Which of the following is a risk associated with a phase-to-phase or stage-to-stage approach to social work?

A. It encourages unethical social work practices.
B. It overlooks the fact that sometimes work usually undertaken in one phase emerges in another.
C. It suggests that the dynamics, tasks, functions, and skills applicable to one phase are evident in other phases as well, making the process complex.
D. It suggests that the engagement and assessment phases of social work practice can be eliminated but in reality this is not possible.


ANS: B

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