In this assignment, it will be your task to interview a case manager.  Along with answering the questions below in the interview, you will need to acquire information concerning the case managerâ€s referrals.  One of the questions that you will be asking the case manager is to give you her best referrals so that you and your peers can begin to develop a professional directory of referrals for your clients.

The questions that you will be asking are the following::

• What would you say are the most common needs of your clients and how do you assist your clients in order to meet those needs?
• What interventions do you use when working with your clients?
• What is it about these particular interventions that you like?
• What interventions have you tried in the past and found them to be inappropriate/not useful?  What is it about the intervention that has caused you to avoid that particular intervention?
• What are the referrals that you would recommend?  What is it about these referrals that you find so useful?
• As a case manager, what advice would you give a new human services provider in beginning the counseling process with clients?