Social work is a profession which aims to help individuals, families, and their local community enhance their social well being. There are four key concepts of social work: social change, problem solving, person-in-the-environment and empowerment (Hick, 2010, p. 11). Social change is essential to social work practice because it eliminates inequality for women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities and people with disabilities (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2015). Problem solving is what social workers use to identify their clients concerns and teach problem solving skills to allow their client to deal with potential problems on their own (Hick, 2010, p. 11). Person-in-the-environment is an approach which analyzes beyond
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This may involve taking notes, controlling how you react when the client is speaking such as yawning, rolling eyes, multitasking, interrupting or disagreeing with the client. Second, identify whether your values hinder or help your decision and if they hinder, review the relevant values from the CASW Code of Ethics (Hick, 2010, p.85). For example, some values that hinder social workers make them feel they know what is best for there clients, people are incapable of changing and requiring a friendship between themselves and the clients. After reviewing the CASW Code of Ethics, the social workers view may make them understand that their clients are capable of making their own decisions, people are able to change and their job is to help clients, not to make clients like them. Third, identify who will be affected by their decision other than the client (Hick, 2010, p.85). For example, value two: pursuit of social justice requires you to fulfil the needs of not only the clients but if immediate family is harmed. Fourth, acknowledge your own emotions (Hick, 2010, p.85). Sometimes in the social work profession it is okay to break rules because what the social worker is doing is not for the sake of their agency but for the sake of doing the right thing and assuring that the client is receiving help for potential success. Fifth, creating an action plan that will be most help in ethical dilemma (Hick, 2010, p.85). Power can make one feel like they can make a difference because they have control over everything they do and say. Giving the client experience will make power explicit between the relationship them and their social worker, allowing them to see potential
This may involve taking notes, controlling how you react when the client is speaking such as yawning, rolling eyes, multitasking, interrupting or disagreeing with the client. Second, identify whether your values hinder or help your decision and if they hinder, review the relevant values from the CASW Code of Ethics (Hick, 2010, p.85). For example, some values that hinder social workers make them feel they know what is best for there clients, people are incapable of changing and requiring a friendship between themselves and the clients. After reviewing the CASW Code of Ethics, the social workers view may make them understand that their clients are capable of making their own decisions, people are able to change and their job is to help clients, not to make clients like them. Third, identify who will be affected by their decision other than the client (Hick, 2010, p.85). For example, value two: pursuit of social justice requires you to fulfil the needs of not only the clients but if immediate family is harmed. Fourth, acknowledge your own emotions (Hick, 2010, p.85). Sometimes in the social work profession it is okay to break rules because what the social worker is doing is not for the sake of their agency but for the sake of doing the right thing and assuring that the client is receiving help for potential success. Fifth, creating an action plan that will be most help in ethical dilemma (Hick, 2010, p.85). Power can make one feel like they can make a difference because they have control over everything they do and say. Giving the client experience will make power explicit between the relationship them and their social worker, allowing them to see potential