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© British Association of Social Workers

The Limits of Radical Social Work

MICHAEL CLARKE

Michael John Clarke graduated B.A. at East Anglia in 1967, M.A. (Econ.) at Manchester in 1969, and Ph.D. at Durham in 1972

Summary

Doubts raised by research evaluation of traditional casework have been increased by the perception by radical social workers that some clients' difficulties derive from their involvement with state machinery rather than personal capacity or circumstances, and that many can be helped by working collectively with others in their community rather than striving alone in a dependent relationship with a caseworker. Radical aspirations, however, assume that all clients have the capacity to overcome their difficulties and that none are so damaged as to be able realistically barely to cope with them. The radicals' doubts about the usefulness of individual support and emphasis on collective self help raise the danger of neglecting those who are unable to participate effectively and gain from such efforts.


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