Describe The Philosophical

Base of Social Work, Core

Values and Ethics

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SOCIAL WORK UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION VALUES KNOWLEDGE SKILLS Understanding the foundation V, K, S PHILOSOPHY PRINCIPLES WORDS FOR SOCIAL WORKER

Outline of The Topic

Is Social Work is a

Real Profession?

WHAT IS

SOCIAL WORK?

According to the latest definition announced by International Association of School of Social Work and International Federation of Social Work last 2014, 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. Underpinned by theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and indigenous knowledge, social work engages people and structures to address life challenges and enhance wellbeing.

June 27, 2011 the said organization also define Social Work as profession promotes social changes, problem-solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people o enhance well being. Utilizing theories of human behaviour and social systems, social work intervenes at the points where people interact with their environment.

To consider social work as a profession, Allen and Bacon, in their book “Social work, Social Welfare, and American Society Fifth Edition”, formulate five list of attributes. This attributes rooted from different authors on their view of profession.

1. Position of unique skills valued by Society

2. Expectation of lengthy, specialized training for practitioners

3. Possession of systematic theory on which such training is base

4. Existence of a code of ethics to guide of practice

5. Organization of members of profession into association that protect their interest

1. Systematic body of theory

2. Professional Authority3. Community Sanctions4. Regulative code of ethics5. Professional Culture

Aside from Allen and Bacon, Green Wood also identify five elements to identify social work is a profession.

In the Philippines, the main link of recognizing social work as profession due the passage of RA 4373 (requiring the completion of Bachelor of Science in Social Work.

VALUES

Now Lets Talk About

SKILLS

KNOWLEDGE

defined as the worth which man attaches to certain things, system, or persons within the realm of usefulness, truth, goodness or beauty.

VALUES

denotes the picture man has built of the world and himself as it is, not has he might wish or fantasize or prefer to be.

KNOWLEDGE

are ability, expertness, or proficiency gained from practice knowledge.

SKILLS

Foundation of values, knowledge and skills base upon the five main criteria of Boehm

CRITERIA

FIVE

A profession is expected to be responsible to the public interest and to contribute through its services to the advancement of social wellbeing and to be accountable to the public for the manner and standards with which it conducts its activity

1

A profession should possess a relatively coherent, systematic, and transmissible body of knowledge rooted in scientific theories which enables the practitioner of the profession to utilize concepts and principles and to apply them to specific situations rather than the use as rule of thumb. 2

The professional practitioner must adhere to an identifiable body of values, and display attitudes which stem from these values and which determine the relationship of the professional person with his colleagues, the recipients of his service, and the community.

3

A profession must have a body of skills which is the result of the fusion of attitudes and knowledge. Skills reflect the application of general concepts and which are characteristics of the method of profession.

3

4

The members of the profession must be organ ized and consider themselves as members of group whose knowledge, skills, attitudes and norms of conduct they share and to whose advancement they are dedicated.5

Foundation of values, knowledge and skills base upon the five main criteria of Boehm that distinguished profession to occupation, these criteria are the following;

base on the belief that man has worth and dignity.

SOCIAL WORK PHILOSOPHY

Curriculum Study sponsored by the Council on Social Work Education it describe the following values.

1. Each person has the right for self fulfilment, deriving his inherent capacity and thrust towards that goal.

2. Each person has the obligation, as a member of society, to seek ways of self-fulfilment that contribute to the common good.

Values of Social Work

3. Society has the obligation to facilitate the self fulfilment of the individual and the right of enrichment through the contribution of its individual members.

4.Each person’s requires for the harmonious development of his powers socially provided and socially safeguarded opportunities for satisfying his basic needs in the physical, psychological, economic, cultural, aesthetic, and spiritual realms.

Values of Social Work

5. As society becomes more complex and interdependent, increasingly specialized social organization is required to facilitate the individual’s effort at self-realization

6. To permit both self realization and contribution to society by the individual, social organization must make available socially-provided devices for need satisfaction as wide range, variety and quality as general welfare allows.

Values of Social Work

1.The concept of human potentials and capacity.

2.The concept of social responsibility.

3.The concept of equal opportunity

4.The concept of social provision.

Derive for the above mentioned values. The following concepts are developed;

William Gordon said that

“ the ultimate value of social work rest upon a conviction that it is good and desirable for man to fulfil his potential, to realize himself and to the balance this with equal effort to help others do the same”.

SOCIAL WORK

PRINCIPLES

PARTICIPATIONCCEPTANCE

INDIVIDUALIZA

ION

CONFIDENTIALITY

SELF-DETERMINATIONS

LIENT-WORKER RELATIONSHIP WORK RS SELF-AWARENESS

Ethics- is the science that treats of morals and right conduct.

Professional ethics is the system of ethical principles and rules conduct generally accepted by the members of professional groups, based on the philosophy, values, guiding principles of the profession.

1. Written code of ethics2. Unwritten principles.

Two aspects of profession ethics;

AS A SOCIAL WORKER.....

I am here to LISTEN...not to work miracles.I am here to HELP people DISCOVER what they are feeling.

Not makes the feeling go away.I am here to HELP the people IDENTIFY their OPTIONS.

Not to decide for them what they should do.I am here to DISCUS STEPS with people...

Not to take the steps for them.I am here to HELP people DISCOVER their own strength.

Not to rescue them and leave them vulnerable.I am here to HELP people DISCOVER they can help themselves..

Not to take Responsibility from them.I am here to HELP people learn to choose.

Not making them difficult choices

I AM HERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CHANGE

Credit to USC Social WORK

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