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Advanced Generalist Perspective

Advanced Generalist Perspective. Eco-Systems Perspective and Problem-Solving Models September 28, 2004. Generalist Social Work Practice. Practice in which the client and the worker together assess the need in all its complexity and develop a plan for responding to that need

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Advanced Generalist Perspective

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  1. Advanced Generalist Perspective Eco-Systems Perspective and Problem-Solving Models September 28, 2004

  2. Generalist Social Work Practice • Practice in which the client and the worker together assess the need in all its complexity and develop a plan for responding to that need • A strategy chosen from a repertoire of responses appropriate to work with individuals, groups, agencies and communities • The plan is carried out and evaluated-Source: Introduction to Social Welfare, by C. Zastrow

  3. What about “Advanced” Generalist? • Advanced knowledge and skill • Ability to use a variety of interventions at a variety of levels (micro,mezzo,macro) • Builds on the “generalist perspective” you all should have learned in your BSW programs • Especially appropriate/useful for rural communities

  4. The “Ecosystems” Perspective • A way of seeing case phenomena(the person and the environment) • An ecomap is a visual way to explain this • We are more likely to recognize all the elements of a case if we use an ecomap • It is easy to overlook significant environmental issues (poverty, lack of CD treatment resources, transportation and childcare issues) and just focus on the “intrapersonal issues”

  5. Comes from general systems theory and ecology Systems theory says elements interact with one another and actions by one element effect the others People cannot be separated from their environments, they need to be considered IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTS Diversity is the key to cultural and spiritual survival Ecosystems Perspective..continued

  6. Social Work and the Other Professions • The transactional focus (person in environment) is what distinguishes social work from the other professional disciplines(psychology,psychiatry,etc)

  7. Three characteristics of a generalist social worker: • The generalist is often the first professional to see clients as they enter the social welfare system • The worker must therefore be competent to assess their needs and to identify their strengths, stress points and problems • The worker must draw on a variety of skills and methods in serving clients

  8. A generalist social worker has the following 4 goals: • Enhance the problem solving, coping, and developmental capacities of people • Link people with systems that provide them with resources, services and opportunities • Promote the effectiveness and humane operation of systems that provide people with resources and services • Develop and improve social policy • The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) requires all BSW and MSW programs to train their students in generalist social work practice

  9. Problem-solving Model • 1) engagement • 2) data collection • 3) assessment • 4) intervention • 5) evaluation • 6) termination

  10. Advanced Generalist • Expected to have competence to practice independently in complex systems with a variety of problems and populations • Multi-level approach-including national, international and global levels • Direct and indirect practice • Commitment and competence in complex situations calling for ethical decision-making and resolution of ethical dilemmas

  11. More extensive personal, political, and practice theory Enhanced knowledge of people and their environments Problem-solving focus is on multiple systems and cultures Skill level is developed to work with a variety of systems, particularly in the area of indirect practice Advanced knowledge

  12. Addiction Crisis intervention Family preservation Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Family Therapy Health Belief model Medical model Narrative therapy Problem-solving model Solution-focused Therapy Direct Practice Models

  13. In-direct practice • Community organizing/social activist • Administration • Supervision • Planning and program development • Organizational assessment activities • Program evaluation • Policy development-local,state,national

  14. Portland State U Grad School of SW • Direct practice Models-web resource • http://www.ssw.pdx.edu/bradley/pgDHS_PracticeModels.shtml

  15. OK, the “Small Group: part… • Ecosystems Perspective Exercise • Case Study Provided • Present your group’s ecomap to the rest of us • Don’t forget to have fun and work together

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