TOWARDS A SOCIAL NICHE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT
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From a social work perspective, individual outcomes are the results of a transactional processbetween personal and environmental influences. It is a long-cherished conviction in Social
Work that individual problems and successes must be framed within the larger context of
family, community and society (Saleebey, 2002c:231). However, it is also a conviction that is
often not reflected in social work practice (Rose, 2000:405; Saleebey, 2002c:230; Weick,
2000:398). Clinical practice tends to focus on personal factors, and community practice on
environmental factors, while the transactional dimension is often not accounted for. The
tendency is also to focus on deficits and problems in these systems and not on strengths or
potential strengths.
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