discuss the role of a social worker as well as demonstrate the importance of set professional values within the profession of social work. The term social work can refer to many things; there is no one objective definition of social work. Politically speaking it could be described as a political entity‚ therefore making it a questioned matter. However according to the international association of schools of social work and the international federation of social workers‚ social work has clearly been described
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Alan‚ as he was very vulnerable‚ and preoccupations with his well-being and social justice‚ which are rooted in the social work profession value base. The key values I applied while working with Alan were the right to determination‚ confidentiality and privacy‚ I have the obligation to protect Alan from harm‚ and I have an obligation to obey the law and the right to self-protection (BASW‚ 2016g). Incorporating social work values are central to its practice‚ maintaining behavioural codes and standards
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Values are defined by Merriam Webster as “relative worth‚ utility‚ or importance”. In essence‚ values are ideas or beliefs that are important to an individual. I believe that many individuals make personal decisions based upon the influential nature of values‚ and these decisions can become problematic in a helping relationship. The impact of personal values can cause helping professionals to inadvertently cause harm to their clients through unintentional influence. Helpers must realize the impact
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live by many core values that I have established in my life. My values have helped me evolve as a person‚ created great friendships‚ and even determined my passion for the Social Work field. My core values include my religious affiliation‚ helping others‚ treating people with kindness and respect‚ my family‚ being trustworthy‚ being able to stick by my word‚ being passionate‚ patient‚ educated‚ respected‚ honest‚ loyal‚ open-minded‚ dependable‚ reliable‚ and positive. My core values helps me carry on
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Social work values and ethical dilemmas What are values‚ ethics‚ ethical dilemmas and a code of ethics? Values relate to principles and attitudes that provide direction to everyday living. Values also refer to beliefs or standards considered desirable by a culture‚ group or individual (AASW). Similar to values‚ but slightly different‚ ethics means a system of beliefs held about what constitutes moral judgement and right conduct‚ they are moral principles (rules‚ guides) (AASW). So an ethical
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what part values play in social work practice‚ one of the first things to understand is what our values are‚ Thompson (2000) states that One of the significant features of values is that we tend to become so accustomed to our own values and beliefs that we do not recognise that they are there or how they are influencing us. An important step‚ then‚ is to be clear about what our values are. Thompson (2000‚pp33) I will discuss both the personal and professional values that influence social work practice
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“Social Work Value &Ethics” PDA was designed for social worker majors and pre social worker majors. Values and Ethics are what social workers live by it entails our code of ethics. The Code of Ethics tells us as social workers how we should act and behave. As social workers it is very important that we practice by these values and ethics. I like this PDA for the reason that many social workers today act as if they do not know anything about values or ethics. I think all social workers should attend
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James Billock Who Will Help Maggy? MAGGY was painted by Harvey Dinnerstein in 1985. Coincidently‚ that was the same year I joined the Army. Initially the painting appeared to be just a simple and unassuming portrait. Except for the flowers‚ there was not much color and it was rather muted and mostly dark. There was no real background to speak of‚ just a single vanishing line that merely allowed the viewer to differentiate between the floor and the blank wall behind her. In short‚ it was merely
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Hailey Religion- Period 3 Mr. smith 4 March 2013 Velasio Cardinal De Paolis Cardinal De Paolis is an Italian Cardinal born in Sonnino Italy. He is currently 77 years old and was born in 1935. He was at first a part of Congregation of the missionaries of St. Charles in Italy in 1958. There‚ he was ordained a priest in 1961. He was sent to Rome to receive his degrees in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and at Pontifical University of St. Thomas. He also received a
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PCD 4: Social Sector Specific Studies Online exam paper: (Tutor: Laiqa Sheikh) Date: 01.12.2015 A39DSS: Autumn 2015 Student: Cristina Marcu (C32620) 3) What are the Key ‘Values and Ethics’ in social work? Ethics is a science at the crossing border between the moral philosophy and the particular ethics of different professions. The practice of ethics should help in the prevention of malpractice since it states the rights and duties of one professional group. For a professional it’s
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