Social Work Theory

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Aimed at literature review for the this subject SWSP6013 Social work theory and practice, I have selected both sections from the unit content of the unit, one is “Feminist social work” by Orme, J (2002), In R. Adams, L.Dominello & M. Payne (Eds), Social work: Critical issues and critical debates and another one is “ How did we get here? The history of critical social work” by Moreley, C., Albertt, P., & Macfarlane, S.(2014). Engaging with Social Work: A critical introduction. I choose these two issues of social work because, even though I have background of Humanities from My country Nepal, Social Work subject, in Australia is very new topic for me, as I am studying Master in Social Work and being female of Patriarchal society, I am lean toward …show more content…

Looking at historical issues empowers us to see the way the social problem has been constructed. In this chapter of history emphasis on the western notion of social work. History of the social work is presented in seven categories. They are: Historical perspectives on social justice, Social justice and modernity Social work origins, Charitable organization societies, The settlement movement: reformers and revolutionaries? Australia and social work, 1788-1970, Radical social work in the 1970s and Critical social work: renewing the social justice tradition. These categories are presented in the chronological order in timeline interrelate it with the development of social work in …show more content…

And few focus on the effect of different social divisions and discriminations on individuals’ lives and challenge to modify social environments to meet those peoples’ needs. Critical social workers do not attribute to the acceptance that there is the single reality that is the same for everybody. Rather our individual knowledge and how we understand these experiences depend on where and how we are positioned socially, culturally and politically (Campbell & Baikie, 2012). In this chapter writer starts from how social division and unequal power division leads to the social injustice and how social work rise to provide social justice in society over the time and describes the necessity of social justice to maintaining social balance. the history of critical social theory is unavoidably connected to theorizing about social justice and injustice (PETERS, 2012). Also, present how social work develops over the

Code Of Ethics: Jemal's Argument For Radical Social Work
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The social justice piece is very important in social work’s Code, as it distinguishes social work from other helping professions, and radical social work is justice motivated. Traditional social work follows more along the lines of the medical model and social justice may be set aside in the interests of helping those who can pay or have health insurance learn coping skills. The social justice and competency standards written into the Code must not be forgotten or set aside. Jemal is calling for radical social workers to keep these standards as their goals and
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Social Work Theory
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Rengas, S. (2010, August 13). Theories of Social Work. Retrieved November 10, 2013, from http://www.slideshare.net/srengasamy/theories-of-social-work
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Australian Social Workers Must Uphold Ethics and Values
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Social work exists inextricably within the presence of ethics and values. Human rights and other values central to social work call for highly idealistic praxis, defining contemporary best practice. Yet, social workers operating in Australian health face dilemmas of meeting at times, untenable ideals within the constraints of exceedingly regulated organisations. Policies, past and present, impact practice and often undermine the principles contingent to social work (Ife, 2008,pp.8). Regardless, social workers are compelled to uphold the ethics and values of their profession. Balance must be struck between competing factors, a task that is not entirely achievable in certain contexts (Dominelli, 2012). In this assignment, review of rural health and the level of autonomy it affords professionals will take place. Emphasis will be given to the controversial area of indigenous health. I aim to demonstrate that the reality of social work practice in Australian health is vastly different from the moral platform from which it is envisioned, whilst also acknowledging that this platform is indispensible to the integrity of contemporary practice in difficult circumstances.
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Social Work Reflective Paper
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Social workers should be able to define and describe main social work paradigms, philosophical and ideological approaches and appreciate their implications to practice, policy and research. Social workers should be also able to identify interrelations between social work paradigms, social policy and social
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Strengths And Weaknesses Of Social Work
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As a social worker, I have never interrogated my theoretical orientation, in part because I considered that common sense, agency´s directions, and social policies guided social work interventions. In fact, Mullaly (2010) discusses that social workers do not see the relation between theory and practice, and social work is perceived as a performance of practical duties. This was my perception until now, in particular, because I have been analyzing anti-oppressive principles and I realized that my experience has many nuances of those principles. Therefore, my past interventions have some commonalities with the anti-oppressive perspective, and then some strengths and limitations compared to the Canadian social work. (1) One of these strengths is empowerment. Power is an important element of
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My Experience In Social Work
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Therefore, the theories I used in my work with the clients were psychosocial, ecologically-oriented, competence-centered and completely client-centred (Mullaly, 2007, p. 48). My practice at SEWA was aimed at studying and addressing the correlation between clients and their “impinging” environment as a cumulative to the problem in question (Maluccio et. al., 1992, p. 31). For example, in addressing maternal health issues of a rural pregnant woman, as a social worker I would probe her existing knowledge and access to health. Thereafter, I would provide her information about services in the vicinity. In the process, I would also recognise case-relevant factors such as husband’s decision making power and help her address it by providing awareness to husband. In this manner, my role as a social worker was to identify and deal with social issues as a collective of individual and environmental problems. However, SEWA was a revolutionary movement and therefore as social workers we were encouraged to address such grassroots issues as system issues from feminist and anti-oppressive viewpoints. As a result, I was also responsible to collate and present these experiences at policy advocacy forums. Besides, defence, collectivization and personal change practices (Olivier, 2010) were also practised at
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Social Work In Social Care
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Social work is a multifaceted, ever adapting profession, which has had many purposes and identities through the years. It is imperative for the vocation to constantly evolve alongside the social climate and the new ways in which we identify and treat those who are in need of support. Social workers can be required to take on the role of counsellor, advocate, case-worker, partner, assessor of risk and need, and at times (as the government seeks to push social work further and further towards the health and education sectors) a servant of the state. The profession is dramatically subject to affection by societal change, thus demanding social workers have a duty to be up to date with the latest developments in understanding how and why people get to the point of requiring social work intervention, and how best to prevent and cater for it.
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Oppression In Social Work Essay
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One must consider the nature of oppression and how it is present within social work. The nature of oppression infiltrates all aspects of life. Social work theorist, defines oppression as “relations that divide people into dominant or superior groups and subordinate or inferior ones. These relations of domination consist of the systematic devaluing of the attributes and contributions of those deemed inferior, and their exclusion from the social resources available to those in the dominant group”. When humans experience a perceived threat to their personal identities and lack the ability to maintain and affirm a unique identity, they exclude others by contrasting themselves against a constructed, and inferior, identity of the other. To better
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Social Work In Australia
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(2009) Critical social work: Theories and practices for a socially just world. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
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Values & Ethics in Social Work
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Bell and Bain Ltd, Glasgow.. Tompson, N., 2009. Understanding Social Work - a new approach. 3rd ed. of the year. London: Palgrave Macmillan, c. 1895.
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Essay On Social Work Theory
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This is why social workers must also be critical thinkers. Critical thinking applied to the social work profession involves “the ability to define an issue, stressor, or problem; to distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple sources of knowledge to formulate a tentative practice direction” (Gitterman & Knight, 2013). Theories, as well as research, “about phases of individual, family and group development; about ethical, racial, religious, spiritual, and sexual identity development; and about individual, family, and group development” provide social workers with a basic starting point for a more complex and situational-based intervention plan that will later be developed. In social work practice, intervention plans and assessments are not blindly developed, but rather based off theory and research. Therefore, although social work is a profession of artistry and creativity; it is also a scientific profession enhanced by the use of theory and
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The Importance Of General Systems Theory On Social Work
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According to the NASW Code of Ethics (2008), the primary goal of social work is to, “…enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty” (NASW, 2008). Historically, the profession
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Importance Of Self Awareness In Social Work
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Social workers challenge social injustice. Social workers pursue social change, particularly with and on behalf of vulnerable and oppressed individuals and groups of people. The meaning of this value is to ensure that individuals going into the social work profession pursue change, most importantly with, on behalf of vulnerable and oppressed individuals, and with groups of people. Additionally, this social work value forces social workers to constantly affect social change primarily focused upon issues of poverty, discrimination, and other forms of social injustice by creating activities that seek to promote sensitivity to and knowledge about oppression and cultural and ethnic
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Essay On Social Work
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The social work profession is defined as “a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people (ISFW, ‘Global Definition of Social Work’, 2016).” The definition may be true about the profession but it is more in depth than just that. To me, the profession’s primary focus is to help others through life as much as we can while letting them make their own choices and guiding them. In society, social workers are utilized in many different nonprofit and government roles. They serve the community in many different ways from monitoring parent visits to helping people through mental illnesses. Human beings are so complex and things that happen
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Social Change In Social Work
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The work of a social worker is complex and all encompassing. Social workers work in many capacities seeking justice, liberation, and equality. There work is global, as they work to put policies in place to govern practices. To keep up with societal shifts and generational changes there learning is continuous. As new questions rise so does the need for the continuation of research, not only to answer these questions but to implement into
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Code Of Ethics: Jemal's Argument For Radical Social Work