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Client self-determination and professional intervention: striking a balance
J Rothman1, W Smith, J Nakashima
1School of Public Policy and Social Research, University of California, Los Angeles 90025, USA. jrothman@ucla.edu
Social Work
|July 1, 1996
Abstract:
Social workers find themselves caught in the cross fire between two imperatives: (1) outcome-oriented and competency-based practice requisites and (2) the principle of client self-determination. In this context, the authors hypothesize that social workers use a wide range of gradations along a continuum of practice directiveness. Furthermore, there is ethical justification for this diverse role repertoire. Directiveness modalities are influenced by specific conditional factors that guide practitioner behavior. A study is described that empirically explores and amplifies these hypotheses.