Introduction
. Social work is a profession that promotes social change, social development, and the empowerment of people. The social work profession upholds social justice, respect for diversities, and human rights (IFSW, 2016). The practice of social work focuses on the interactions between individuals and their environments to help promote change. Social work has taken an evidence-based approach and workers have based all of their research on evidence which consequently created the Generalist Practice (Seabury, Seabury, Garvin, & Garvin, 2011). The purpose of this paper is to define and explain the importance of generalist practice, explain the problem-solving model, the importance of terms of empowerment, and explain the importance and development of the strengths-based perspective.
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Generalist social workers work with client systems at three system levels, help clients find available resources, and work with organizations to find these resource systems for clients. These human systems are neighborhoods, societies, communities, and individuals. Generalist social workers research all aspects of practice to learn numerous skills and techniques to help motivate change and help clients from the different system interventions. The three systems of interventions are micro-practice level, mezzo-practice level, and macro-practice level (Miley, O 'Melia, & DuBois, 2013, p. 8). Micro-practice focuses on individuals and the ability to relate to and communicate effectively with individuals (Vogel, Hull, & Kirst-Ashman, 2012, p. 46). Mezzo-practice focuses on groups and macro-practice focuses on organizations and communities (Miley, O 'Melia, & DuBois, 2013, p.
. Social work is a profession that promotes social change, social development, and the empowerment of people. The social work profession upholds social justice, respect for diversities, and human rights (IFSW, 2016). The practice of social work focuses on the interactions between individuals and their environments to help promote change. Social work has taken an evidence-based approach and workers have based all of their research on evidence which consequently created the Generalist Practice (Seabury, Seabury, Garvin, & Garvin, 2011). The purpose of this paper is to define and explain the importance of generalist practice, explain the problem-solving model, the importance of terms of empowerment, and explain the importance and development of the strengths-based perspective.
Generalist Practice …show more content…
Generalist social workers work with client systems at three system levels, help clients find available resources, and work with organizations to find these resource systems for clients. These human systems are neighborhoods, societies, communities, and individuals. Generalist social workers research all aspects of practice to learn numerous skills and techniques to help motivate change and help clients from the different system interventions. The three systems of interventions are micro-practice level, mezzo-practice level, and macro-practice level (Miley, O 'Melia, & DuBois, 2013, p. 8). Micro-practice focuses on individuals and the ability to relate to and communicate effectively with individuals (Vogel, Hull, & Kirst-Ashman, 2012, p. 46). Mezzo-practice focuses on groups and macro-practice focuses on organizations and communities (Miley, O 'Melia, & DuBois, 2013, p.