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What is self-help and how does it relate to social work and empowerment? ‘Self-help’ may be defined as a process, group or organisation comprising people coming together or sharing an experience or problem, with a view to individual and/or mutual benefit. As empowerment commonly means ‘becoming powerful’, self-help may thus be viewed as one form of empowerment. Through self-help, as we shall see below, social workers and self-helpers can empower others and be empowered themselves. Though the main focus of this book is on self-help and social work, its purpose is empowerment.
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© 1990 British Association of Social Workers
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Adams, R. (1990). Self-Help: A Case of Unfair Dismissal. In: Self-Help, Social Work and Empowerment. Practical Social Work. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20670-4_1
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