Core

Competency 5
Portia Washington
DSS: Child Protective
Behavior

Competency 5
Advance human rights and social and economic
justice.
Each person, regardless of position in society, has
basic human rights, such as freedom, safety,
privacy, an adequate standard of living, health
care, and education. Social workers recognize the
global interconnections of oppression and are
knowledgeable about theories of justice and
strategies to promote human and civil rights.
Social work incorporates social justices in
organizations, institutions, and society to ensure
that these basic human rights are distributed
equitably and without prejudice.

Generalist Behavior 5.1

Understand the
forms and
mechanisms of
oppression and
discrimination.

Identify the barriers

that clients face when
accessing services
through this agency
and other agencies
such as transportation,
or child care etc.
Understand the
problems that are
contributing to the
oppression and
discrimination.

Generalist Behavior 5.2

Advocate for
human rights and
social and
economic justice.

Advocate for the

children/family
through
understanding why
the decisions are
being made that
potentially damage
the familys
dynamics.

Generalist Behavior 5.3

Engage in practices
that advance social
and economic
justice.

Connect families to
the resources that
will help them to
advance.
Engage in practice
that does not
oppress or
discriminate.