WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL CASE WORK

WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL CASE WORK

INDIVIDUALIZATION:

This principle helps the social worker to relate with the client. It help social workers to see individuals with their own differences, cultural and ethnic diversity. Individualization helps social workers see beyond what the client see and feels. It enlightens the social worker on the way to handle a client and how a client’s problem can be solved.

ACCEPTANCE:

This is the ability of a social worker to appreciate and recognize a person’s positive worth as an individual with feelings, without condemning the client. Acceptance is accepting the client with his/her good and bad qualities, strengths and weaknesses regardless of his/her behavior. Acceptance help a social worker to understand his/her client and build a genuine professional relationship that allows the client to be comfortable and want to talk freely with the social worker.

COMMUNICATION:

Social workers continue to increase their knowledge by striving to gain more knowledge in other to apply them in their professions, to help individuals with problems relating to social works. Communication skill is very important to social workers.

MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP:

The relationship between a social worker and his client is very important, it is the route that will lead to change or transformation in a client’s life. Social Workers build strong relationships with people in other to promote and enhance the standard of living of individuals or the well being of individuals.

EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS:

As professionals, social workers, allow their client to express their feelings, with this they are one step ahead of solving the clients problems.  As a social worker going beyond “the facts” is necessary to uncover the hidden feelings.

NON JUDGEMENTAL ATTITUDE:

The relationship of a client and a social work depend heavily on if the social worker is judgmental or not.  As social workers we are not meant to make decisions for clients but to imply a good behavior and a new way of life.

CONTROLLED EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT:

Social worker should not respond to a client’s situation in a way that will make him or her feel coldness or lack of interest. Social workers should not over identify a client.

CLIENT’S SELF DETERMINATION:

The principle of self determination is about figuring out the client’s need to freedom in making decisions. Social workers have the responsibility to create a working relationship in which choice can be exercised.

SELF AWARENESS:

A caseworker must know his strength and limits, if a caseworker is unable to handle a client, he/she must hand the client over to a component authority.

SOCIAL FUNCTIONING:

An individual must know his obligation or role depending on the society or environment he/she is living in.

TUNING BEHAVIOR:

The mind, body and soul must be in full experiences. It’s very necessary for right inception and thinking.

SOCIAL LEARNING:

This is a per-requisite to solve the problems of societies. It implies focusing attention on organizations, getting and solving new problems and evaluating problems.

SOCIAL CONFIDENTIALITY:

This implies that no information obtain from a client should be disclosed to anybody. This should remain between the client and the social worker.