The student understanding of the BSW Standard:
Social work practise across a wide range of settings with all kinds of different people. Some work primarily with individuals whereas others work with families or groups of people in therapeutic or community contexts. Some social workers focus on community advocacy, community action and social change. In such diverse disciplinary contexts, the notion of theoretically informed practice can seem complicated. Yet social workers do draw upon a range of theoretical perspectives in their work, using theory to help understand and make sense of what is in reality a complex human world. Many theories used by social workers can also be found influencing the practices of allied professionals: counsellors, psychologists and others working within the human services. Theories explored in this book are not the sole purview of the social work profession, nor can they be claimed as necessarily emerging from within a social work paradigm. Professional interpretations of knowledge and theory overlap and interweave (Trevithick 2005). The key areas of knowledge, skills and values which are required to carry out an effective and anti-oppressive social work assessment within the are mental health have been set out within the various theories of social work assessment and involve engagement, effective communication skills, planning skills, confidence and non- judgmental viewpoints.
CONSULTED REFERENCES
Cohnolly, M., Harms, L., 2009. Social Work: Contexts and practice Melbourne. Oxford Press.
E.B. Pearce, 2018.
Trevithick 2005.
UKessays, 2018. Knowledge, skills and values in Social Work Assessments.