Every social worker is entrusted with a specific set of rules which include the acceptance of self respect of every being, which also includes that the patron’s right to autonomy, privacy, encouragement and any act that is in reference to the communal impartiality. CASW holds these ethics as the following:
Humanitarian
Democratic morals
Independence
Acceptance and acknowledgment of self respect
Confidentiality
Civil rights
Unbiased ness
Co-operation
Essentials and Hypothesis of a Social Worker
A social worker may have the knowledge of the following:
Person augmentation and performance
Relative dynamics
Communication premise
Communal growth
Governmental theory
Affirmation theory
Theories of repression and empowerment
Societal group therapy
Social achievement techniques
Social intervention techniques
Strategy study
There are 23 universities in Canada that offers appropriate education for the social working profession.
Why choose social work?
Social work started comparatively recently. It started parallel to the manufacturing society and the initiation of the factory system, the discrimination, and the privatization of markets and the use of money for personal gains. As industrialization prospered many worried that amongst this prosperity many shall perish economically.
20th century development of social work
Statistics have been collected and filed by the Canadian Association of Social Workers founded in the 1920’s. Along the years there has been an increase in the members. In 1986 there were approximately 9000 members. These people are only enlisted in the CASW and not everyone who has enlisted is in the profession of social work.
The global alliance of social workers
The international federation of social workers is a child company of the international permanent secretariat of social workers which was initiated in 1928 in Paris, France. By 1950 the international federation of social workers was started. The aim was to become the world renowned international organization for the social workers.
IFSW is acknowledged globally and have approximately a million social workers in over fifty countries.
The social work edification
The first batch of trained social workers that graduated from the University of Toronto, the department of social services was in 1914. By early 1970, social work schools in Canada were recognized by the American council of social work education. There are many colleges and universities that provide the education at the levels of bachelors, masters and even at the doctoral level.
