Answer as a social worker student please

in social work: What should you think about/do when preparing to meet with a new client? What skills are most relevant to the engagement and/or assessment stage of practice? How do we conduct assessments? What tools are used? How does assessment look different by setting, population, short-term vs. long-term work, etc. Does assessment have a finite start and finish? Why/why not? in social work: What should you think about/do when preparing to meet with a new client? What skills are most relevant to the engagement and/or assessment stage of practice? How do we conduct assessments? What tools are used? How does assessment look different by setting, population, short-term vs. long-term work, etc. Does assessment have a finite start and finish? Why/why not