Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman stated, “Clients are affected by and in constant dynamic interactions with other systems, including families, groups, organizations, and communities” . As a social worker, when you address the needs of an individual client, you also take into account the systems with which the client interacts. Obtaining information about these systems helps you better assess your client’s situation. These systems may provide support to the client, or they may contribute to the client’s presenting problem.
For this Discussion, review “Working With People With Disabilities: The Case of Lester.”Consider the systems with which Lester Johnson, the client, interacts. Think about ways you might apply a systems perspective to his case. Also, consider the significance of the systems perspective for social work in general.
Post a Discussion in which you explain how multiple systems interact to impact individuals. Explain how you, as a social worker, might apply a systems perspective to your work with Lester Johnson. Finally, explain how you might apply a systems perspective to social work practice.
Describe a separate systems perspective that may not work for this case and explain why you don’t feel that it would work for the case of Lester Johnson.
Identify one way that a specific systems perspective may help to contribute towards advocacy and social change.
