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• It is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that seeks to facilitate the welfare of communities, individuals, families, and groups, promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people?

  Social work
• • It is reinforced by theories of social sciences and guided by principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility, and respect for diversities?


  Social work
• It engages people and structures to address life challenges and enhance well-being?

  Social work
• Give some of the fields where a social worker may be employed in?

  • Poverty Relief ​
  • Life Skills​
  • Community Development​
  • Forensics ​
  • Industrial Relations​
  • Child Protection​
  • Elder Protection​
  • Women's Rights​
  • Human Rights​
  • Addictions Rehabilitation​
  • Disaster Management​
  • Mental Health ​
  • Disabilities​
  • Hospitals​
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• What are the 4 goals and scope of social work?

  1. Enhancing the people’s capacities to resolve problems, cope, and function effectively​
  2. Linking clients with needed resources​
  3. Improve the social service delivery network​
  4. Promoting social justice through the development of social policy​
• What are the principles of social work?

  1. Principle of Acceptance​
  2. Principle of Individualization​
  3. Principle of Self-Determination​
  4. Principle of Non-judgmental Attitude​
  5. Principle of Confidentiality
• Various authors may provide several principles of social work but agree on the fact that central to social work are the principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities.
• Acceptance is a fundamental social work principle that implies a sincere understanding of clients.
• • This principle holds that the professional social worker accepts the client as it is. Social workers who accept clients treat them humanely and considerately and afford them dignity and worth. ​
• The client of a social agency is like all the other persons we have ever known, but he is different too. In broad ways, he is like all other human beings; in a somewhat more limited way, he is like all other human beings of his age or time or culture?


  Principle of Individualization
• The principle of Individualization means that every client is unique for the worker.
• Determination is a noun derived from the word “determine.” “To determine” mean “to decide something.”
• Dictionary meaning of determination is “the process of deciding on or establishing a course of action.” 
• The principle of self-determination is based on the recognition of the “right and need of clients to freedom in making their own choices and decisions.”
• Confidentiality, or the right to privacy, social worker must not disclose the clients information, such as their identity, their discussion with professionals, professional opinions about clients, or records.
• What are the core values of social work?

  1. Service: to provide help, resources, and benefits to help people achieve maximum potential
  2. Social Justice: to uphold equal rights, protection, opportunity, social benefits to everyone
  3. Dignity and worth: every person is unique and worthwhile
• What are the core values of social work (4-6)?

  • 4. Importance of human relationships: to value the exchange between social worker and client​
  • 5. Integrity: maintain trustworthiness​
  • 6. Competence: practice within the scope of known skills and abilities​
• Service to others is one of the main values in social work, from which all of the other values stem?

  Service to humanity
• Social justice is another key value of social work.
• According to the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers, social change efforts in social work are primarily focused on unemployment, poverty, discrimination and other forms of social injustices.
• It can be a struggle, but you have to put aside your feelings for the sake of helping your clients. You acknowledge that your clients have the right to self-determination -- even if you think you know what's best in a given situation?


  Human Dignity and Worth
• Integrity means acting honestly, responsibly and ethically at all times.
• The value of competence means that you practice in your area of expertise -- and you don't misrepresent your skills or experience to get ahead
• • Competence also means that you're continually striving to improve your knowledge and to make meaningful contributions to the profession. ​
• In the advocate role, the social worker champions the rights of others with the goal of empowering the client system being served.
• Social workers have a particular responsibility to advocate on behalf of those disempowered by society?


  Advocate
• In the role of broker the social worker is also concerned with the quality, quantity, and accessibility of services/
• A community change agent participates as part of a group or organization seeking to improve or restructure some aspect of community service provision.
• A community change agent acts in a coordinated manner to achieve planned change at multiple levels that helps to shift the focus of institutional resources to meet identified goals.
• • A key function of this role is to empower people by affirming their personal strengths and their capacities to deal with their problems more effectively?


  Counselor
• In the mediator role, the social worker intervenes in disputes between parties to help them find compromises, reconcile differences, and reach mutually satisfying agreements.
• The mediator takes a neutral stance among the involved parties.​
• In the researcher role, a social worker evaluates practice interventions and with others evaluates program outcomes.
• A researcher extends and disseminates knowledge and seeks to enhance the effectiveness of social work practice.​
• Competencies are measurable practice behaviors that are comprised of knowledge, values, and skills
• • Social workers serve as representatives of the profession, its mission, and its core values. They know the profession’s history. ​
• Social workers commit themselves to the profession’s enhancement and to their own professional conduct and growth.
• Educational Policies and Accreditation Standards approved by the Council on Social Work Education, Inc., published in 2008 and 2012?


   IDENTIFY AS A PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKER AND CONDUCT ONE SELF ACCORDINGLY. ​