LESSON 7

DEFINITION
CONTEXT AND BASIC CONCEPTS
GOALS AND SCOPE
PRINCIPLES
CORE VALUES
DEFINITION
 THE POLICY, ETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF
SOCIAL WORKERS
THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION PROMOTES
SOCIAL CHANGE, PROBLEM SOLVING IN
SOLVING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND THE
EMPOWERMENT AND LIBERATION OF PEOPLE
TO ENHANCE WELL-BEING.
UTILIZING HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL
SYSTEMS, SOCIAL WORK INTERVENES AT THE
POINTS WHERE PEOPLE INTERACTS WITH
THEIR ENVIRONMENTS.
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IS A PROFESSION THAT FULFILLS THE SOCIAL
WELFARE MANDATE TO PROMOTE WELL-
BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
ENCOMPASES ACTIVITIES DIRECTED AT
IMPROVING HUMAN AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS.
CREATING HUMANE AND RESPONSIVE SOCIAL
SERVICES, AND EXPANSION OF THE
STRUCTURES OF SOCIETY THAT PROVIDE
OPPURTUNITIES FOR ALL CITIZENS.
CONTEXT AND BASIC CONEPTS
 THE AIM OF SOCIAL WORK IS TO HELP
INDIVIDUALS FIT BETTER INTO THEIR
ENVIRONMENT SO THAT IT WORKS BETTER
FOR THEM.
LINKED TO THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION
SCOIETIES FOUNDED IN 1877 AIMMING TO
FIND THE CAUSE OF POVERTY AMONG
INDIVIDUALS.
SETTLEMENT MOVEMENT IN 1887OPERATED
ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT AN INDIVIDUAL’S
WELL-BEING WAS DIRECTLY LINKED TO THEIR
SURROUNDINGS
GOALS AND SCOPE OF SOCIAL
WORK
 EMPOWER PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALLY AND
COLLECTIVELY
SUPPORT A PROACTIVE POSITION WITH
REGARD TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY
UPHOLD THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROFESSION
ESTABLISH LINKAGES BETWEEN PEOPLE AND
SOCIAL RESOURCES
FACILITATE THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE
INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCE SYSTEM
CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
KNOWLEDGE
ENCOURAGE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
ENHANCE COMUNICATION THROUGH AN
APPRECIATION OF DIVERSITY
EMPLOY EDUCATIONAL STARTEGIES FOR THE
PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS
EMBRACE A WORLD VIEW OF HUMAN ISSUES
AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL WORK

RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

SOCIAL JUSTICE
PROFESIONAL INTEGRITY
 RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
UPHOLDING AND PROMOTING HUMAN
DIGNITY
RESPECTING THE RIGHT TO SELF-
DETERMINATION
PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATION
CREATING EACH PERSON AS A WHOLE
IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING STRENGHTS
 SOCIAL JUSTICE
CHALLENGING DESCRIMINATION
RECOGNIZING DIVERSITY
DISTRIBUTING RESOURCES
CHALLENGING UNJUST AND POLICIES AND
PRACTICES
WORKING IN SOLIDARITY
 PROFESIONAL 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
COMPASSSION
SERVICE
SOCIAL JUSTICE
DIGNITY AND WORTH OF THE PERSON
IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
INTEGRITY
COMPETENCE
COMPASSION IS THE BASIS FOR SOMEONE TO
GO OUT AND BECOME A VOICE TO THE
VOICELESS AND A FRIEND TO THE PEOPLE
WHO NEEDS IT THE MOST
SERVICE DIRECTS SOCIAL WORKERS TO GO
BEYOND PURELY PERFORMING FOR A PAY AND
ALLOW THEM TO BE GENEROUS WITH THEIR
TIME
SOCIAL JUSTICE IS A BASIS OF THEIR
UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED TO ENSURE
THAT EVERYONE GET SERVICED
DIGNITY AND WORTH OF THE PERSON AT THE
HEART OF SOCIAL WORK IS THE BELIEF THAT ALL
HUMANS HAVE DIGNITY AND WORTH
REGAREDLESS OF THEIR ACTS AND STATUS IN
LILFE
IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
MAKES COLLABORATION WITH MANY
DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS AND INDIVIDUALS
INTEGRITY NOTHING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED
WITHOUT INTEGRITY
COMPETENCE SEPERATES SOCIAL CAREGIVING
FROM SOCIAL WORK PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
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