Joan is three months pregnant. She separated from her husband aweek before she attended her appointment with the prenatal healthnurse. During her interview with the nurse Joan disclosed that herseparation had occurred following a family violence incident withthe baby’s father and the police had attended. The nurse referredJessie to the MABLES Program and arranged for the family violenceadvocate and family violence lawyer to speak with Jessieimmediately. During her meeting with the family violence advocateand family lawyer, both workers discussed with Joan her optionsshould the family violence continue. Joan was informed by thelawyer about her option to apply for a court order to protect herfrom experiencing any further family violence. The advocate helpedJoan 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 andWeek 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 HumanService Law, Ethics and Practice (4th ed., pp. 19-42). OxfordUniversity Press Australia. Reading 2: Eastern Community LegalCentre (2019). “It couldn’t have come at a better time” EarlyIntervention Family Violence Legal Assistance. Box Hill VIC:Eastern Community Legal Service Inc.
Q 1. Discuss the benefits to Joan in attending an integratedprogram such as MABELS compared to Joan accessing each of the threeservice types at separate locations and on different days? (3Marks)
Q 2. What is Integration, and why integrate health, human andlegal service provision? (3 marks)
Q 3. Identify and describe three tensions that can challengehuman service workers when they work with lawyers?
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