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Disciplines and Ideas in The Applied Social Sciences

This document discusses the discipline of social work. It defines social work as promoting social change and empowering people to enhance their well-being. The goals of social work are to empower individuals and communities to solve problems effectively, support preventative social policies, and promote social justice and equality. The core principles of social work are upholding human rights and dignity, social justice, and professional integrity.

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Disciplines and Ideas in The Applied Social Sciences

This document discusses the discipline of social work. It defines social work as promoting social change and empowering people to enhance their well-being. The goals of social work are to empower individuals and communities to solve problems effectively, support preventative social policies, and promote social justice and equality. The core principles of social work are upholding human rights and dignity, social justice, and professional integrity.

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DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE

APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES


Lesson 7
The Discipline
of
Social Work
Learning Objectives

• To define social work


• To explain the context and the basic concepts of
social work
• To describe the goals and scope of social work
• To discuss the principles of social work
• To explain the core values of social work
Social Work, Defined
 The social work profession promotes social change,
problem solving in human relationships and the
empowerment and liberation of people to enhance
well-being.
 Social work intervenes at the points where people
interact with their environment.
 Principles of human rights and social justice are
fundamental to social work.

(The Policy, Ethics, and Human Rights


Committee of the British Association of Social
Workers, 2012)
Context and Basic Concepts of Social Work

Charity • The aim is to discover the causes of poverty


Organization among individuals, eliminate the causes,
Societies and eliminate poverty from society
(1877)

• Operated on the assumption that an


Settlement individual’s well-being was directly linked
Movement to his/her external surroundings
(1887) • Advocating for better neighborhood
services, public health programs, and
employment conditions
Goals and Scope of Social Work
• Empower people, individually and collectively, to utilize
their own problem-solving and coping capabilities more
effectively.
• Support a proactive position with regard to social and
economic policy development to prevent problems for
individuals and society from occurring.
• Uphold the integrity of the profession in all aspects of
social work practice.
• Develop cooperative networks within the institutional
resources system.
• Facilitate the responsiveness of the institutional resource
systems to meet health and human service needs.
• Promote social justice and equality of all people with
regard to full participation in society.
Goals and Scope of Social Work
• Contribute to the development of knowledge for social
work profession through research and evaluation.
• Encourage exchange of information in those institutional
systems in which both problems and resources
opportunities are produced.
• Enhance communication through an appreciation of
diversity and through ethnically sensitive, non-sexist
social work practice.
• Employ educational strategies for the prevention and
resolution of problems.
• Embrace a world view of human issues and solutions to
problems.
Principles of Social Work

Principles Relative to Human Rights

• Upholding and promoting human dignity and


well-being
• Respecting the right to self-determination
• Promoting the right to participation
• Creating each person as a whole
• Identifying and developing strengths
Principles of Social Work

Principles Relative to Social Justice

• Challenging discrimination
• Recognizing diversity
• Distributing resources
• Challenging unjust policies and practices
• Working in solidarity
Principles of Social Work

Principles Relative to Professional Integrity

• Upholding the values and reputation of the


profession
• Being trustworthy
• Maintaining professional boundaries
• Making considered professional judgments
• Being professionally accountable
Core Values of Social Work

Dignity
& worth Competence
Compassion Service

Importance
Social
of human
Justice
Integrity relationships

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