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Social Work is a profession that addresses both the internal and external aspects of the human condition, aiming to empower clients towards self-sufficiency. Social workers advocate for social justice and respect the dignity of individuals while emphasizing the importance of human relationships. The profession is guided by six core values: service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence.

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Ga Social Work

Social Work is a profession that addresses both the internal and external aspects of the human condition, aiming to empower clients towards self-sufficiency. Social workers advocate for social justice and respect the dignity of individuals while emphasizing the importance of human relationships. The profession is guided by six core values: service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence.

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What is Social Work?

 Social Work is the only helping profession that deals with the internalaspects of
the human condition (values, beliefs, emotions, and problem-solving capacities
of people) and the external aspects of thehuman condition (the neighborhoods,
schools, working conditions,social welfare systems, and political systems that
affect us).
 Social workers are advocates that help empower their clients.
 The social worker’s goal is to help make people self - sufficient by onlydoing for
people what they may be unable to do for themselves.

Core Social Work Values

Social workers come from different social, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. They
represent a wide range of values, political andreligious beliefs.The profession has a
set of six core values that allsocial workers should embrace.

 Service : A social worker’s primary goal is to help people in need and to address
social problems.

 Social Justice: Social workers challenge social injustice.

 The Dignity and Worth Of The Person: Social workers respect theinherent dignity
and worth of the person.

 The Importance of Human Relationships: Social workers recognizethe central


importance of human relationships.

 Integrity: Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner.

 Competence: Social workers practice within their areas of competenceand


develop and enhance their professional expertise.

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