Appreciative Case Management: Using the Social Constructionism in Social Intervention

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-68
Author(s):  
Stefan Cojocaru
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Parallel Process ◽  
Social Intervention ◽  
Child Abandonment ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Supervision Models ◽  
The Social ◽  
Positive Effect

The article presents a research in the field of case management, experiencing two forms of it: problem-centered case and appreciative case management. For this, an experiment carried out on a six-month period, during which time we verified the results obtained by applying two different supervision models, problem-oriented supervision and appreciative supervision. Based on parallel process, the case management was changed. For this experiment ten cases were identified with various degrees of risk in child abandonment. When the appreciative case management was applied, the studied cases showed better results compared to the cases that were managed based on problem. In the case of services aimed at preventing child abandonment, it can be seen that the classical intervention focused on problem, lasting less than three months, has no positive effect on the clients’ situation. This practically means that in such circumstances, the financial, human and material resources used for an intervention that lasts less than three months are wasted without significant results. The appreciative case management produces tangible results after a shorter period of time by comparison to the classical intervention. This can be seen in the results obtained within the experiment, which are due to the use of the appreciative approach in intervention. Focusing on problems in social work and the attempt to solve them may sometimes not result in their resolution; the orientation towards identifying deficiencies and dysfunctionalities yields poorer results than the appreciative intervention and preserves the problem.

Case Management and Social Support System for Families in Distress: A Social Work Response

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
W akar Amin
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Support System ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Support System ◽  
The Disappeared

History is witness to the fact that warring factions in any armed conflict often commit several human rights violations like murder, rape, torture etc., and the act of disappearance of person is one among them. While the persons who are subjected to disappearance are the primary victims, the families they leave behind are the secondary victims. The situation makes families of the disappeared person suffer great anguish when their loved ones go disappeared. The phenomenon produces anguish, fear and unspeakable sorrow for thousands of families. Appreciating the importance of social work professionals in helping families deal effective with their life situations the present paper aims to provide a case for social work interventional techniques of Social Support System (SSS) and Case Management to modify and make the social environment conducive for the families to live a normal life.

scholarly journals TRANSITIONING HOME AFTER STROKE: IMPROVING PHYSICAL HEALTH AND PATIENT ACTIVATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S794-S794
Author(s):  
Anne K Hughes ◽  
Amanda Woodward ◽  
Paul Freddolino ◽  
Michele Fritz ◽  
Constantinos Coursaris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Usual Care ◽  
Patient Activation ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Case Management Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Technology Group

Abstract While the majority of stroke patients will return home after being hospitalized, this transition is physically and emotionally challenging. We developed a social work based case management program to address these challenges. The Michigan Stroke Transitions Trial (MISTT), a pragmatic 3-arm clinical trial tested the effects of the case management program on its own and combined with technology against usual care in patients recovering from stroke. Patients from three Michigan hospitals were randomized to one of three groups upon discharge to home. The two treatment groups received services from a social work case manager via home visit and telephone. One treatment group also was given training and access to a curated stroke website developed for MISTT. The intervention lasted up to 90 days and data was collected via telephone at 7 and 90 days. Quality of life and patient activation were the primary outcomes, measured by the PROMIS Global 10, and the Patient Activation Measure (PAM), respectively. We compared treatment efficacy by comparing the change in outcomes between the three groups (N=265) using a difference-in-differences (D-in-D) analysis. The mean change in PROMIS scores for the social work + technology group was significantly higher than both the social work only group (difference= +2.4; 95%CI=0.46, 4.34; p=0.02) and usual care (difference= +3.4; 95%CI=1.41, 5.33; p<0.001). The mean change in PAM scores for the social work + technology group was significantly higher than the social work only group (+6.7; 95%CI=1.26, 12.08; p=0.02) and marginally higher than usual care (+5.0; 95%CI=-0.47, 10.52; p=0.07).

scholarly journals A discursive approach to bullying from the perspective of Social Work

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Laura Domínguez ◽  
Mario Millán-Franco
Keyword(s):  
Social Issue ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Social Intervention ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Strategies

The objective of this study was to explore the social framework of bullying using the discourse of the different agents involved. A qualitative method was used (i.e. thematic analysis). We collected information from 25 semi-structured interviews. Four themes were identified: “Descriptive elements of bullying”; “Bullying is a social issue”; “Normalizing bullying hidden behind other types of violence”, and “An integrated struggle against bullying”. This study shows that bullying is a social problem associated with other types of violence. Bullying should also be studied from the perspective of Social Work to generate new strategies and effective social intervention and prevention programs.

scholarly journals Las percepciones de las personas usuarias sobre la intervención social del trabajo social

2019 ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
María Asunción Lillo Beneyto
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Intervention ◽  
The People ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Intervention Context ◽  
Trabajo Social ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Relationship Of

El objetivo de este artículo es presentar las aportaciones de las personas usuarias sobre la intervención social de losTrabajadores sociales de los Servicios sociales de atención primaria en el ámbito local. La investigación se sitúa en el marco del paradigma fenomenológico, utilizando como método el estudio de caso y como técnica de recogida de datos la entrevista semi-directiva, a partir de un guion elaborado por temas, sobre los cuales se obtuvieron distintas reacciones por parte de las personas. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que la intervención social del Trabajo Social en los Servicios Sociales de Atención Primaria está basada en la creación y mantenimiento del contexto de intervención profesional, prevaleciendo una relación de alianza de ayuda donde se comparten emociones, sentimientos e ideas y se construye un vínculo entre el trabajador social y la persona usuaria siendo importantes uno para el otro. El artículo aporta información novedosa sobre la intervención social del trabajo social desde las narraciones de las personas usuarias en relación a los abusos de poder al usuario haciéndose patente la violencia metafísica paternalista.The objective of this article is to present the contributions of the users about the social intervention of the social workers of the social services of primary attention. The research is located within the framework of the phenomenological paradigm, using as a method the case study and as a data collection technique the semi-directive interview, based on a script elaborated by themes, on which different reactions were obtained from the people. The results obtained show that the social intervention of Social Work in Primary Care Social Services is based on the creation and maintenance of the professional intervention context, prevailing a relationship of help alliance where emotions, feelings and ideas are shared and a link between the social worker and the user being important for each other. The article provides new information on the social intervention of social work from the narrations of the users in relation to the abuses of power to the user, making paternalistic metaphysical violence evident.

The Study of Social Needs as a Strategic Tool for the Innovation of the Social Care Sector

2013 ◽  
pp. 347-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Albuquerque
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Social Intervention ◽  
The Social ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Economic Needs

One of the biggest challenges for social intervention is to acquire more efficacy and innovation. The strategic detection of innovation opportunities is directly linked with the research and comprehension of unmet social and economic needs, but also with a profound evaluation of the usual ways to identify and answer to current and emergent needs. The contribution of ICTs, traditionally absent from social work and social care universes, can be very relevant at this level. Therefore, in this chapter, the authors discuss the boundaries and conceptions of (social) needs as a strategic dimension for innovation and evaluation on social intervention and reflect upon the key issues (difficulties and opportunities) associated with the use of ICTs in social work and social care systems.

scholarly journals SCIRehab Project Series: The Social Work/Case Management Taxonomy

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Abeyta ◽  
Erma S. Freeman ◽  
Donna Primack ◽  
Flora M. Hammond ◽  
Charlotte Dragon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
The Social

The Unitary Approach and Behaviour Modification within the Social Work Repertoire

1980 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Barbara L. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Recent Model ◽  
Handicapped Child ◽  
Planned Change ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Behaviour Modification ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
The Social ◽  
Life Tasks ◽  
Unitary Approach

I'm going to describe the unitary approach, a recent model for social work, and then use the model to pinpoint the place of behavioural procedures.Social Work is — or aspires to be — a profession that carries out a planned change process aimed at helping people who are having difficulty with life tasks. These tasks range from coping emotionally and practically with the birth of a handicapped child, to keeping within the rules of society, to obtaining the basic supplies: food, shelter and satisfying personal relationships, and they require emotional, cognitive and material resources.

El trabajo social sinergizador: intervención social con enfoque en redes sociales y capital social

2016 ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Felipe Saravia Cortés
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Intervention ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Origin And Evolution ◽  
The Social ◽  
Trabajo Social ◽  
The Relationship

Se describe el concepto de capital social, haciendo mención a su origen, evolución, además de las distintas miradas o enfoques que existen al respecto. Luego se desarrollan brevemente elementos de la teoría de redes sociales, y se busca el vínculo entre capital social y redes sociales, para posteriormente dar cuenta de posibles implicancias para la intervención social y el Trabajo Social en su amplio abanico de modalidades.Palabras clave: capital social, redes sociales, trabajo social, intervención social.O Trabalho Social Sinergizador social: intervenção social baixo o enfoque em redes sociais e capital socialDescreve-se o conceito de capital social, fazendo menção à origem do conceito, sua evolução, além do mais das diferentes perspectivas ou abordagens que existem sobre ele mesmo. Logo, desenvolvem-se brevemente elementos da teoria das redes sociais, analisando o vinculo entre capital social e redes sociais, para posteriormente dar conta das possíveis implicações destes enfoques para a intervenção social e Trabalho Social em sua ampla gama de modalidades.Palavras-chave: capital social, redes sociais, trabalho social, intervenção social.Synergetic social work: Social intervention focusing on social networking and social capitalThis paper describes the concept of social capital in reference to its origin and evolution, in addition to different perspectives or approaches on it. It briefly develops elements of the social networking theory by analyzing the relationship between social capital and social networking. Then it accounts for the possible implications of these approaches to social work and socialinterventions in a broad range of modalities.Keywords: social capital, social networking, social work, social intervention. 

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