SOCWK220R Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Client Confidentiality, Ecological Systems Theory
20 Sep 2016
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Socwk 220r - lecture 2 - generalist-eclectic approach, guiding principles, ethics. Rationale for a generalist-eclectic approach to direct social work practice. Flexible use of problem-solving process to provide structure and guidance to work with clients problem solving construed as collaborative process b/w workers and clients = ultimate goal of empowering clients is to solve their own problems. Holistic, multi level assessment that inc. focus on issues of diversity and oppression and on strengths holistic = totality in perspective with sensitivity to all parts, focuses on whole person. Multilevel assessment = hand and hand with holistic focus. Principles: basic rules/guides to one"s practice behaviour, but are not to be applied without careful analysis. Social work"s principles = largely unwritten, passed on informally from seasoned workers to those who are entering the profession. Social worker should practice social worker social work = focus on social functioning, help improve interaction b/w people and their environment.
