Service User Perspectives: How intervention can promote independence
Learning Objectives
After considering this resource, you should be more aware of the positive outcomes intervention can achieve.
Intervention in social work is underpinned by a theory base and a range of methods that can be tailored for the needs and circumstances of different service users. In a practical sense though, how can intervention promote a service user's independence?
In the following video, John, a former service user, talks about how intervention enabled him to live unsupported.
Reflective Questions
- Consider the different reasons for intervention in social work.
- Consider the different methods of intervention available. If you were John's social worker, what methods may you have utilised? What are the reasons for your choices?
- When planning an intervention, in what ways can you involve the service user?