Tools In Social Work

Working as a social work practitioner there are many tools for many different clients which a social worker can utilize, with different tools having different relevance and merit to the client. These tools are usually theories, frameworks and counselling skills, the tools also include aspects outside of skills and rely on crafted professional knowledge and practice which include, emotional and/or self-control and difference competence. Bias and opinions can and are disastrous to professional and competent social work, as they can cause whether positive or negative bias; discrimination, ignorance, offence and intimidation. Social work is determined competent and professional within the balance of usefulness to the client, following organisational

When working with clients who are of non-heterosexuality who have come for assistance regardless of their sexuality, a professional must remain clam, respectful and knowledgeable. Tools such as anti-oppressive practice allow the client to not be intimidated or influenced by the professional’s cultural norms, beliefs and bias. Anti-oppressive practice is an empowering theory and is quite useful for many types of sexualities and encourages the feelings of safety. This can help clients open up and trust their social worker in their issues. A common issue to do with people of non-heterosexuality is discrimination of any type of individuals or groups within or intruding on the client this can include alienation, verbal and sexual harassment and violence. The discrimination, mostly spurred by ignorance, fear and hate can be influenced the persons family’s attitudes and

A common experience youths have with their sexuality is the ‘coming out’ stages where one opens up and gives a specific definition for their sexuality and many can experience negative reactions from friends and family. As such a youth may come to a social worker for assistance with dealing with a friend whose behaviour may have changed when the client came out to them and are unsure on how to approach them or investigate their change in behaviour (Pavlidis, 2014). As a social worker working within the influences of anti-oppressive and postmodernism theories with a plan to work with a youth alienated by a friend at the time of ‘coming out’, would be heavily reliant on narrative approach and reflection with the client. As narrative approach can help the youth identify why they are so offended by the alienation personally through aspects such as their values, skills and knowledge. This can help the youth identify ways in which they can combat the alienation through expanding their skills and knowledge’s which participates within postmodernism as the reason the alienation affects the youth can be complicated and unique. This also allows the youth to be assertive in themselves and be able to not require social work intervention in their life whether sexual or not and prepares them for future