Client Management: Strategies for Effective Advocacy in Social Work

This report delves into client management strategies, specifically focusing on advocacy within the context of social work. It outlines key approaches such as acting as a 'power broker' to connect clients with necessary resources, utilizing case management skills to ensure efficient service delivery, educating clients to empower them, conducting continuous research to identify emerging opportunities, and increasing community participation to enhance advocacy efforts. The report emphasizes the importance of these strategies in achieving successful outcomes for clients, referencing relevant academic sources to support the discussed concepts. This assignment provides valuable insights into the practical application of advocacy in social work, offering a comprehensive guide for students seeking to improve their client management skills.

Running head: CLIENT MANAGEMENT
Client Management
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Author’s Note

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How do you know if your advocacy efforts have been successful? as a social worker
Being a social worker is about the advocacy and the selfless service to the people in the
community requiring this the most. There are some of the strategies by which this can be
analysed that the advocacy efforts have been very successful such as:
Be Power Broker
One of the key funcrions of the social workers is that of the acting as the efficient broker
and getting the advantages and benefits those are connected to the need of them (Hoefer 2019).
The effetive advocate of social worker stays on the top of the procees that assure that no
excessive time lapes are there in the administrating seevices and benefits.
Exercise potential Case Management Skills
The other progressive steps in the advocating efforts of the social work come providing
the excellence in the other core job responsibilities.
Educate When Possible
While multiple social workers have the ability for providing the services without much
effort for educating the clientele, those who put the effort into the educational attempts provide
the advocacy advantage or benefit to the clients (Graham and Shier 2014).
Research and Canvas Continuously
Another overlook highly and potentially beneficial approach frequently to the advocacy
of social work and the greatness comes by the continued research outside and inside the
community for unknown or emerging resource opportunities.

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Increase Participation of Community
The social worker is able to ramp up the advocacy efforts by putting the targeted
volunteer work in the community. These types of investment in the volunteer work create and
better the work of the volunteer than the actual volunteerism recipient.

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References
Graham, J.R. and Shier, M.L., 2014. Profession and workplace expectations of social workers:
Implications for social worker subjective well-being. Journal of Social Work Practice, 28(1),
pp.95-110.
Hoefer, R., 2019. Advocacy practice for social justice. Oxford University Press.