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  • Social Work Practice
  • Public Health Prevention

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  • Traditional social work often focuses on pathology.
  • Prevention requires a shift towards proactive, strengths-based interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present competence-centered social work as an effective prevention strategy.
  • To outline the key features and applications of this approach.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and conceptual analysis.
  • Illustration through diverse practice examples.

Main Results:

  • Competence-centered social work systematically focuses on client assets and potentialities.
  • This approach is applicable across various prevention settings.

Conclusions:

  • Promoting client competence is crucial for effective social work prevention.
  • A strengths-based perspective enhances intervention outcomes.