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© British Association of Social Workers

A Systems Approach to Social Work Intervention: its uses for Work with Individuals and Families

ANNE VICKERY

Anne Vickery is senior lecturer in social work at the National Institute for Social Work. She obtained the Certificate in Mental Health at the London School of Economics. She was a psychiatric social worker at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and later the first jointly appointed social worker between the Maudsley Hospital and the London Borough of Southwark Health Department

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This article examines the contribution that general systems theory can make to social work with individuals and families. Using the perspectives of a systems approach it identifies interaction between people and organizations as being the appropriate focus for social work. It includes the examination of problems of choice in relation to social work goals, targets of intervention and client systems; and emphasizes the need for the social worker with individuals and families to be knowledgeable about and related to community structures and resources. Within a defined social system it examines crucial points for intervention in the transactions between client and environment systems. Finally, it considers the implications of a systems approach for the role of the social worker


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