Introduction
Social work is a helping profession, whether a social worker is working one on one with a consumer recovering from a mental break, working to change policy at the governmental level or comforting someone who is suffering from a loss, helping is what social workers do (Robbins, Chatterjee & Canda, 2006). A social work practice also requires keen skills in activities like; advocating, educating, linking, managing, organizing and problem solving (Swenson, 1998). These skills are the key pieces of the helping process and are found in the professional roles of social workers around the world. However, to many social workers, social work is so much more than helping.
Definition of Social Work and Value Assumption
Social work is the fight for equality, the desire to end injustice and discrimination and the dedication to change …show more content…
Bisman (2004) states, “It is the application of knowledge and skills toward moral ends that imbues the profession with meaning and defines the role of social workers in society.” Social work practice achieves these “moral ends” through the core values of; service, …show more content…
This theory in social work is called systems theory. Systems theory is described by Carter (2011) as “attention to the whole and the part” of the people and every system that they have contact with (p.5). This is emphasized by Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, (2006) when discussing conflict theory. They believed that even in conflict theory one must look at the systems the person comes in contact with. They define conflict as “problems that occurs between two systems of from external environment and is generally based on wars, cultural invasions and ideologies” (Robbins, Chatterjee, Canda, 2006,
Social work is a helping profession, whether a social worker is working one on one with a consumer recovering from a mental break, working to change policy at the governmental level or comforting someone who is suffering from a loss, helping is what social workers do (Robbins, Chatterjee & Canda, 2006). A social work practice also requires keen skills in activities like; advocating, educating, linking, managing, organizing and problem solving (Swenson, 1998). These skills are the key pieces of the helping process and are found in the professional roles of social workers around the world. However, to many social workers, social work is so much more than helping.
Definition of Social Work and Value Assumption
Social work is the fight for equality, the desire to end injustice and discrimination and the dedication to change …show more content…
Bisman (2004) states, “It is the application of knowledge and skills toward moral ends that imbues the profession with meaning and defines the role of social workers in society.” Social work practice achieves these “moral ends” through the core values of; service, …show more content…
This theory in social work is called systems theory. Systems theory is described by Carter (2011) as “attention to the whole and the part” of the people and every system that they have contact with (p.5). This is emphasized by Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, (2006) when discussing conflict theory. They believed that even in conflict theory one must look at the systems the person comes in contact with. They define conflict as “problems that occurs between two systems of from external environment and is generally based on wars, cultural invasions and ideologies” (Robbins, Chatterjee, Canda, 2006,