Principles Relative to Respect for Human Rights Principles Relative to Social Justice Principles Relative to Professional Integrity

1. Principles of
Social Work
Errol T. Lariza

2. CABBAGE GAME
DIRECTION: Pass the Cabbage to
every student as the music
stops, read the situation
in the leaf of the cabbage
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3. THINK-PAIR-SHARE
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• Discrimination
• Human Rights
• Equality
• Integrity
• Charity
What
comes into
your mind
when you
hear the
word:

4. Principles of
Social Work
1. Principles Relative to Respect for Human Rights
2. Principles Relative to Social Justice
3. Principles Relative to Professional Integrity

5. Principles Relative to
Respect for Human Rights

6. 1. Upholding and promoting
human dignity and well-being
• Social workers should respect, uphold and
defend each person’s physical, psychological,
emotional and spiritual integrity and well-
being.
• They should work toward promoting the best
interests of individuals and groups in society
and the avoidance of harm.

7. • Social workers should respect, promote, and
support people’s dignity and right to make their
own choices and decisions, irrespective of their
values and life choices, provided that this does not
threaten the rights, safety, and legitimate interests
of others.
1. Respecting the right to self-
determination

8. 3. Promoting the right to
participation
• Social workers should promote the full involvement and
participation of people using their services in ways that
enable them to be empowered in all aspects of decisions and
actions affecting their lives.

9. 4. Creating each person as a
whole
• Social workers should be concerned with the whole
person, within the family, community, societal and
natural environment and should seek to recognize all
aspects of a persons’ life

10. 5. Identifying and developing
strengths
• Social workers should focus on the strengths of all
individuals, groups and communities and thus
promote their empowerment.

11. Principles Relative to
Social Justice

12. 1. Challenging discrimination
• Social workers have the responsibility to
challenge discrimination on the basis of
characteristics such as ability, age, culture,
gender or sex, marital status, political
opinions , kin color, racial or other physical
characteristics, sexual orientation or spiritual
beliefs.

13. 1. Recognizing diversity
• Recognize and respect the diversity of the
societies in which they practice, taking into
account individual, family, group and
community differences

14. 3. Distributing resources
• Ensure that resources at their disposal are
distributed fairly, according to need.

15. 4. Challenging unjust policies
and practices
• Duty to bring to the attention of their
employers, policy makers, politicians, and
the general public the situations where
resources are inadequate or where
distribution of resources, policies and
practices are oppressive, unfair, harmful or
illegal.

16. 5. Working in solidarity
• Duty to challenge social conditions that
contribute to social exclusion, stigmatization
or subjugation, and work toward an inclusive
society.

17. Principles Relative to
professional Integrity

18. 1. Upholding the values and
reputation of the profession
• Act in accordance with the values and
principles of the profession and ensure that
their behavior does not bring the profession
into disrepute

19. 2. Being trustworthy
• Work in a way that is honest, reliable and
open, clearly explaining their roles,
interventions and decisions, and not seeking
to deceive or manipulate people who use
their services, their colleagues or employers.

20. 3. Maintaining professional
boundaries
• Establish appropriate boundaries in their
relationship with service users, and
colleagues, and not abuse their position for
personal benefit, financial gain ir sexual
exploitation

21. 4. Making considered
professional judgments
• Make judgments based on balanced and
considered reasoning, maintaining
awareness of the impact of their own values,
prejudices, and conflict of interest on their
practice and on other people.

22. 5. Being professionally
accountable
• Be prepared to account for and justify their
judgments and actions to people who use
services, to employers and the general
public.

23. Students’
Activity
Simulation Activity

24. 1.TV Advertisement (Human
Rights)
2.News Reporting (Social Justice)

25. DEEPENING
• What are the principles manifested in the
group 1 presentation?
• What are the principles of social work
displayed in the presentation of Group 1 and
2?

26. APPLY
• AS A STUDENT, how can you be an
advocate of human rights in your own like
ways? (Write in your activity notebook)

27. Summary
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL
WORK:
1. Principles relative to respect
for human rights
2. Principles relative to social
justice
3. Principles relative to
professional integrity
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28. Assessment:
Fill out the chart below with at least three principles of social work
relative to different aspects:
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Principles of Social Work
Respect for Human Rights Social Justice Professional Integrity
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29. The way to get
started is to quit
talking and begin
doing.
Walt Disney
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30. Thank you
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