SSE – 110 Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work

1. SSE – 110Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work Chapter 2 Social Work as a Profession and a Career

2. Social Work • Social work is the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities to enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and to create societal conditions favorable to their goals. Trade Vs. Professionalism • Skills • Knowledge • Values • Code of Ethics

3. Social Work • 1st Social Welfare agencies emerged in the early 1800’s. 1. Society of Prevention of Pauperism. 2. COS Charity Organization Society (1877). • By late 1800’s there were a fairly large number of private agencies (Toynbee Hall in England). • Late 1800’s Settlement houses were developed. Workers including minister’s daughters from the upper and middle classes lived in poverty and experienced poverty.

4. Social Work • Jane Addams – Chicago Hull House – Settlement house variety of social services, including helping neighborhoods. • 1898 – 1st training program offered. • 1904 – one-year plan established. • 1917 – Social Diagnosis book by Mary Richmond – On Theory and Methodology of Social Work. • Common body of knowledge for casework. • 1920 – Sigmund Freud influences social work. Switch in social work from reform to therapy. • 1960 – Switch back to sociological (reform) emphasis. • Questions of talk therapies being effective with low income clients.

5. Social Work • Presently – Emphasis on Reform Approach and Therapy Approach. • After World War I social work seen as distant profession. • 1955 NASW formed from several smaller organizations. • Most states now recognize Licensure/ Registration/ Certification in social work. • LCSW

6. Social Work Activities • Casework • Case Management • Group Work • Group Therapy • Family Therapy • Community Organization • Administration

7. Generalist Social Work • Micro-Individual (one to one) • Mezzo-Families/Groups • Macro-Community Role Models for Social Work Practice • Enabler • Broker • Advocate • Activist • Educator Sigmund Freud (1920-1966) medical verses a systems model of human behavior. Balance Homeostasis.

8. Generalist Social Work • Generalist practice • Private practice of social work • A medical model of human behavior problems inside a person (Freud) • An ecological model of human behavior • The ecological model views individuals, families, and small groups as having transitional problems and needs as they move from one life stage to another. An ecological model explores both internal and external factors. • Person-In-Environment Conceptualization • Figure 2.1 – page 56 • See page 56 – Goals of Social Work Practice

9. Social Work Social Work Knowledge, Skills, and Values – p. 58 & 69 • This is what distinguishes a profession from a trade. Social Work Education • Paraprofessional – Associate Degree • Professional – BSW Degree CSWE Approved • Graduate Education – MSW Degree • Advanced Graduate Level DSW Degree – PHD or Related Degree • Self Awareness and Identity Development