Meta-Level Practice Theory

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palpable resources, like alternative housing, financial means, employment and/or employability, and availability of supports, that directly affects outcomes (Schmidt, 2014). This is a common theme and issue in group interventions with survivors. In order to be able to furnish survivor necessities essential in practice on the mid- level, there must be aid rendered within the community supports. There is validity in not allowing the micro clinical intervention to not be the sole intervention rendered, group intervention allows for mutual aid and communal change.
Meta-Level Practice Theory
By utilizing the ecological perspective, person in environment, aid can be obtained in order for the client to negotiate their environment (Schmidt, 2014).
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In order for change to occur there must be a change in attitudes and influences, which is based in collaborative efforts and partnerships. There is a collective effort to change the way thinking, response, reaction, and intervention is delineated. Some issues surrounding intervention and prevention can be attributed to obstacles and isolation directly associated with language, inaccessibility from mainstream society, and communal forces (Schmidt, 2014). Social issues can be perpetuated due to financial and cultural environments. According to the National Association of Social Workers (2015), if survivors of intimate partner violence are robbed of empowering approaches and marginalized culturally, any multitude of services can rendered, but not absorbed. Society as whole must be able to recognize social inequality in its infrastructure. There are insufficient reserves on numerous levels to adequately meet requirements of quality, cultural competency, and sensitive and appropriate services (National Association of Social Workers, …show more content…
Feminist theory argues that gender bias compromises intervention. According to the National Association of Social Workers (2015), the utilization of a modification to the theory can be inclusion of all inequalities as it relates to several intersectionalities, which includes race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, disability, and opposed gender role. Advocacy for change in societal thought processing about violence begins on the local level and moves up to the governmental level in order to address solutions that change and promote accurate

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