SWRK 1002H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Food Bank, Junk Food, Anger Management
11 Apr 2017
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Examples at the individual, community, and societal levels: at the micro We want to help individuals to meet their basic needs, in order to achieve self-sufficiency, development, and social functioning. The idea behind individual change is that if the indi- vidual suffers, then communities, suffer, as does society as a whole. Depends on the context, might want a change of structure. Must take into account the structural issues as well as that they are their own individual. Cant just change the environment, there has to be a mix. Let"s take an example of food banks. Often donation based, low fresh food more processed and junk food. Thats why they en- courage to donate money instead of food. Families: in the same way, family casework seeks to empower families, and build on their strengths. Text gives several options: some families do not seek help voluntarily.
