Empowerment Theory In Social Work

The Code reviews broad ethical principles that reflect the profession's center values and builds a set of particular ethical standards that should be used to manage social work practice. 3. The Code is meant to help social workers recognize relevant considerations when professional obligations conflict or ethical uncertainties arise. 4. The Code provides moral standards to which the general public can take the social work profession responsible.

The purpose of this assessment is to identify the ethical dilemmas a social worker/human service worker would commonly experience in child protection. It will identify how ethical dilemmas can be resolve and the importance of AASW Code of ethics whilst resolving ethical dilemmas. This paper will be examining the ethical elements of cultural competence including working in Indigenous, and culturally and linguistically diverse context. Furthermore identifies the core ethical principles of social work and community welfare practice making reference to the AASW or ACWA Code of ethics. And finally demonstrates synthesis and integration of literature, strength and logic of argument.

Project sustainability is influenced by several factors, but those that directly infuenced failure of the discussed project included: • Lack of community involvement in designing, planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation -: The community was superficially involved i.e they participated in voluntary physical activities in a project that was introduced to them without need identification. The project planners went ahead to assign their own staff to conduct the monitoring and evaluation exercise. • Community acceptance and project ownership- : This couldnt be achieved because of the superficial involvement that lead to lack of understanding of the objectives set by the planners and hence compromising sustainability of the project.

To me, the arsenal that a social worker needs to have is not exhaustible, as they are constantly faced with new cases and challenges that would require them to adapt and pick up new skills or knowledge. The biggest takeaway I had from this visit was how the goal of an FSC seems to be to return the community back to the “kampong era”. Back in those days, there was hardly a need for social intervention as neighbours were often able to seek help and rely on the skillsets of one another. In other words, “community assets” were well utilised. I feel that indeed, resources are in the neighbourhood, thus if Singaporeans are able to lose the “closed-door policy” of living, that has become pretty synonymous with living in Housing Development Board (HDB) flats in Singapore, and start relying on one another instead of governmental or formal organisations, the community would be able to become a much better place and the need for external social intervention would be

When engaging people as partners, the relational outcomes are built with strength and purpose, that result in restoring, maintaining and enhancing outcomes for positive change within individuals, families, organizations, and communities. By building such collaborations and rapport, clients may feel more incentive to join in not only the helping process, but research studies, feedback systems, or community outreach projects (Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers,

Thus, through setting up ways for staff to connect with each other, it can help enhance their knowledge and understanding of another person’s

The organization cycle not only informs the research but also directly informs the activities within the program. The importance of social embeddedness as well as, social capital within community organization and in return within collective action are two additional research points. The program of the building is intended function as a tool that fosters the community organization process. The cyclic process of community organization and the basic approaches to social research are meshed together.

Social Justice and Advocacy Social justice and advocacy represents a complex approach in counseling, whereas counselors attempt to promote human growth and development and the societal well-being by attending to the challenges associated with both individual and societal issues. Advocacy embraces empowerment of the individual and out-groups as well as opposition to the injustices and inequalities in society, as they affect the client. According to Sue and Sue (2016), counselors must attend to four significant principles: equity, access, participation and harmony. 1) Equity is the fair circulation of resources, privileges, and responsibilities to all people. 2)

Building rapport may not as easy if we did not apply any values that are suitable or accepted by our clients. Cynthia (2014) agreed that knowledge and skills are not enough if there are no values and moral as those three elements are crucial for the profession itself. There are many values that social worker could

I also believe the core concept of ‘active participation’ is very important for the CCD work. As active participation allows participants and organizer to broaden their horizons, their potentials could be discovered, reinforced and transform

“Professional social workers are required to develop and practice ongoing social work knowledge, values and skills in order to be competent social workers”(Clemens, 2014, p.1). Social workers work and assist clients with many different entities, such as improving or empowering their lives, and social policies that impact an effect their lives. “Social workers engaged in planned change see the connections and mutual interactions between people and the social environment of which they are a part” (Garthwait, 2014, p177). To be truly effective, social workers must be committed and skilled in the interventions that reflect their client’s lives and influenced their societal conditions and social policies.

In reference to S2 of the BASW Code of Ethic that stresses the importance that social work should be based upon the value of respect and dignity whilst promoting human dignity and well-being, respecting the right to self-determination, for eg. People should be supported to make their own choices (BASW 2012). All these values are then promoted in the care acts definition of “wellbeing”. However, when looking into how the act aims to promote wellbeing there are a few statements that could be said to conflict with these values. Namely section 1.14c that states “the importance of preventing or delaying the development of needs for care and support and the importance of reducing needs that already exist” (Department of Health 2014).

The community affects individual clients, therefore, social work practitioners should look into the programs and resources available in the community for the client to utilize. This method of assessing also takes into account the social structures of a community. If there is a lack of necessary resources in the community then it is something that a social work practitioner can organize and advocate for. Looking at a community’s strengths and capacities is an empowering approach that makes it more likely for the members of the community to respond and collaborate. This also helps in ensuring that power struggles or conflicts don’t arise and retract progress.

As social workers, our purpose is to promote the human well-being, and to advocate for people’s rights in society. Social work is a profession that gives individuals the opportunity to support and help those in need. Social workers help those who are vulnerable, oppressed by society, and victims of poverty or discrimination. Micro and macro-level theories are two different ways to help individuals, and they differ in their strategies and the type of population. In one hand, micro level covers people’s needs individually by applying therapy that help one person in specific.

Social workers have several responsibilities. They have to provide service, justice, and dignity to a client. They have to possess integrity, competence, and patience. Social workers need to possess knowledge of human rights, and how to perform scientific inquiry. Social workers occasionally have cases in which problems ensue and a solution is not found within a certain time frame.