The Role Of Intervention In Social Care

#1 Per NASW, “Supervision is defined as the relationship between a supervisor and supervisee in which the responsibility and accountability for the development of competence, demeanor, and ethical practice take place.“ The importance/reason why a social worker should use supervision is that it encompasses several interrelated functions and responsibilities. Each of these functions contributes to a larger responsibility/outcome that will ensure clients are being protected and receive competent, ethical services from a professional social worker. Services are evaluated and adjusted as needed, to increase the benefits to the client. By having supervision with family, it will help the social work provide competent, appropriate and ethical services

(pg. 349) With this, a social worker will focus on the family as a unit and not on individuals members of the family. This type of intervention will help the family to negotiate solutions to their problem that are acceptable to all members of the family. There are seven steps in “Problem-Solving Intervention”- definition, goal selection, solution generation, consideration of consequences, decision-making, implementation, and evaluation. (pg. 349) The social worker becomes the facilitator/consultant and will teach the family to develop solutions to their underlying problems than relying on outside help. With this type of intervention, families will learn how to deal with immediate problems and develop skills to solve them in the future. This strategy will allow the family to have control, to feel as if they are helping to resolve the issues, rather than them to prolong and get bigger or have to outside help. There will be times where a social worker will not be there to help, and with this type of strategy, the family can use the skills they have learn to work out whatever the issue may

Inducing an awareness of the changes, consolidating gains for the social worker and family, by providing feedback from the family social worker. Preparing the family to handle future problems/issues that may occur. While transitions and ending are occurring provide families credit for positive change they made, which will increase their self-esteem, competence, and motivation for independence. If little progress has been achieved the social worker can acknowledge family members active efforts toward solving their problems. Also, provide outside resources and set up a follow-up meeting with the family to see how everything is