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Preventive therapy and resilience promotion: an evaluation of social work led skills development group work
Author(s) -
Sheppard Michael,
Clibbens John
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
child and family social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-2206
pISSN - 1356-7500
DOI - 10.1111/cfs.12077
Subject(s) - social work , promotion (chess) , psychological resilience , work (physics) , psychology , focus group , social skills , social change , public relations , nursing , medicine , sociology , social psychology , developmental psychology , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , politics , anthropology , law
Abstract Concerns have been expressed for some time about a decline in emphasis on therapeutic work in social work, notably articulated in the M unro R eview . Further concerns have been expressed in child care that social workers have increasingly had to focus on child protection work rather than earlier stages of prevention. However, there remain opportunities for social workers through the development of new programmes. One development has been that of B ehaviour and E ducation S upport T eams: multi‐professional teams, containing as a key element social workers, and encouraging novel practices designed to help emotional stability and improved behaviour and education performance. This study reports on an evaluation of a social worker delivered school‐based social skills programme, which can contribute to the important area of resilience. This showed significant and sustained improvements in pro‐social behaviour and friendships. The implications of this for the therapeutic potential and professional role of social work are discussed.