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Theories form part of the foundation to social work practice and subsequently lead to different methods of intervention. ... While it is possible to share the principles of any theory or intervention, with service users, one that does so explicitly is task-centred work. This piece will seek to examine the history of task centred work and demonstrate the method using the hypothetical scenario of Lucy who doesn’t work, has recently lost her husband and whose friends live out of the area. ...
Between the 1920’s and 1960’s the focus in social work intervention was primarily that of long term work which involved exploration of the service user’s feelings. ...
Reid & Shyne (1969) undertook a research project through which they found that brief periods of service, concentrating on limited goals chosen by the client were often more effective than open-ended work. Task-centred social work (Reid & Epstein, 1972) therefore grew out of a need to provide an intervention, which supported its own practice.
Task-centred practice is a short-term model which, since its roots in psychodynamic casework, has been influenced by a number of theoretical perspectives including systems theory, problem solving and behaviourism in addition to broad movements such as anti-oppressive practice. It follows a series of stages and work moves from problems to goals through the use of tasks carried out in a limited time period (6 – 12 sessions). ... Dissatisfaction in social relations
3. ... Problems of social transition
6. ... Behavioural problems (Reid, 1978 and Reid & Hanrahan, 1981)
The initial stage of task centred work is problem scanning (Doel, 1994) during which the service user’s concerns are identified, explored, broken down and ranked in order of priority.
Approximate Word count = 1307
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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