What makes a successful intervention and why

Learning Objectives

This resource offers insight into the variety of interventions students on placement are able to make and invites you to consider what makes a successful intervention and why.

Social work interventions can take many forms and in choosing the most effective one you will need to take into account a variety of factors.

In this video, students talk about the interventions that they feel have been successful, the reasons behind their choice of approach and why they think it was effective.

Download: Video transcript

Reflective Questions

  1. Considering the situations described by the students in the video, is there anything that you would have done differently and why?
  2. By what criteria do you judge when an intervention has been successful or not?
  3. What values do you feel the students demonstrated in their choice of intervention?
Preparation for practice