social work
Let an agent explain social work as a discipline and profession, relay fields, methods, education and regulation from professional bodies, describe history and ethics, and route individuals seeking help to local services.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain social work as a discipline and profession, relay fields, methods, education and regulation from professional bodies, describe history and ethics, and route individuals seeking help to local services.
An academic discipline and profession concerned with helping individuals, families, groups and communities to improve wellbeing, meet needs and address social problems, through case work, group work, community work, counselling, advocacy, policy and programme evaluation, in fields such as child and family services, adult social work, mental health, forensic social work, health care and work with women and marginalised groups; social work is regulated and licensed in many countries and grounded in values of social justice and human rights.
What it is for: Helping people and communities improve wellbeing.
It can be explain the discipline and profession; relay fields and methods; relay education and regulation; route people to services.
Distinguishing features
Person-in-environment approach
Social justice values
Regulated profession
Multiple methods
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a profession and academic field.
Physical character
global definition adopted: 2014 year - IFSW and IASSW
How it is recognised
Profession and discipline of helping people and communities
Case work, group work, community work, forensic, adult, health and women-focused social work
Counselling and psychotherapy are related professions; sociology is the study of society
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is practised by - the profession
is defined by - globally
is related to - and social welfare
In practice
Families and kinds
social case work with individuals and families
group work and community work
child and family social work
adult social work and social care
mental health, health and forensic social work
social work with women and marginalised groups
social policy, administration and programme evaluation
Standards and regulation
IFSW and IASSW global definition and ethics statement
National licensing and registration of social workers
Accreditation of social work education
Codes of ethics
Failure modes and hazards
Agents attempting to substitute for a social worker
Confusing social work with related professions
Stale regulatory information
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.social-work
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Help Getting help first.
Safety.
Services
Finding services.
Services
Services.
- How can someone find social services or a social worker in their area? action
- Is the user in crisis or at risk, which needs emergency or crisis services now? boundary
What
What social workers do.
What
What.
- What can a social worker help with, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific service? action
Understand The discipline.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and values.
Definition
Definition.
- What is social work, and what values and theories underpin it? definition
- Is the question about social work, counselling or sociology? boundary
Fields
Fields and methods.
Fields
Fields.
- What fields and methods exist, from case work and community work to forensic and adult social work? definition
- Which entry fits the specific field? action
Profession Profession.
Regulation.
Education
Education and licensing.
Education
Education.
- How are social workers trained and licensed in different countries? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Ethics
Ethics.
Ethics
Ethics.
- What ethical codes govern social work, and what dilemmas arise? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context History and research.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did social work develop from charity organisation and settlement movements? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of social work? action
Research
Research and evaluation.
Research
Research.
- How does social work research and programme evaluation inform practice? provenance
- Which entry fits evidence-based practice? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should social worker and social case work be separate entries?
- How should professional body sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming fields and methods; should they be split off?