Client social worker relationship
The caseworker-client relationship entails considerably more than just a cordial friendship. Clients bring their sentiments, attitudes, and behavior from previous relationships into the casework relationship. As a result, the client tends to react to the casework situation in a way that is influenced by his or her personal experiences. Casework focuses on understanding the client, his or her psychological requirements, and developing a "contact" in order to establish a relationship. If this communication is to be useful, the client must have faith in the worker's good faith, and the worker must regard the client as an individual. It is the caseworker's obligation to build this relationship. This professional relationship is developed with the goal of fostering a personally gratifying and socially helpful existence in the client. It is the individualized goal that is set to be accomplished in each partnership.