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Crisis intervention, Task centred practice, client centred social work

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Bachelor of Social Work 990.503 Social Work Theories 1. Assignment 2; Social work Practice: Case Study Course Lecturer: Sue. Foster Due: 23 June 2006 Name: Bigson Gumbeze ID Number: 4185866 1. Choose one or more practice models that will support your intervention in this scenario. Crisis intervention, Task centred practice, client centred social work In order to support my intervention I would choose crisis intervention, task centred intervention, systems model, and the strengths perspective model. According to Healy (2005, p. 108) "problem solving approaches are characterised by collaborative, highly structured, time limited and problem focussed approaches to practice." Crisis Intervention and task centred intervention are examples of problem solving approaches. Healy (2005) sees crisis intervention as referring to practice in high stress or high risk situations that is time limited and structured. For example a problem that seems insurmountable and which is an "obstacle to important life goals". An example of this for Billy (father) is the...

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