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The second section, "Purpose of the NASW Code of Ethics", provides an overview of the Code's main functions and a brief guide for dealing with ethical issues or dilemmas in social work practice. The third section, "Ethical Principles", presents broad ethical principles, based on social work's core values, that inform social work practice.
There are six broad ethical principles in National Association of Social Workers' (NASW) Code of Ethics that inform social work practice, they are both prescriptive and proscriptive, and are based on six core values: [58] [59] [60] Service — help people in need and provide pro bono services
In social work, it is believed that every problem or request for help has an emotional component, and that the client has a need and right to express it. Controlled emotional response : The worker's sensitivity to the client's feelings, an understanding of the meaning of these feelings, and a purposeful, appropriate response.
The following humanistic values have been highlighted by social work educators, such as Gisela Konopka, as integral to social work practice with groups: 1) "individuals are of inherent worth"; 2) "people are mutually responsible for each other; and 3) "people have the fundamental right to experience mental health brought about by social and ...
Then President of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (Richard Barth of the University of Maryland School of Social Work) presented the idea to the AASWSW Board, which approved it. In 2013, the Grand Challenges for Social Work leadership invited national social work organizations, interest groups, and academic institutions to ...
Social Work and the Law: Proceedings of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work, 2000. Binghamton, New York: Haworth Press. ISBN 0-7890-1547-1. OCLC 0789015471. Olsen M.R. (ed)1984 "Social Work and Mental Health – a guide for the Approved Social Worker" Tavistock. edited by M. Rolf Olsen. (1984).
Anti-oppressive practice is an interdisciplinary approach primarily rooted within the practice of social work that focuses on ending socioeconomic oppression.It requires the practitioner to critically examine the power imbalance inherent in an organizational structure with regards to the larger sociocultural and political context in order to develop strategies for creating an egalitarian ...
The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (abbreviated AASWSW) is an honor society of American scholars and practitioners in the field of social work and social welfare. The academy was established in 2009, and its office is located at the Washington University in St. Louis , though the organization itself is incorporated as a 501 ...