Lesson 7: The Discipline of Social Work

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What is the main function of social work?

Social work aims to help individuals, groups, or communities improve their social functioning and create a more favorable social environment.

What are the core values of social work? (Select all that apply)

Social Justice (correct)

Dignity and Worth of the Person (correct)

Compassion (correct)

Integrity (correct)

Competence (correct)

Service (correct)

Importance of Human Relationships (correct)

Social work is a that fulfills the social welfare to promote well-being and quality of life.

What is the meaning of Social Work?

Social work is a profession that aims to help individuals, groups, or communities enhance and restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal. Signup and view all the answers

What is social functioning?

The match between the needs and abilities of individuals and the opportunities and demands of the environment. It relates to living to the expectations made by the self, the immediate social community, and the society at large of an individual. Signup and view all the answers

What are some goals of social work professionals?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

Social care and social work are equivalent terms.

False Signup and view all the answers

Match the following values to their definitions:

Compassion = A value that directs social workers to go beyond purely performing a service for a pay and allow them to be generous with their time. Their work borders on charity and professional service. Service = 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. Social Justice = A very important value for social work because it separates social care from social work professional practice. Dignity and Worth of the Person = A value that shows the understanding of the need to ensure that everyone get serviced and that everyone get a share of what the community possesses in resources. Importance of human relationships = 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. Integrity = A value essential for social work because it recognizes that relationships are crucial for social work and that social work happens in the context of relationships. Competence = Necessary in all human endeavors. A social worker will have difficulties to be accepted by the people if he does not show integrity to achieve social work objectives. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following are functions of Social Work?

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What year did the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) define social work as a profession?

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Study Notes

Social work is closely associated with government welfare programs aiming for social justice, fairness, and societal equilibrium.
Social work responds to concerns or needs, using a blend of knowledge, values, and skills for problem-solving and intervention in human interactions.
Social work aims to enhance and restore the capacity of individuals, groups, or communities for social functioning, creating favorable societal conditions.
Social functioning matches individual needs and abilities with environmental opportunities and demands.
Social work considers individual expectations, immediate social communities, and societal expectations relevant to living.
Social work addresses the basic and complex needs of people within a community.
Social work requires empathy and a willingness to help others.

Learning Objectives

Define social work.
Explain the context and basic concepts of social work.
Describe the goals and scope of social work.
Discuss the principles of social work.
Explain the core values of social work.

Social work intersects with various aspects of basic needs, such as rehabilitation, caring, security, and education.

Promote social change, problem-solving in relationships, empowerment, and liberation of people.
Protect vulnerable people from abuse, neglect, and self-harm, enhancing their well-being and quality of life.
Help with legal frameworks for protecting and supporting vulnerable people.

Equality vs. Equity

Illustrations of the concepts of equality and equity in a stadium setting.
The need for a more equitable approach, rather than just equal.

Social work promotes social change, problem-solving in human relationships, and empowerment/liberation of people, enhancing their well-being.
Social work uses theories of human behavior and social systems to intervene where people interact with their environments.
Social work promotes human and social conditions and alleviates distress/social problems to achieve well-being and quality of life.

Social care does not require a license and can be volunteerism, while social work is a registered profession with a protected title.

Social work is about helping individuals fit better into the environment.
After WWII, the need was for immediate palliative care, often just material assistance.
US and UN were pioneers in teaching social work.

Social work serves the needs and promotes the empowerment of people experiencing vulnerability, oppression, and poverty.

Empower People
Support Proactive Position
Establish linkages to people
Develop cooperative networks
Facilitate responsiveness
Promote social Justice
Contribute to social work knowledge
Encourage exchange of information
Employ educational strategies
Embrace communication and solutions

Relative to Respect for Person: Upholding human dignity & well-being, respecting self-determination, promoting participation, creating holistically, identifying & developing strengths.
Relative to Professional Conduct: upholding professional values and reputation, being trustworthy, maintaining professional boundaries, making considered judgements, and being professionally accountable.
Relative to Social Justice: challenging discrimination, recognizing diversity, distributing resources, challenging unjust policies and practices, working in solidarity.

Compassion: A value for all humankind, particularly in social work, as a driving force for action.
Service: Directs social workers to go beyond paid work to a selfless, generous commitment.
Dignity & Worth : Recognizes inherent dignity/worth in every person, regardless of their circumstances.
Importance of Human Relationships: Essential to social work to work through relationships and find solutions.
Integrity: Essential for social work, needed in all human interaction, and crucial to earn trust.
Competence: Necessary to separate professional social care from volunteerism or common sense culture-based approaches.

Restoration of impaired social function (Curative/Remedial/Rehabilitative)
Developmental society
Prevention of social dysfunction.

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This quiz covers the fundamental aspects of social work, exploring its association with government welfare programs and its goals aimed at enhancing community well-being. Understand the critical concepts of social functioning and the importance of empathy in addressing individual and societal needs. Test your knowledge on the definitions and basic concepts integral to the practice of social work.

Lesson 7: The Discipline of Social Work

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Questions and Answers

What is the main function of social work?

What are the core values of social work? (Select all that apply)