If the severity of the presenting difficulties allows it, it is better to build a relationship over a number of brief visits (coupled with telephone and/or face to face meetings with family members) which allow the young person time to build trust.

A daily succession of ten minute visits over the course of a week or more may be required to signal the worker's good faith and thus acceptability to a young person - particularly if you need to manage Paranoid states of mind. The worker must recognise that this often frustrating process may raise questions in her mind as to the value of her work, and be prepared to review this process as required, using the appropriate SupervisoryStructures.