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GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
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Generalist Social Work Practice involves working
"with client systems at all levels, connecting clients to available
resources, intervening with organizations to enhance the
responsiveness of resources systems, advocating just social policies
to ensure the equitable distribution of resources, and researching
all aspects of social work practice" (Miley, O'Melia, and Dubois,
1998, p.9).
Generalist Social Work Practice:
- Uses a systems or
person-in-environment perspective
- Uses the strengths and client
empowerment perspectives
- Requires multi-systems level
intervention (micro and macro interventions)
- Involves the application of
critical thinking skills to the planned change approach/process
(assessment, intervention, evaluation, termination)
- Integrates direct practice with
social policy and social work research
- Is guided by the professional code
of ethics
- Provides the core competencies
(knowledge and skills) for beginning level practice in a variety of
social and human service settings
- Serves as the foundation for
advanced practice
You can still emphasize your interest by the specific
topics you choose for term papers in your senior classes and
especially by where you ask to do your senior field education.
Updated
August 7, 2012
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