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Case study - Joan is three months pregnant. She separated from her husband a week before she attended her appointment with the prenatal health nurse. During her interview with the nurse Joan disclosed that her separation had occurred following a family violence incident with the baby's father and the police had attended. The nurse referred Jessie to the MABLES Program and arranged for the family violence advocate and family violence lawyer to speak with Jessie immediately.
During her meeting with the family violence advocate and family lawyer, both workers discussed with Joan her options should the family violence continue. Joan was informedby the lawyer about her option to apply for a court order to protect her from experiencingany further family violence. The advocate helped Joan to put together a safety plan.
In your answer to Questions 1, 2 and 3 below please refer to the required readings from Week 1 and Week 2, namely:
Reading 1: Kennedy, R., Richards, J., & Leiman, T. (2016). Law and human services: together and apart. In R, Kennedy, J. Richards, & T. Leiman (Eds.), Integrating Human Service Law, Ethics and Practice (4th ed., pp. 19-42). Oxford University Press Australia.
Reading 2: Eastern Community Legal Centre (2019). "It couldn't have come at a better time" Early Intervention Family Violence Legal Assistance. Box Hill VIC: Eastern Community Legal Service Inc.
Question 1. Discuss the benefits to Joan in attending an integrated program such as MABELS compared to Joan accessing each of the three service types at separate locations and on different days?
Question 2. What is Integration, and why integrate health, human and legal service provision?
Question 3. Identify and describe three tensions that can challenge human service workers when they work with lawyers?