, my passport and information from the Guatemalan Embassy, and not t he client's? That's what I'm saying. Is it my passport, or the person traveling? And so, can I speak to your manager? Because what I'm trying to explain is that I cannot disclose her information. OK. Thank you. Thank you. OK, thanks. AJIA MEUX: You're ve ry polite. You're very polite. I'm learning from you. So there are no confidentiality laws out here. ANNA SILVA: We should be walking on the street. As soon as they say hello again, I'm at the door. AJIA MEUX: What time is it? We have 19 minutes. You wan t to just walk down there? ANNA SILVA: That's what I was going to do. AJIA MEUX: With the money? You got your passport? I have mine. I don't know if they'll be able to use it. So it seems like you need to have a meeting with the banks. I'm learning a lot about Belizean criminal justice system. It's nowhere near ours. I'm also learning a lot about just resiliency and people who have nothing, absolutely nothing.

You know when our folks are poor in the US, they have TANF, they have food sta mps, they have things like that. There's no such mechanism here in this country. So the women are poor, and they don't have any money to feed their children. They just don't have any money to feed their children. And they have to be creative. And a lot of them turn to making food to sell, in order to generate a little income to feed their children and pay their bills. So I will try to video blog every day, because I haven't been because I've been running, and running, and running. But yeah, see you later. © Laureate Education, Inc.