Topic
The Social Work Profession
Instructions
Critically reflect on the social work profession, its role in helping and their understanding of themselves as helpers.
Who am I? How does this impact my perspective on help?
What are my motivations to help and expectations around helping?
What is intersectionality? What intersections do I occupy?
How does my identity intersect with my ability/willingness to help?
How has my understanding of help shifted throughout the course?
How can I be helpful, both in a social work sense and in everyday life?
In what ways can social life be helpful?
What are the limitations to the helpfulness of a social work?
How should social work interact with marginalized identities/groups?
What is the relationship between social work and social justice? How is this different from reality?
What are the ethical obligations of social work and how does this impact helping?
How are ethics navigated in social work?
Answer preview
Contrary to the past, social work today is considered a fulltime profession in which a social worker does not only work as a volunteer but can also be employed and make a living through it. It is a sort of profession in which a person can use his or her ability, knowledge, and available resources to make other people’s living easier and better. Social work profession has thus grown and developed to become a full arm of service that touches the lives of different people in different ways. Social work can be at a personal level as well as at an institutional level depending on the aspect of reach out used.
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