Justice-Based Social Work Intervention: A Case Study

Empowerment is one of the primary approaches used in the social work profession starting from the 1980s, although it has been criticized for sharing power.The positive side of this approach is that it can be used eclectically with other approaches.The basis of the approach is the belief that people have the potential to improve themselves.With this idea, it is an alternative to the medical approach that reduces problems that do not value people to the size of the disease.Thus, empowerment is both a process and a result.In this study, the historical foundations of empowerment, concepts related to empowerment, basic assumptions and limitations of empowerment are included.Although there has been an increase in scientific publications on empowerment in Turkey since the 2000s, there are few studies analyzing the approaches with case examples. With this study, it is tried to examine the theory with case examples by enabling social workers working in the field to see their weaknesses and potentials. Thus, it will be tried to provide an alternative perspective to the solution of social problems such as increasing inequality, injustice and human rights in the country.