SOWK 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Radical Change, Psychodynamics, Systems Theory
6 Dec 2016
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Ideological assumptions guiding/shaping the theories we adopt for practice situations. Context of social work practice; contexts that shape the lives of the people we work with and fram the nature of social work practice. Geographical: the boundaries of practice that define access and services provided by agencies. They could be regional, state, provincial community, town, village; does everyone know everyone; community resources. The political system shapes the nature of the practice and the services an agency might offer (liberal/repressive, socialist, social, democratic, capitalist) i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)ts of people"s situatio(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:272)olonization) and how these unaddressed issues impact people (poverty) Socio-economic: links to equitable distribution of resources and social services. Equal opportunity and how to help fight for needs. Cultural: how do you work within and respect the culture, beliefs and values of people you work with in a non-discriminatory manner. Spiritual: attention to the spiritual values, traditions, and ethics of those social workers engage with in their activities.
