SOWK 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sexual Misconduct
30 Nov 2015
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Sowk 1000 social work as a profession. Role of social worker & scope of practice field. How person trains for & becomes social worker. Organizations that work to monitor, define & guide professional social work education, research & practice. How social workers are held accountable for their professional practice. Stereotype: widely held but fixed & oversimplified image or idea of particular type of person or thing that may or may not accurately reflect reality. 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. (international federation of social work) Vocation founded upon specialized educational training, purpose of which is to supply objective counsel & service to others, for direct & definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain. Focused study in 1 academic field or profession. Individuals associated w/ academic disciplines commonly referred to as experts or specialists.
