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• direct practice of social work 


  to help the most vulnerable people in our society.
• DIRECT PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK


  An approach for helping others that emphasizes a strengths perspective and focuses on person to person contact with individuals, groups, or families
• Social workers advocate on behalf of others, particularly those who are unable to speak up for themselves.
• Broker


  Clients are referred to various services by social workers.
• Case Manager


  Social workers are assigned to responsibilities that require them to oversee the overall management of client situations.
• Outreach Worker


  Working in the clients' environment rather than at their home agencies allows social workers to help clients in their own communities.
• Counselor


  Social workers employ professional approaches and expertise to give

  psychoeducational and emotional support.
• Educator

  
  

  Clients, groups, and communities are educated on a number of important topics by social workers.
• Supporter


  Social workers frequently serve in supportive roles, empowering and motivating clients, groups, and communities to achieve their objectives.
• Facilitator


  At the micro, mezzo, and macro levels, social workers plan and carry out a wide range of interventions on behalf of clients.
• Social workers act as program coordinators in organizations that have a variety of programs and divisions under one umbrella.
• Indirect social practice 


  has been linked to environmental intervention in the client's networks or social element
• Indirect Practice


  The belief was to help alleviate challenges in the client’s surroundings.
• SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION


  The modification of significant people's attitudes or behaviors in the client's social environment
• CONCRETE ASSISTANCE


  This is a list of resources that the client can use to assist with basic needs.