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ID number:188394
 
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Published: 06.07.2007.
Language: English
Level: College/University
Literature: 5 units
References: Used
Table of contents
Nr. Chapter  Page.
  Introduction    3
1.  The empowerment    5
2.  The strengths perspective    8
3.  The coping    9
4.  The comparison of empowerment, strengths perspective and coping approaches    11
  Conclusion    12
  References    13
Extract

Nowadays social work practice is concerned about different social problems and divides people into groups with similar problems: alcoholics, disabled, mentally ill, unemployed, old, drug abused and so on. Each member of such a group has his own label: “I am … (naming the problem).” Social problem means that there is lack of something and social work professionals in most cases pay a lot of attention to this lack, disorder to remove it from client’s life and less attention is paid to the positive sides – strengths, talents, resources and skills of a client.

Coping, strengths perspective and empowerment are those social work approaches, which focus on those positive in the client. Describing the empowerment approach in social care Braye S. & Preston-Shoot M.1 argue, that the services provided have been founded on a deficit model, focusing on problems and weakness.…

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