SOWK 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Canadian Mental Health Association
6 Dec 2016
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Strengths perspectives- social work paradigm attributable to denis saleeby and used in social work assessment. Focuses on person and environment to support with diverse interventions. Begins with client and problem and tracing a link between client, problem and environment. Emphasising strengths or working interactively with clients. Helping client solving problem by building problem solving skills. Process of empowerment and goal is developmental and growth. Focusing on strengths and engage with clients with the intent to help solve problems instead of looking at deficits. Use own resources to help them meet four goals. Improve their quality of life: to grow as human beings, develop own problem-solving skills, deal with their stress and adversity. Developmental; focused on growth which will lead to increased problem solving. Help people solve problems themselves; avoid direct efforts to problem solve. Principles of strengths-based practice used to problem solve. Identify a problem (reflected in search for help)
