Critical Thinking: Planning Process, Social Work Practice

Critical Thinking
Institution
Date
Introduction
Social workers rely on knowledge acquired in training and benchmarks it against models and plans for action in order to eliminate barriers and obstacles that might hinder them from performing their duties. Having a plan is helpful in managing the complexity of change process. To achieve successful change, components of the plan need to be identified and defined. The following paragraphs explore the elements of the scheme which are goals and objectives, units off attention and strategies. These components highlight the role of the social worker and the role of the client in ensuring change apparently takes place. The final bit of the paper explains the relation between planning process and theoretical foundations, a model of strength, system theory and problem-solving.
The first component of the plan of action is goals and objectives. The goal can be defined as the overall, long-range expected outcome of the endeavor. Objectives on the hand are immediate goals that must be realized before the primary purpose is achieved (Johnson, & Yanca, 1992). To successfully set goals, social workers must ...