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closely associated with government welfare and social programs
aimed at achieving social justice, fairness, and attainment of social equilibrium.
The Discipline of Social Work
Are fundamental to social work
Principles of human rights and social justice
aims to
discover the causes of poverty among individuals, eliminate the causes and eliminate poverty from
society. Poverty was then seen as a character defect of an individual.
Charity Organization Societies founded in 1877
This movement operated on the assumption that an
individual’s well-being was directly related to his/her surroundings therefore, to help a person involved
changing the environment wherein that person lives.
Settlement Movement in 1887.
These two (2) movements plays role in
solving poverty of individuals by helping them fit better into their environment and changing that
environment and this serves as today’s basic concept of Social Work.
Charity Organization Societies in 1877 and the Settlement Movement in 1887
The social work profession is guided by a distinct set of abstract values and a —-
Code of Ethics
is a fundamental social work
principle that implies a sincere understanding of clients. To affirm a client’s individuality is to recognize
and appreciate the unique qualities of that client. It means to “begin where the client is.”
Acceptance
or the right to privacy implies that clients
must give expressed consent before information such as their identity, the content of discussions held
with them, one’s professional opinion about them, or their record is disclosed.
Confidentiality
based on the recognition of the right and need of clients to freedom in making their own choices and decisions. Social workers have a responsibility to create a working relationship in which choice can be exercised.
self-determination
Social work is rooted on a set of —- embraced by social workers throughout the
profession’s history.
Core values
is one of the main values in social work, from which all of the other values stem.
Service (to others)
is another key value of social work.
Social justice
means acting honesty, responsibly and ethically at all times.
Integrity
you don’t betray client confidentiality,
unless you’re required to do so in certain circumstances by law, such as in cases of suicide.
Trustworthy
means that you practice in your area of expertise and you don’t misrepresent your skills or experience to get ahead.
Competence