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.
