Specific Population Health) > 920410 Mental Health 30%ĩ4 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9401 Community Service (excl. The authors examine the relevance of strengths-based approaches to social work practice with oIder persons ftom a global perspective, provide strategies for social work interventions and discuss the challenges for the profession.ġ6 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1607 Social Work > 160701 Clinical Social Work Practice 100%ĩ2 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Almost all nations have included this as an important aspect in their national policies and programmes for the elderly the most significant ones being China's National Programme on Ageing and India's National Policy for Older Persons. emphasis of the 'elderly as a resource' perspective in the field of ageing and various international bodies such as the United Nations have been advocating this paradigm shift among all stakeholders including the older persons themselves. Particularly social work interventions, in order to be effective, need to be offered from the standpoint of strengths-based approach rather than other paternalistic models of care. In working with oIder persons, the strengths-based approaches can prove to be extremely useful in view of the fact that most elderly have an enormous repertoire of knowledge, practice wisdom and a wide range of skill sets and by and large, helping professionals approach the whole issue of working with the elderly from a perspective of dealing with dependency and burden of care associated with it. Consequently, changes in the availability of various assets, resources, and abilities for an individual can be viewed as a service delivery outcome. Second, sorne strengths can be developed or enhanced. Accordingly, strengths are used as building blocks for service planning and programme development. First, assets, resources, and abilities that can be used to assist in helping an individual to continue to develop. Study designs were varied and included a number of qualitative case studies but very few quantitative or RCT based studies.Implications: This review has brought evidence together, extended understanding about strengths-based approaches in social work and social care for adults and offered us a platform upon which to develop models of evaluation.Strengths-based approaches generally conceptualize strengths in two distinct ways. Specific research needs to be done to evaluate the precise nature of strengths-based approaches in social work and social care, their impact on users and carers quality of life and well being and the outcomes achieved.Limitations: The review may be limited by the lack of evidence in a relatively under-researched area of practice.
A total of 72 items were included.Findings: Strengths-based approaches are being embraced by policy makers and practitioners but questions remain about: their definition (how they are distinct from other approaches, and how they should be conceptualised) their effectiveness and feasibility (including their intersection with local authority eligibility thresholds) and how they should/can be evaluated.
At times I still find it difficult to find the right questions when my mind is yelling out solutions OK and sometimes I do voice them out loud. It is still practice, practice, practice.
Its primary aim was to explore the nature and extent of evidence in relationship to strengths-based approaches in social work and social care for adults also how these approaches impact on practice and on outcomes for social care service users and their families.Methods: A database search was conducted for the period 2009 to 2019 to identify peer-reviewed and grey literature publications on the use of strengths (or asset) based approaches in social work and social care. A strengths approach and strength based questions still do not come naturally. Although a number of strengths-based models have been developed it is not known whether and how they work, or which model works best for whom and in what circumstances.Objectives: A scoping review of evidence was conducted between July and September 2019.
These new models of care promote the deployment of ‘strengths’ including personal, social and community resources to empower individuals to achieve their desired outcomes. Context: There is substantial policy support for strengths-based approaches to social work and social care.
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