The National Association of Social Workers also known as the NASW was established in October in 1955. The NASW is an organization of social workers that developed and maintain professional standards of practice. The organization contains about 140,000 members and has the largest membership of professional social workers. The NASW protect their members and enhance their professional status by adopting the NASW Code of Ethics. The NASW Code of ethics is a guideline for social worker to deal with ethical issues or dilemmas as a professional. The codes provide a way for social workers to make an ethical decision by applying the (ETHIC) model. E stand for examine, examine the personal, agency, client and professional value when making a decision to help the client. T stands for think about the laws of the NASW. H stands for hypothesize about the consequence as a professional. I stand for Identify if your choice will benefit or harm you
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They help their clients who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty. A social work is a career that focuses on individual welfare in a social setting and the welfare of society. Social workers support social justice and social changes on behalf of their clients. Clients can be individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Social workers are thoughtful to cultural and ethnic diversity and try to end discrimination, harassment, poverty, and other situation that deal with social discrimination. These actions may be in the form through practice, community organizing, supervision, consultation administration, advocacy, social and political action, education, and research and evaluation. Social workers pursue to improve the ability of people to address their own needs. Social workers also try to help organizations, communities, and other social institutions to individual’s needs and social
They help their clients who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty. A social work is a career that focuses on individual welfare in a social setting and the welfare of society. Social workers support social justice and social changes on behalf of their clients. Clients can be individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Social workers are thoughtful to cultural and ethnic diversity and try to end discrimination, harassment, poverty, and other situation that deal with social discrimination. These actions may be in the form through practice, community organizing, supervision, consultation administration, advocacy, social and political action, education, and research and evaluation. Social workers pursue to improve the ability of people to address their own needs. Social workers also try to help organizations, communities, and other social institutions to individual’s needs and social