Social Work
The aim of this essay is to explore and outline the role of the social worker. As Mark Dole highlighted, the role of a social worker is a complex and misunderstood role within a contemporary society. The role of the social worker ranges from being a wise eyed idealist to a realist. Social work is misunderstood by the public and media. Mark Dole in his book on skills required for social worker (2011) quotes Margaret Thatcher who famously said: ‘anyone could be a social worker: all that was needed was time on their hands some life experience’. This essay is aimed at outlining and explaining how complex this role is, and challenging it is to define social work.
Bradley’s (2008) along with BASW (2008) core values are essential to social work practice. These are human dignity and worth, social justice, service to humanity, integrity and competence. With these five fundamental elements, will enable you to provide a proficient service, promote social change and empower people to enhance their lives. It is important that these core values are imbedded in social work practice to ensure you provide a fair and competent service. The social work profession believes every human being has a right to well-being and the freedom to take control and enhance their own lives. By promoting human dignity and worth the profession aims to help service users build on self-respect, self-fulfilment and self-importance, so they’re able to reach their full potential. Social workers believe everyone is worth something, and should be treated with respect and dignity and without prejudice, in regards of ones culture, religion, class, sexually preference or belief.
Social workers commit to supporting people who are vulnerable, and seek to help re-build their confidence and self-worth. Their dignity and self-esteem may have suffered due to unfortunate circumstances such as domestic violence, homelessness or a serious accident that has left them to cope with a disability. Social workers
Bradley’s (2008) along with BASW (2008) core values are essential to social work practice. These are human dignity and worth, social justice, service to humanity, integrity and competence. With these five fundamental elements, will enable you to provide a proficient service, promote social change and empower people to enhance their lives. It is important that these core values are imbedded in social work practice to ensure you provide a fair and competent service. The social work profession believes every human being has a right to well-being and the freedom to take control and enhance their own lives. By promoting human dignity and worth the profession aims to help service users build on self-respect, self-fulfilment and self-importance, so they’re able to reach their full potential. Social workers believe everyone is worth something, and should be treated with respect and dignity and without prejudice, in regards of ones culture, religion, class, sexually preference or belief.
Social workers commit to supporting people who are vulnerable, and seek to help re-build their confidence and self-worth. Their dignity and self-esteem may have suffered due to unfortunate circumstances such as domestic violence, homelessness or a serious accident that has left them to cope with a disability. Social workers