SWRK 2001H Midterm: SWRK2001H Midterm Review
28 Jun 2018
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Department
Course
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SWRK2001H: Foundations of Social Work 1
Midterm Review
15%
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
45 Multiple Choice Questions on Chapters 1 – 4
Lecture One – Ethics and Reflective Practice
Foundations 1
-"introduces students to foundational social work theory, knowledge, and skill and expands conceptual
understandings about social work practice, its mission and values, and the profession"
-informed by SW Ethics and Anti-Oppressive Practice
-how do we work on change with individuals, families, groups and the community?
-Developing the following skills
Self-reflection
Critical thinking
Sensitivity to social location/identity/privilege
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Awareness of oppression/injustice
Embracing diversity
Ethical Practice
-What are "ethics"?
-Social work has several codes of ethics:
IFSW
CASW
OCSWSSW
-Healy outlines theoretical perspectives that have their own ethical principles:
Critical Social Work: we work with disadvantaged and oppressed populations and we need to
work compassionately with our clients – but also work towards social change
Ecosystem/Systems Theory: SW role is to understand the interations between clients and
systems, we help the individual, connect them to useful systems and try to change systems for
the better
Strengths Perspective: our work should build upon the strengths of our clients, rather than
focusing on "fixing the problem", clients should be able to have say over the service they receive
(they know what they need)
Global Definition of Social Work
-"social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and
development, social cohesion, and he empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of social justice,
human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities are central to social work. Underpinned
by theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and indigenous knowledge, social work engages
people and structures to address life challenges and enhance wellbeing."
CASW Code of Ethics Core Values
-the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) code of ethics sets forth values and principles to
guide social workers' professional conduct:
1. respect for inherent dignity and worth of persons
2. pursuit of social justice
3. service to humanity
4. integrity of professional practice
5. confidentiality in professional practice
6. competence in professional practice
OCSWSSW Code of Ethics
-a social worker or social service worker shall maintain the best interest of the client as the primary
professional obligation
-a social worker or social service worker shall respect the intrinsic worth of the persons she or he serves
in her or his professional duties and obligations with integrity and objectivity
-a social worker or social service worker shall carry out her or his professional duties and obligations
with integrity and objectivity
-a social worker or social worker shall have and maintain competence in the provision of social work or
social service work service to a client
-a social worker or social service worker shall not exploit the relationship with a client for personal
benefit, gain, or gratification
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-a social worker or social service worker shall protect the confidentiality of all professionally acquired
information. He or she shall disclose such information only when required or allowed by law to do so, or
when clients have consented to disclosure
-a social worker or social service worker who engages in another profession, occupation, affiliation or
calling shall not allow these outside interests to affect the social work or social service work relationship
with the client
-A social worker or social service worker shall not provide social work or social service work services in
a manner that discredits the profession of social work or social service work or diminishes the public’s
trust in either profession
-A social worker or social service worker shall advocate for workplace conditions and policies that are
consistent with this Code of Ethics and the Standards of Practice of the Ontario College of Social
Workers and Social Service Workers
-A social worker or social service worker shall promote excellence in his or her respective profession
-A social worker or social service worker shall advocate change in the best interest of the client, and for
the overall benefit of society, the environment and the global community
What is Reflection?
-Reflection is the continual re-evaluation of personal beliefs, assumptions, and ideas in the light of
experience and data and the generation of alternative interpretations of those experiences and data
-Dewey argues that we only use reflection when there is a problem to be solved
-Like a "backstitch" in sewing, continuously going over your practice as a social worker to better
understand yourself and others
-Four levels of reflection:
Habitual action
Understanding
Reflection
Critical reflection
Critical Reflection
-A combination of critical thinking and reflection
-Healy describes "critical reflection" as how we construct our "sense of purpose" through the interaction
of our SW practice, client perspectives and institutional influences
-If we passively allow our professional purpose to be determined by others, then the most powerful
voices win out and personal/institutional/social change are unlikely
-Critical reflection affords us the opportunity to create our own professional sense of purpose
-Four activities central to critical reflection:
Contextual awareness: realizing that our assumptions are social and personally created in a
specific historical and cultural context
Assumption analysis: assessing the impact of our beliefs, values, cultural practices, and social
structures on our daily proceedings
Imaginative speculations: imagining alternative ways of thinking about phenomena
Reflective Skepticism: questioning of universal truth or unexamined patterns of integration in
order to achieve a proposition or action
-Seek alternatives
-View from various perspectives
-Seek the framework, theoretical basis, underlying rationale (of behaviours, methods, techniques,
programs)
-Compare and contrast
-Put into different/varied contexts
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