Three Social Care Values to Person Centered Care

Values are individual’s believes one hold about right and wrong. These believe determine
behaviors of people in every aspect of life because a person behaves the way he believes. Three
social care values essential to person centered care are social justice, professional integrity and
individual’s dignity.

Social Justice

A social worker usually comes across with the situation where social injustice has
occurred and advocates on the behalf of marginalized, needy and oppressed people who want
their voice to be amplified. They usually focus on harassment, education, unemployment, social
injustice and destitution and their role is to provide assistance and information to the people
eager to seek the social equality and justice (Bingham, 2009). Social workers make efforts to
create equitable support system and ascertain structural conditions contributing to disparities in
human welfare. They also contribute to promote public sensitivity to societal injustice and
encourage masses to embrace cultural and genetic diversity as well as make efforts to improve
equality.

Professional Integrity

Social workers should act in a way that engenders trust in order to impact others and they
must be aware of the values, mission and ethical principles of their profession. They should
honestly and responsibly present themselves in public as their honesty and personal integrity can
contribute a lot in promoting their organization with which they are affiliated. Social workers
strive to improve their expertise through increasing career competencies in order to maintain
their professional integrity.

Dignity

A social worker values the worth and dignity of every individual and being aware of
ethical diversity, individuality and cultural differences he treats every client in a respectful and
compassionate manner. A social worker always strives to increase the capability of his clients to
change themselves and become self-reliant. A social worker is always aware that he is
simultaneously responsible to his clients, code of conduct of his organization and law so he tries
to resolve the skirmishes between society and clients in more socially acceptable ways.
References
Bingham, E., 2009. HNC in social care. Scotland: Oxford Heinemann.