Competency 8:Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

Competency #8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

Social workers understand that intervention is an ongoing component of the dynamic and interactive process of social work practice with, and on behalf of, diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Social workers are knowledgeable about evidence-informed interventions to achieve the goals of clients and constituencies, including individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Social workers understand theories of human behavior and the social environment, and critically evaluate and apply this knowledge to effectively intervene with clients and constituencies. Social workers understand methods of identifying, analyzing and implementing evidence-informed interventions to achieve client and constituency goals. Social workers value the importance of inter-professional teamwork and communication in interventions, recognizing that beneficial outcomes may require interdisciplinary, inter-professional, and inter-organizational collaboration. Social workers:

• critically choose and implement interventions to achieve practice goals and enhance capacities of clients and constituencies.

• apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment, person-in-environment, and other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks in interventions with clients and constituencies.

• use inter-professional collaboration as appropriate to achieve beneficial practice outcomes.

• negotiate, mediate, and advocate with and on behalf of diverse clients and constituencies.

• facilitate effective transitions and endings that advance mutually agreed-on goals.

• demonstrate high quality, evidence-informed intervention skills to address complex systems related to client or community needs in different fields of practice.

Introduction: Competency eight states that a social worker will critically evaluate and apply knowledge to effectively intervene, identify, and analyze to achieve clients' and constituency goals. My first artifact is a Sim Center Reflection from sim center social work class. The second artifact is a Small Group Development paper for the human behavior class. 

Conclusion: Looking back throughout my social work education and taking these social worker classes to improve my social skills and critically analyze how to create a plan when running a therapy group or a one-on-one session and where I am now. I have grown in my critical thinking skills in demonstrating high-quality, evidence-informed intervention skills to address complex systems related to the client or community needs in different fields of practice—creating mutual goals with the client in role-playing and at my internship and working with a diverse community.