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DISCIPLINE IN APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE

LESSON 1: DISCIPLINES OF SOCIAL WORKS

As a discipline, social work fulfills the social welfare mission to encourage well-
being and quality of life. It involves activities aimed at improving human and social
conditions and easing human suffering and social issues by improving the skills and
functioning of individuals, the ability to access social support and resources, the
development of social services that are compassionate and sensitive, and the extension
of social systems that provide opportunities for all people.

The Goal and Scope of Social Work


Social work aims to help the individual to be part of the society and to change the same
society that creates mechanisms that marginalize individuals from total involvement in
the utilization of social services and community resources.

The Principles of Social Work


A. Principles Relative to Respect for Human Rights
1. Uphold and promote human dignity and well-being
2. Respect the right to self-determination
3. Promote the right to participation
4. Recognize all aspects of a person’s life
5. Identify and develop the strengths of an individual

B. Principles Relative to Social Justice


1. Oppose discrimination
2. Recognize diversity
3. Distribute resources
4. Challenge unjust policies and practices
5. Enhance solidarity in a community

C. Principles Relative to Professional Integrity


1. Uphold the values and reputation of the profession
2. Being trustworthy
3. Maintain professional boundaries
4. Make professional judgments
5. Being professionally accountable

The Core Values of Social Work


• Compassion
• Service
• Social justice
• Dignity and worth of the person
• Importance of human relationships
• Integrity
• Competence
PROFESSIONALS AND PRACTITIONERS IN SOCIAL WORK

Roles of Social Work


1.Broker. The social worker is involved in the process of making referrals to connect the
family or individual to the needed resources, such as eligibility criteria, fees and location
of services.
2.Advocate. Social workers are fighting for the rights of others and are trying to secure
the required support by reminding others of the legitimate needs and rights of members
of society.
3.Case Manager. Case management is particularly necessary for difficult circumstances
and for those who are homeless or elderly, have chronic physical or mental health
conditions, disabled, vulnerable children, and victims of domestic or other violent crimes.
4. Educator. Social workers also educate people about resources and how to improve
practical skills, such as budgeting, child care discipline, constructive communication, the
sense of medical diagnosis and the prevention of abuse.
5. Facilitator. Social workers are involved as community therapists and task force
participants for community growth, activism, political organization, and policy reform
6. Organizer. Social workers are active in many levels of community interventions,
including economic growth, trade union organizing and research and policy experts.
7.Manager. As administrators, social workers are best able to affect policy reform and
growth, and advocate, on a wider scale, for all underprivileged people.

Functions of Social Work


1.Consultancy- social workers and their clients plan, initiate, and pursue actions toward
the desired change
2.Resource Management- refers to the act of coordinating, systematizing, and
integrating needed resources and services to support social functioning and resolving
problems
3.Education- provision of knowledge and critical information needed for empowerment
practice that facilitates informed decision-making, increase abilities, and gain access to
opportunities and resources for a client.

Competencies of Social Work


Social workers should have the capacities generic to all helping professions. Some
of these includes being empathic, trustworthy, humorous, critical thinker, can analyze
policies, conducts research, do social planning and has a good computer literacy.
Compassion and listening skills are important competencies of a social worker.
Individuals that suffer deprivation needs a deeply emphatic and non-judgmental social
workers that can understand them no matter how difficult the topic or issue.

5 Major Areas of Social Work Specialization


1. Family and children welfare
2. Health
3. Mental health
4. Corrections
5. Schools
CODE OF ETHICS OF SOCIAL WORK
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics provides a set of
ideals, principles and guidelines that guide the decision-making and ethical actions of
social workers daily.
The Code sets out the core values on which the mission of social work is based,
summarizes the ethical principles that represent the core values of the profession,
defines a set of clear ethical guidelines that govern the practice of social work and
provides the basis on which the public can hold a practitioner accountable.

6 Ethical Principles
1. The main purpose of social workers is to support people in need and to solve social
issues. (Core value: Service)
2. Social workers are challenging social injustice. (Core value: Social justice)
3. Social workers respect the intrinsic integrity and importance of an individual.
(Core value: Dignity and worth of the person)
4. Social workers understand the central importance of interpersonal relations. (Core
value: Importance of human relationships)
5. Social workers are behaving in a trustworthy way. (Core value: Integrity)
6. Social workers shall practice within their fields of specialization and shall improve and
strengthen their professional skills. (Core value: Competence)

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