Interpersonal Problems of Urban Poor Children Case Intervention Study—An Attempt to Integrate Social Work Approach in China

Abstract

As cities grow, the issue of urban poor children comes to the fore. Whereas, professional skills of Social Work are not widespread in China since it is a new subject. Besides, people find that using a single method of Social Work is not always effective in dealing with complex problems. Therefore, this paper attempts to flexibly utilize the social work approach, as well as integrate various professional skills to achieve better results. After selecting a child as a case in the Y community and the assessment, it finds that interpersonal barriers and a weak social support system were his critical problems. Therefore, the intervention aims to strengthen his social support system and improve his interpersonal communication capability. The practice study is based on the social system theory, analyzing the client’s egotism living conditions and social interaction. According to the Pincus-Minahan model, this paper sets service goals and intervention objects, choosing the client’s personal, family, and school system as intervention objects. The intervention process combines interview and scale, and adopts a variety of special practical skills suitable for the client’s situation, such as game therapy and relaxation mode. To progressively achieve goals, the intervention comprises five phases, including “the establishment of professional relations”, “venting emotions stage”, “establishing rational cognition stage”, and “promoting positive interaction with the family system stage”, and “social skills enhancement stage”. The service successfully alleviates interpersonal interaction trouble. In addition, in order to make the study more objective and comprehensive, this practical study combines interviews with scale, integrates qualitative and quantitative evaluation research models, and carries out process evaluation in each service stage. In the selection of research methods, this paper gives full play to the advantages of casework, and makes up for the weakness by integrating various practical skills. This practical study has achieved remarkable results. The client is more willing to communicate with others after the intervention, and his interpersonal relationship has been significantly improved.