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Task-centred Casework with Marital Problems
Janet Butler received her social work training at Leicester University. She was a family caseworker at Leicester Family Service Unit before joining the Department of Psychiatry, Southampton University, as a research social worker on the Southampton self-poisoning project. She is now a student at the National Institute of Social Work.
Irene Bow trained as a psychiatric social worker at Manchester University. She was employed as a social worker in Salford Mental Health Department and in Southampton Family and Child Guidance Clinic before joining the Southampton self-poisoning project as a research social worker. On completion of the project she became a student unit practice teacher in a general practice setting.
Jane Gibbons trained as a psychiatric social worker at Smith College School for Social Work, Massachusetts, after working as a probation officer in England. After work in psychiatric settings she became lecturer in Applied Social Studies at Southampton University and directed the social aspects of the self-poisoning project.
Summary
The use of task-centred casework with people who have marital problems and have taken an overdose is described. The stages of task-centred work are illustrated and difficulties which were encountered are discussed. Task-centred casework is seen to be a feasible and helpful method of working with people with marital problems.
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