Saturday, January 16, 2010
Chapter 14- Understanding Generalists Practice
The main focus of this chapter is advocacy. Advocacy is referred to as the obligation we have as social workers to speak on behalf of our client's rights either when they are being violated or not exercised at all. There are times when we will face situations in which our clients are denied their civil and legal rights, then it is our job to intervene in such circumstances. An uprising of advocacy came forth during the Great Depression. This was a time of great need for many people and relied on the help of social workers. Advocacy is a big part of being a social worker. You must be assertive and not afraid to speak your mind in a professional manner, especially when it is beneficial to your client.
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ReplyDeleteI think that the author is basically saying that we as social workers hvae to be assertive in our efforts to help our clients, especially wen it comes to different policies and so forth. This is because alot of people associate social work as such a narrow focused occupation, they think that we only work in the welfare system or only deal with people of a certian social status such as poor people and etc.So we have to work that much harder to change or enhance policies and we have to make sure that we have all our information together to do so so that we can advocate and provide adequate services to our clients.
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