First, identify possible goals for your work in Hudson City.
Using the case files and sociogram, develop short-term (immediate) as well as long-term goals that you must accomplish.
Review the Phases of Disaster Model. What time factors are involved in accomplishing your goals? How long do you anticipate it will take? Does something else have to happen? Is this a goal that can be accomplished by a certain deadline?
What would ‘success’ look like in Hudson City over the next 3 months? What about the next year? How might different constituencies within the community view this goal planning differently?
For your long-term goals, what are the steps needed to meet that goal? In other words, what are the interim goals whose accomplishment will lead to completion of the longer-term goal?
What do clients need to do to reach these short- and long-term goals? What roles can you play to encourage and facilitate their progress?