The article “On becoming a social justice practitioner”, discussed the importance of social justice and how it should be a core value all social workers apply in their professional career. Even with social justice being one of the core values of the NASW Code of Ethics, many social workers are not incorporating it into their professional careers. According to Birkenmaier, this is due to many social workers having lack of knowledge in and training in incorporating social change into practice or lack of administrative support.
Social justice, involves the idea that in society, the basic needs of all individuals are met. In order to promote social justice, social workers must encourage social change, especially when working with vulnerable and …show more content…
The article discusses the importance and necessity of educating future social workers on how to apply and use social justice practices in their professional careers. I really enjoyed reading about the CSJER education program, which was an education program that inspired students to take actions in working towards social justice as students, all through providing different direct service experiences. This particular part of the article made me reflect on the social justice work I have done throughout my educational and professional career. The article makes very valid points regarding what is impacting social workers from incorporating social justice into practice. One main area that I agree with is the lack of education and training on how to implement social justice. Like the article mentioned, many students are not educated on policy, or how to apply it, therefore when students become professional social workers, they do not know how to implement it policy with clients or within their …show more content…
I provided and assisted the veteran in applying for Medicaid, SNAP, as well as social security disability. Also, I advocated for my patient to the doctors, that it would be beneficial if he received some in home skilled nursing services and a home care aid to assist with his chores at home. In this case, I feel as if I did was very effective in providing the patient with the services he needed. For this particular case, I believe that these resources I provided the veteran will address the veteran’s basic needs the veteran was
Social justice, involves the idea that in society, the basic needs of all individuals are met. In order to promote social justice, social workers must encourage social change, especially when working with vulnerable and …show more content…
The article discusses the importance and necessity of educating future social workers on how to apply and use social justice practices in their professional careers. I really enjoyed reading about the CSJER education program, which was an education program that inspired students to take actions in working towards social justice as students, all through providing different direct service experiences. This particular part of the article made me reflect on the social justice work I have done throughout my educational and professional career. The article makes very valid points regarding what is impacting social workers from incorporating social justice into practice. One main area that I agree with is the lack of education and training on how to implement social justice. Like the article mentioned, many students are not educated on policy, or how to apply it, therefore when students become professional social workers, they do not know how to implement it policy with clients or within their …show more content…
I provided and assisted the veteran in applying for Medicaid, SNAP, as well as social security disability. Also, I advocated for my patient to the doctors, that it would be beneficial if he received some in home skilled nursing services and a home care aid to assist with his chores at home. In this case, I feel as if I did was very effective in providing the patient with the services he needed. For this particular case, I believe that these resources I provided the veteran will address the veteran’s basic needs the veteran was