Topic
A Brief History of Social Work
Instructions
Historical Perspective of Social Work
- /Watch the video: A Brief History of Social Work at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxctzJg-p-g
2/Watch video on Super social workers on TED videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A27QjpQ_Ieo
- Read and highlight the people on the website: http://historyofsocialwork.org/eng/details.php?cps=0&canon_id=149 (Links to an external site.)
- Review the Code of Ethics at https://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default.asp (Links to an external site.)
With a better understanding of the history of social work and its commitment to at-risk and disempowered populations describe the qualities that would enable a social worker to provide skilled, emphatic, and appropriate service to those population? Paper is to be 600 words long and include a APA title page and reference page if references were used. Gain understanding of how to do a proper APA title page at: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
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Social work can be traced in the attempts of the community at large in dealing with the challenge of inequality and poverty. It is clear that social work is intricately associated with the perspective of volunteer work but it must be understood in wider terms. Notably, charity concept was used in the ancient times and the practice of offering for the poor can be traced in all the major world denominations. The contemporary social work program and profession can be traced in the nineteenth century philanthropy.
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