Empowerment in der Sozialen Arbeit

Empowerment is a resource-oriented concept in psychosocial work that focuses on people's strengths in coping with critical life events. The goal of empowerment practice is to strengthen the existing abilities of social service recipients to manage their daily lives autonomously and to unlock resources that enable them to shape their own life paths independently. The book offers an easily understandable introduction to the theory and practice of empowerment in social work. The diverse methods used in empowerment practice are presented in detail: resource diagnostics, support management, resource-oriented counseling, biographical dialogue, and network work. The book concludes with position statements on the current debate regarding the changing professional identity of social work in the context of empowerment.