GCSCS6001 - Theoretical Models for Practice Case Assignment

Assignment Task 

Meet Jenny

You work at a support service run by a local council. You receive a referral for Jenny, a 68 year old woman who lives nearby. Jenny came to access legal support from your colleague (a community lawyer) after she received a notice to evict from her rental property. Your colleague noticed that Jenny was currently experiencing multiple challenges in her life, and so referred her to you for further assistance. Jenny consented to the referral but stated that “there was probably no use” in accessing further support. Jenny is currently experiencing financial distress. She cannot afford to pay her rent, which is why she has received a notice that she will be evicted from her rental property. She is months behind in paying her bills. She has existing credit card debt and is struggling to keep up with the re-payments.

Jenny was previously married and had a career as a nurse. She stopped working when she had her daughter, Sarah, and enjoyed being a mum and volunteering at the local nursing home. When Sarah was a teenager, Jenny’s husband developed a serious addiction to gambling. The family lost everything, including their house and all savings. Jenny divorced her husband, and has not seen him since. Jenny needed to start again – she had no savings and no job. Jenny did not go back in to nursing, as it had been 18 years since she had previously worked in that sector and there had been many changes. She was no longer qualified to perform the work, and did not feel confident (within herself or financially) to return to study. She stopped her volunteering at the nursing home when she divorced her husband as she felt ‘too embarrassed’ to be seen in public. She also cut off contact with all of her friends. When her daughter Sarah turned 18 she moved to London, and eventually married and settled there. She now has a 3 year old son. Jenny has minimal contact with Sarah. She initially shielded Sarah from the issues she was experiencing with her husband, and as such Sarah blames her mum for not supporting her dad. Jenny did go to London for Sarah’s wedding 4 years ago (which contributed to her credit card debt) but now only speaks to her once a year at Christmas. Jenny does not know what to do – she is finding that rent is becoming increasingly unaffordable on her Centrelink payments. She has lost a lot of weight, and says that there is not much point in cooking for 1 person. She does not know what to do each day. She does not go out much because she is afraid that people she used to know will see her. In her first appointment with the community lawyer, Jenny told your colleague that perhaps she should ‘hurry up and die’ because ‘there is no point to this’ and ‘nobody would miss me’.

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