ABSTRACT
Task-centred practice is a research-informed, problem-focused intervention aimed at helping service users achieve positive personal outcomes. This practice model guides a relationship-based approach between service users and social workers, in which the concept of partnership is central. A well-known and internationally popular approach, it offers social workers a carefully constructed framework that distinguishes task-centred practice from practice involving tasks. This important distinction illustrates the effective combination of evidence-based and person-centred practice. It is, however, argued to fall within the individualist-reformist tradition (Payne, 2005, p. 14) due to a lack of focus on social change.
