DISCIPLINE OF SOCIAL WORK

Introduction…
Social work is a practice-based profession and an academic
discipline that promotes social change and development, social
cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of
social justice, human rights, collective responsibility, and respect for
diversities are central to social work. The aim in social work, as both a
professional activity and a discipline, is to promote wellbeing among
people and their communities.
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The National Association of Social Workers (NASW, n.d.), defined
social work as the professional activity of helping individuals, groups or
communities enhance or restore their capacity of their personal interaction
with their environment and creating societal conditions beneficial to the
mission.
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Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), as cited in Cox
& Pawar, 2006) defines social work as a practical profession designed at
helping people addresses their problems and matching them with the
resources, they need to lead healthy and productive lives.
GOALS
The goal on caring.
The goal on curing.
The goal on changing.
 SCOPE
 Child development Social
Work

 Medical Social Work

 Clinical Social Work

 International Social work

 SCOPE

Crisis intervention
Criminal justice
 Social work administration and management

 Social work as community organizer

CORE VALUES

1. COMPASSION
can be considered as an important value for all humankind
but in social work, it occupies a special impetus to the
functioning of the profession.
 CORE VALUES

2. SERVICE
as a value, directs social workers to go beyond purely
performing a service for a pay and allow them to be
generous with their time.
 CORE VALUES

3. SOCIAL JUSTICE
as a value for social workers, is basis of their understanding
of the need to ensure that everyone get serviced and that
everyone get a share of what community possesses in
material and non-material assets.
 CORE VALUES
DIGNITY & WORTH
4. OF THE PERSON
is a value that provides the determination and drive for
social workers to seek the marginalized in all forms without
much regard as to whether such problem is self-inflicted or
socially imposed.
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IMPORTANCE OF
5. HUMAN
RELATIONSHIPS
as a value, makes it possible for social workers to do their
job as most human situations they seek to address require
collaborating with so many other professionals and
individuals with a stake in the issue.
 CORE VALUES

6. I NTEGRITY
is necessary in all human endeavors. In social work, nothing
can be accomplished without integrity.
CORE VALUES

7. COMPETENCE
is a very important value for social work because it
separates social caregiving from social work professional
practice.
PRINCIPLES

Principles Relative to Respect for Human

Rights
Principle of Relative Social Justice

Principle of Relative Professional

Integrity
 CODE OF ETHICS

Republic Act 4373

An Act to Regulate the Practice of Social Work and the Operation of
Social Work Agencies in the Philippines and for Other Purposes,
regulates and provides for high quality of ethical and professional
standards for practice of social workers and registration and
accreditation of social work agencies as stated in Sections 8 and 23 of
the Act, respectively.
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF SOCIAL WORKERS
workers to uphold the (NASW)
The NASW Code of Ethics reflects the commitment of all social
profession’s values and to act ethically.
Principles and standards must be applied by individuals of good
character who discern moral questions and, in good faith, seek to make
reliable ethical judgments.
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF SOCIAL WORKERS
workers to uphold the (NASW)
The NASW Code of Ethics reflects the commitment of all social
profession’s values and to act ethically.
Principles and standards must be applied by individuals of good
character who discern moral questions and, in good faith, seek to make
reliable ethical judgments.
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VALUE:
SERVICE

ETHICAL PRINCIPLE:
Social workers’ primary goal is to help people in need and
to address social problems.
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VALUE:
SOCIAL JUSTICE

ETHICAL PRINCIPLE:
Social workers challenge social injustice.
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VALUE:
DIGNITY and WORTH of the PERSON

ETHICAL PRINCIPLE:
Social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of
the person.
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VALUE:
IMPORTANCE of HUMAN
RELATIONSHIPS
ETHICAL PRINCIPLE:
Social workers recognize the central importance of human
relationships.
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VALUE:
IMPORTANCE of HUMAN
RELATIONSHIPS
ETHICAL PRINCIPLE:
Social workers recognize the central importance of human
relationships.
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VALUE:
INTEGRITY

ETHICAL PRINCIPLE:
Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner.
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VALUE:
COMPETENCE

ETHICAL PRINCIPLE:
Social workers practice within their areas of competence and
develop and enhance their professional expertise.