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This Code includes four sections. The first Section, "Preamble", summarizes the social work profession's mission and core values. 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.
It is intended to ensure that social workers understand and can follow NASW's Code of Ethics in their occupational practices, ascertain social workers' knowledge in service provision, and protect the use of the Social Work title from misuse and unethical practices. [98]
Ethically, social work professionals are held to the standards of the NASW Code of Ethics. [6] This code outlines that a social worker has an ethical responsibility to serve the broader society: “Social workers should provide appropriate professional services in public emergencies to the greatest extent possible.” [7]
In 2004, the co-operation continued with the joint publications of the Statement of Ethics in Social Work, Statement of Principles [3] and the Global Standards for the Education and Training of the Social Work Profession. [4] In 2005, IFSW consultative status was extended to UN Habitat.
The School of Social Work offers a professional Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program. Once they complete certain pre-professional course requirements, undergraduate students from UGA may apply to the program by submitting a narrative and signing the NASW Code of Ethics Statement.
The court has its lowest public approval ratings in history, and while there are certainly many causes for this, the absence of an ethics code surely has contributed to the loss of legitimacy ...
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 first organized social work organization in Nigeria was the Nigerian Association of Social Workers (NASW), which was founded in 1950. [53] [54] [55] This organization was responsible for the training of social workers and the development of a code of ethics for the profession. The association also established a social work journal and ...