The document discusses social work as a profession. It provides definitions of social work from international organizations that emphasize promoting social change, empowerment, and human rights. Five criteria for considering a field a profession are outlined, including specialized training, a code of ethics, and a systematic body of knowledge. The document also discusses the values, knowledge, and skills that form the foundation of social work. These include concepts like human worth, social responsibility, and equal opportunity. Principles like participation, confidentiality, and self-determination are examined. The roles and ethics of social workers are defined.

1. RUFFY S. NAYRE
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2.  SOCIAL WORK
 UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION
 VALUES
 KNOWLEDGE
 SKILLS
 Understanding the foundation V, K, S
 PHILOSOPHY
 PRINCIPLES
 WORDS FOR SOCIAL WORKER

3. Is Social
Work is a
Real
Profession?

4. WHAT IS
SOCIAL
WORK?

5.  According to the latest definition
announced by International
Association of School of Social Work
and International Federation of Social
Work last 2014, Social work is a
practice-based profession and an
academic discipline that promotes
social change and development,
social cohesion, and the
empowerment and liberation of
people.

6.  Principles of social justice, human
rights, collective responsibility
and respect for diversities are
central to social work.
Underpinned by theories of social
work, social sciences, humanities
and indigenous knowledge, social
work engages people and
structures to address life
challenges and enhance wellbeing.

7.  June 27, 2011 the said organization
also define Social Work as
profession promotes social
changes, problem-solving in human
relationships and the empowerment
and liberation of people o enhance
well being. Utilizing theories of
human behaviour and social
systems, social work intervenes at
the points where people interact
with their environment.

8. To consider social work as a
profession, Allen and Bacon, in
their book “Social work, Social
Welfare, and American Society
Fifth Edition”, formulate five
list of attributes. This
attributes rooted from
different authors on their view
of profession.

9. 1. Position of unique skills valued by
Society
2. Expectation of lengthy, specialized
training for practitioners
3. Possession of systematic theory on
which such training is base
4. Existence of a code of ethics to guide
of practice
5. Organization of members of
profession into association that protect
their interest

10. 1. Systematic body of theory
2. Professional Authority
3. Community Sanctions
4. Regulative code of ethics
5. Professional Culture

11. In the Philippines, the
main link of recognizing
social work as profession
due the passage of RA
4373 (requiring the
completion of Bachelor of
Science in Social Work.

12. V
A
L
U
E
SSKILLS
KNOWLEDGE

13. defined as the worth
which man attaches
to certain things,
system, or persons
within the realm of
usefulness, truth,
goodness or beauty.
V
A
L
U
E
S

14. denotes the picture
man has built of
the world and
himself as it is,
not has he might
wish or fantasize
or prefer to be.
K
N
O
W
L
E
D
G
E

15. are ability,
expertness, or
proficiency
gained from
practice
knowledge.
S
K
I
L
L
S

16. Foundation of
values, knowledge
and skills base
upon the five main
criteria of Boehm

17. CRITERIA

18.  A profession is expected to be
responsible to the public
interest and to contribute
through its services to the
advancement of social
wellbeing and to be
accountable to the public for
the manner and standards
with which it conducts its
activity
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19.  A profession should possess a
relatively coherent, systematic,
and transmissible body of
knowledge rooted in scientific
theories which enables the
practitioner of the profession
to utilize concepts and
principles and to apply them
to specific situations rather
than the use as rule of thumb.
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20.  The professional practitioner
must adhere to an identifiable
body of values, and display
attitudes which stem from these
values and which determine the
relationship of the professional
person with his colleagues, the
recipients of his service, and the
community.
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21. A profession must have a
body of skills which is the
result of the fusion of
attitudes and knowledge.
Skills reflect the application
of general concepts and
which are characteristics of
the method of profession.
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22. The members of the
profession must be organ
ized and consider
themselves as members of
group whose knowledge,
skills, attitudes and norms
of conduct they share and to
whose advancement they are
dedicated.5

23. Foundation of values,
knowledge and skills
base upon the five main
criteria of Boehm that
distinguished profession
to occupation, these
criteria are the following;

24. base on the belief that
man has worth and
dignity.
SOCIAL WORK PHILOSOPHY

25. Curriculum Study sponsored by the Council on
Social Work Education it describe the
following values.
1. Each person has the right for self
fulfilment, deriving his inherent
capacity and thrust towards that goal.
2. Each person has the obligation, as a
member of society, to seek ways of
self-fulfilment that contribute to the
common good.

26. 3. Society has the obligation to facilitate
the self fulfilment of the individual and
the right of enrichment through the
contribution of its individual members.
4.Each person’s requires for the
harmonious development of his powers
socially provided and socially
safeguarded opportunities for satisfying
his basic needs in the physical,
psychological, economic, cultural,
aesthetic, and spiritual realms.

27. 5. As society becomes more complex and
interdependent, increasingly specialized
social organization is required to facilitate the
individual’s effort at self-realization
6. To permit both self realization and
contribution to society by the individual,
social organization must make available
socially-provided devices for need
satisfaction as wide range, variety and quality
as general welfare allows.

28. 1.The concept of human potentials
and capacity.
2.The concept of social
responsibility.
3.The concept of equal opportunity
4.The concept of social provision.

29.  William Gordon said that
“ the ultimate value of social work
rest upon a conviction that it is
good and desirable for man to
fulfil his potential, to realize
himself and to the balance this
with equal effort to help others do
the same”.

30. SOCIAL
WORK
PRINCIPLES

31. PARTICIPATION
C
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P
T
A
N
C
I
N
D
I
V
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D
U
A
L
I
Z
A
I
O
N
CONFIDENTIALITY
SELF-DETERMINATIONS
LIENT-WORKER RELATIONSHIP

32.  Ethics- is the science that
treats of morals and right
conduct.
 Professional ethics is the
system of ethical principles
and rules conduct generally
accepted by the members of
professional groups, based on
the philosophy, values,
guiding principles of the
profession.

33. 1. Written code of ethics
2. Unwritten principles.
Two aspects of profession ethics;

37. AS A SOCIAL WORKER.....
I am here to LISTEN...not to work miracles.
I am here to HELP people DISCOVER what they are feeling.
Not makes the feeling go away.
I am here to HELP the people IDENTIFY their OPTIONS.
Not to decide for them what they should do.
I am here to DISCUS STEPS with people...
Not to take the steps for them.
I am here to HELP people DISCOVER their own strength.
Not to rescue them and leave them vulnerable.
I am here to HELP people DISCOVER they can help themselves..
Not to take Responsibility from them.
I am here to HELP people learn to choose.
Not making them difficult choices
I AM HERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CHANGE
Credit to USC Social WORK

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