INTERVENTIONS

SWRK 340
 WHAT IS AN INTERVENTION?
Interventions are intended to aid clients in
alleviating problems impeding their well-being.

Interventions used by social workers are those

that are identified as potentially helpful on the
basis of the social worker's ongoing assessment
of the client.

Intervention= Treatment
 WHY ARE INTERVENTIONS
IMPORTANT?
Goal of Social Work- to help our clients
become fully functioning.
Interventionsare selected on the basis of the
issues, needs and strengths of the client.
 HOW DO I KNOW WHAT
INTERVENTION TO USE?
Evidence Based Practices..AKA Best
Practices
EBP is a process in which the practitioner
combines well-researched interventions with
clinical experience, ethics, client
preferences, and culture to guide and inform
the delivery of treatments and services.
 HOW DO I KNOW WHAT
INTERVENTION TO USE?
Interventions are used to help meet the specific needs of
our clients.
Interventions are chosen based solely on the issues that
our clients are working on.
Interventions can include:
Psychotherapy using Specific Treatment Modalities
Counseling to aid with loss and adjustment
Case management
Crisis intervention
Relaxation training
Anger management
Stress management
Specific Inventories/Scales
WHERE DO I FIND
INTERVENTIONS?
Interventions Can Be Found:
Journals
Books
Articles
INTERVENTION ASSIGNMENT
 INTERVENTION PAPER LAYOUT
Title Page

Introduce Your Client

Identify Two Problems

Choose Two Interventions To Address Two of The Identified Problems

Prevention Intervention

Note any racial/cultural/ethnic considerations that should be identified in

selecting an intervention for your client.

Select a different racial/cultural/ethnic consideration to apply to your client.

Would this impact your ability to use the same interventions with your client?
Why or why not?

Work Cited Page

 INTERVENTION PAPER LAYOUT
CONT.
Each intervention must have two professional
sources proving its validity.
2 client issues + 2 interventions per client issue= no
less than 8 professional sources used for this
assignment.

Prevention Intervention must have two

professional sources proving its validity
Youonly need to utilize one client issue when
choosing a prevention intervention.

Provide proper documentation of all sources

 DUE DATE
Intervention Assignment will be due on:

Wednesday, April 26th by 3:00 p.m.

You must submit your paper to Safe Assignment
through Blackboard.
 QUESTION?

Questions that are making you go hmmmmm??