For Colored Girls Essay

“For Colored Girls” The social problem displayed in the film that has been chosen for discussion is child abuse/domestic violence. Domestic violence is the willful intimidation of aggressive and physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another (What is domestic violence ?, n.d.). There had been numerous instances where the children had repeatedly been in the emergency room for unexplained bruises. The children would make excuses as to how they got the marks and scars. For instance, the little girl said, “I just fell down” this was just to protect the perpetrator which was her father. Eventually the state and different individuals became concerned and they sent a caseworker to their home to find out what was going on. It turns out the father had been abusing his children and girlfriend. This was obvious when the caseworker came to visit the home, they all look petrified when he entered the room and said anything. Social workers who address problems like this play a role of Counseling. In this instance, they help and …show more content…
The first care value is service, which means to help people and find out the root of the problem (Assembly, n.d.). The second core value is social justice, which is the challenging of social unfairness like poverty, discrimination, and employment (Assembly, n.d.). The third core value is dignity and worth of a person, this is when clients are treated in a caring manner so they will be able to address their own needs (Assembly, n.d.). The fourth core value is importance of human relationships, this is a helping process that strengthens the relationship (Assembly, n.d.). Next there is integrity which is behaving right way even when nobody is there (Assembly, n.d.). Lastly there is competence, this is striving to increase their knowledge to apply in practice (Assembly,