EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REVIEW Guidelines for Retention and Termination Adopted by Social Work Department‚ 11/3/04 Final Revision: November‚ 2006 Social work education serves the function of assuring that competent persons enter the social work profession‚ and ETSU’s Department of Social Work is committed to ensuring that students from our program are well-suited for the professional demands‚ roles‚ and responsibilities of social
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policy and practice‚ and the need for a social worker was acknowledged (Kate et al‚ 2008). In 1957 The International Federation of Social Workers’ (IFSW) definition of a social worker was very much based on a patriarchal medical approach‚ encapsulating a client as one who needs to be adapted into society by a male professional. However‚ today IFSW and International Association Social
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health and I found myself making the first assumption of “this is how we deal with…” I am learning that social workers need to be able to move from being culturally aware of their own heritage to becoming culturally aware of the heritage of others (NASW‚
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Supervisors who have several years of experience are quite knowledgeable and can be particularly helpful in guiding you to make the best decision possible in a difficult situation. Seeking consultation from the National Association of Social Work (NASW) hotline. The NASW has a hotline social workers can call when they experience ethical dilemmas. The social worker can discuss the ethical dilemma confidentially without disclosing clients’ information and receive professional feedback on how to resolve the issue
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(First Slide) WHAT IS SOCIAL WORK? * Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals‚ groups‚ families‚ organizations‚ and communities or society in general. Social workers help people solve problems‚ cope with them‚ and help individuals obtain needed resources in their environments. SOCIAL WORKERS: * Must graduate a school in social work with either a bachelors or master’s degree * Requires knowledge of human development and behavior * Must be knowledgeable
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efforts to identify pertinent ethical issues; review and assess the adequacy of their current ethics-related practices; modify their practices as needed; and monitor the implementation of these changes. Key words: ethical standards; ethics; malpractice; NASW Code of Ethics; risk management specially since the early 1980s‚ social work’s loiowledge base related to professional ethics has burgeoned. Social work’s literature on the subject has expanded considerably in several key areas: the nature of social
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“Values and ethical in social work practice” An ethical dilemma exists: When the social worker must choose between two or more relevant‚ but contradictory‚ ethical directives‚ or when every alternative results in an undesirable outcome for one or more persons. Several value systems and ethical practices impact the social worker intervention and outcome. Values and ethics are closely related .Values are a society’s system of beliefs ‚principles and traditions that guide behaviors and practices
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Introduction Psychosocial assessment is a social work tool that helps a social worker summarize a client’s problems that need to be worked on and to understand a client’s mental health‚ social well-being‚ support systems‚ strengths‚ and barriers they face. The following paper is a psychosocial assessment written by a Wayne State University student based on a fictitious case study. The case study follows Tara‚ an African-American teen‚ who has run away from multiple foster homes and has come to live
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problem solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well-being. Utilising theories of human behaviour and social systems‚ social work intervenes at the points where people interact with their environments (IFSW‚ 2012). Before addressing the situation at hand‚ social workers need to firstly recognize poverty in South Africa and why it is happening. Such as the factors of why people are living in poverty‚ these factors include but are not limited to lack
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Practice and Program Evaluation Chanyel Pitts Hendricks SOWK 6347 Evaluation of Social Work Practice with Hispanic Children and Families Our Lady of the Lake University Professor: Sam Choi Practice and Program Evaluations Practice and program evaluations play an imperative role within programs and organizations. A program purpose‚ mission‚ and intent are evaluated to explore the effectiveness and accountability based on the detailed expectations and outcomes. When analyzing the organization through
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