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| At this level SWKers have a broad based set of knowledge and skills that they can use for assessing and intervening competently at multiple levels. |
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| individual and family, group level, organizational and community, |
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| Person in environment perspective |
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| perceives each individual as an interactive participant in a larger cultural system. |
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| based on the premise that the relationship between the individual and his/her social environment determines the individuals life situation |
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| systems and ecosystems theory |
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| every system is made up of physical/social elements. A person may be part of physical elements (household, neighborhood, community, city, country.) |
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| involves acting in a collaborative role and giving clients power to participate in solving their own problems. |
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| helps link client sytems to needed resources. |
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| helps to voice the needs of a client or group to facilitat a change |
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| provide direct service including counseling and therapy. |
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| serves as a liason between the client and the systems needed to meet the goals of the intervention |
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| having the knowledge of the operations of organizations, social workers can mobilize resources to fulfill the clients needs and goals |
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| in social work encompasses both empirical research and pragmatism-explanations that emanate from practice |
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| practice with individuals and families |
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| how environmental factors influence an individual |
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| the process of eliciting information through verbal and nonverbal communication. Success-rapport, trust, respect |
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| helps us to understand the clients situation and plan interventions (interview process). use theoretical frameworks to gather, assess, and evaluate information. evaluate the level of functioning for the client. work with the client to define and prioritize issues to address in the intervention. |
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| the phase of SWK that helps address the needs of the client involves planning and implementation. |
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| helps the worker and client assess the success of the intervention or services |
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| places and emphasis on delivery of services and the client social worker relationship |
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| typically conducted at the termination of services, which places an emphasis on measured change due to services |
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| community level social work practice promotes changes in practices, policies, and legislation |
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| encompasses the formulation and implementation of social policies within the context of social and economic development |
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| role of the SWKer toward mobilizing the community |
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| the SWKer must determine whether the system is ready for change. |
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| geographic-community organizing, functional-community organizing, community development, prgram development, social planning, coalition, political and social action, movement for progressive change. |
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| improves the quality of life for people in a specific neighborhood or area |
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| facilitates change in attitudes or behaviors within a community of shared interests through raising awareness. |
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| helps communities enhance and strengthen their cohesion, capability, and competence. |
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| an emphasis is placed within an organization to address a need of services for existing clients. |
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| anthe SWKers role may be as a member of a professional team involved in identifying issues, collecting data, analyzing policy, and planning a program to address needs. |
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| the social worker may play an influential role in establishing collaborations between various groups towards a common interest or goal. |
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| professionals work with clients ( a group of people or community) to develop a planned change effort that meets the needs of the group. |
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| focus on change at the organizational, governmental, and community level. |
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| aim to help members enhance their social functioning. |
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| come together out of shared interest or experience. leaders can be professional or nonprofessional |
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| they work collaboratively toward creating solutions to specific problems or issues that affect a large group |
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