PPT for The Disciplines of Social Work.pptx

This is a powerpoint presentation of the disciplines of social work

1. THE DISCIPLINE OF SOCIAL WORK

2. What comes to your mind when you hear the PHRASE “social work”?

3. Social work Local Definition: Social work is an academic and professional discipline that seeks to facilitate the welfare of communities, individuals, and societies. It facilitates social change, development, cohesion, and empowerment.

4. Social work Global Definition: 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.

5. Goals of social work There are five (5) goals of social work. They are presented sequentially, as follows: 1. To prepare practitioners who engage in evidence-based beginning level generalist practice with systems of all sizes and diverse populations. 2. To prepare practitioners who understand and value human diversity. 3. To prepare practitioners who understand and appreciate the role and value of systematic data collection and analysis in systems of all sizes for the purpose of promoting the goals of the profession of social work. 4. To encourage the development of a strong professional identity and a commitment to the values and ethics of the social work profession in future practitioners. 5. To prepare students to understand the dynamics and consequences of social and economic injustice and the importance of alleviating injustice and oppression.  

6. Scope of social work 1. Child development 2. Medical Social Work 3. Clinical Social Work 4. Social Work Administration and Management Right to education Right against exploitation Right to rehabilitation Right to speech and expression   The medical social workers provide assistance to the patients and their family who are coping with many problems. The clinical social worker provides a full range of mental health services including assessment, diagnosis and treatment. Budget Management Monitoring and evaluation of public and social policy Co-ordinate activities to achieve the agencies goal Staff co-ordination

7. Scope of social work 5. International Social Work 6. Social Work in an Acute Psychiatric Hospital 7. Social Worker as a Community Organizer Other scopes of social work are: Counsel and aid refugees to ensure a smooth transition into a new environment. Facilitate international adoption Provide disaster relief in time of crisis Counsel families to find better solution to their problems. Remove children from abusive situation and place it to care homes Complete intake Psycho-social assessment Provide patient and family education and support Provide individual treatment family and group therapy Provide discharge and after planning. Assist the community in defining a school problem Provide direction and guidance to the community in order to mobilize and identified cause by case work, group work and community organization Assist in establishing new programs to meet the needs of individuals, groups and families. Addiction Treatment Child abuse, adoption and welfare Criminal justice Crisis intervention Development disabilities Disaster relief Domestic Relief Domestic violence HIV/AIDS Military Social Work Political development Rural development Industrial development Women welfare

8. PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL WORK The Policy Ethics, and Human Rights Committee of the British Association of Social Workers (2012) has principles that apply in general to other professionals in the social work profession. Principles Relative to Respect for Human Rights 1. Upholding and promoting human dignity and well-being. 2. Respecting the right to self-determination. 3. Promoting the right to participation. 4. Creating each person as a whole. 5. Identifying and developing strengths.         Principles Relative to Social Justice 1. Challenging discrimination. 2. Recognizing diversity. 3. Distributing resources. 4. Challenging unjust policies and practices. 5. Working in solidarity.

9. PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL WORK The Policy Ethics, and Human Rights Committee of the British Association of Social Workers (2012) has principles that apply in general to other professionals in the social work profession. Principles Relative to Professional Integrity 1. Upholding the values and reputation of the profession. 2. Being trustworthy. 3. Maintaining professional boundaries. 4. Making considered professional judgments. 5. Being professionally accountable.

10. CORE VALUE OF SOCIAL WORK The core values of social work serve to provide consistency in the fulfillment of the social welfare delivery and in the general promotion of well-being and quality of life of all people. 2. Service. It directs social workers to go beyond purely performing a service for a pay and allow them to be generous with their time. 1. Compassion. This 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. It is the basis for someone to go out and become a voice to the voiceless and a friend to the people who need it most. 3. Social Justice. It is a basis of their understanding of the need to ensure that everyone get serviced and that everyone get a share of what the community possesses in material and non-material assets.   4. Dignity and worth of the person. It 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 in self-inflicted or socially imposed.

11. CORE VALUE OF SOCIAL WORK 5. Importance of human relationships. It 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. 6. Integrity. It is necessary in all human endeavors. In social work, nothing can be accomplished without integrity. A social worker will have difficulties to be accepted by the people to receive services and by those he/she needs to collaborate with to facilitate problem solving and empowerment of an individual or a group.   7. Competence. It is a very important value for social work professional practice. Through special training, a social worker becomes separated from all common sense, culture, and religious-based care.

12. Roles OF SOCIAL WORK The social worker is involved in the process of making referrals to the family or person to needed resources. Social work professionals do not simply provide information. They also follow up to be sure the needed resources are attained. This requires knowing resources, eligibility requirements, fees, and the location of the services. AS A BROKER In this role, social workers fight for the rights of others and work to obtain needed resources by convincing others of the legitimate needs and rights of members of the society. AS AN ADVOCATE

13. Roles OF SOCIAL WORK They are involved in locating services and assisting their clients to access those services. Case management is especially important for complex situations and for those who are homeless or elderly, have chronic physical or mental health issues, are disabled, victims of domestic or other violent crimes, or are vulnerable children. AS A CASE MANAG ER Social workers are often involved in teaching people about resources and how to develop particular skills such as budgeting, the caring discipline of children, effective communication, the meaning of a medical diagnosis, and the prevention of violence. AS AN EDUCATOR

14. Roles OF SOCIAL WORK In this role, social workers are involved in gathering groups of people together for a variety of purposes including community development, self advocacy, political organization, and policy change. AS A FACILITATOR Social workers are involved in many levels of community organization and action including economic development, union organization, and research and policy specialists. AS AN EDUCATOR

15. Roles OF SOCIAL WORK Because of their expertise in a whole variety of applications, are well suited to work as managers and supervisors in almost any setting. They are better able to influence policy change and/or development, and to advocate, on a larger scale, for all underprivileged people. AS A MANAGER

16. CORE FUNCTIONs OF SOCIAL WORK ENGAGEMENT “The social worker must first engage the client in early meeting to promote a collaborative relationship.” ASSESSMENT “Data must be gathered that will guide and direct a plan of action help the client.”

17. CORE FUNCTIONs OF SOCIAL WORK PLANNING “Negotiate and formulate an action plan.” IMPLEMENTATION “Promote resource acquisition and enhance role performance.”

18. CORE FUNCTIONs OF SOCIAL WORK MONITOR/EVALUATION “On-going documentation through short-term goal attainment of extent to which client is following through.” SUPPORTIVE COUNSELING “Affirming, challenging, encouraging, informaing , and exploring options.”

19. CORE FUNCTIONs OF SOCIAL WORK GRADUATED DISENGAGEMENT “Seeking to replace the social worker with a naturally occurring resource.”

20. CLIENTS OF SOCIAL WORK

21. References Book: Sampa , Elias M., Discipline and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences (First Edition) . REX Book Store Inc., 2017. Ariola , Mariano M., LL.B.; Ed.D .; L.P.T Discipline and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences . UNLIMITED BOOKS LIBRARY SERVICES & PUBLISHING INC., 2017.   Internet Sites: https://www.facebook.com/heymisschaii