SW 410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jane Addams

• School: UNLV
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SW 410
• Professor: Professor Saritha Farris

Document Summary

1: an introduction to social work and the helping progress. Social work developed along two parallel paths to helping people. Following the visions and philosophies of founders jane addams and. Mary richmond, the social work has focused on working with individuals and families while simultaneously seeking social reform and policy change. To that end, the field has a long tradition of helping the disadvantaged and disenfranchised and influencing social policy. Social workers are professionally educated in degree programs and credentialed as specialists to meet the contemporary needs of families and communities and are bound by common values self-determination, respect for the individual, and helping individuals reach their potential. Roles may be restricted to one level of practice, or may encompass the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice simultaneously.