Chapter 2 really brought shed some
light on what social work is really about and what is expected from a social
worker. After reading this chapter I found that social work is constantly
defending their job description and growing with new medicines, treatments, and
any way to help patients. Being a social worker takes dedication not only to
patients but to the constant growing and changing of the medical practice
itself. Social work requires knowledge of human behavior and social
environment, social welfare policy and programs, social work practice, and
research methods (Cowles, 2003, p. 43). I felt like this chapter was the frame
work for understand the six psychosocial problems that social worker come in
contact with, the understanding that social workers do not treat mental health disorders, and the limits/constraints that
social workers face inside the health care facility.
My eyes have been open to looking
deeper at the constraints that social workers face even if there is a way t
save the persons life, everyone still has to follow protocol. Not only was this
part of the chapter shocking to me but a little heart breaking because you know
there is a certain amount of loving care that has to go into these patients
from social workers. Germain explains that in the last fifteen years there have
been signicant changes in the social work field such as new social problems,
populations and public attitudes. I also read that social workers are having a
very difficult time with certain patients because certain societies have become
incredibly vulnerable to bad situations that hamper their progress (Germain,
1996, p. 12-14). I really am looking forward to the next five chapters that go
in further to understand specific cases of what social workers face on a day to
day basis.
Cowles, L. A. Fort (2003). Fundamentals of Health Care
Social Work Practice. Social work in the health field: a care perspective (2nd
ed., pp. 41-83). New York: Haworth Social Work Practice Press.
Germain, C. B., & Gitterman, A. (1996). The life model
of social work practice: advances in theory & practice (2nd ed.). New York:
Columbia University Press.
I agree that this chapter really shed some light on what is expected from a social worker. I also agree that social workers are contantly defending thier job description and growing with new medicines, treatments, and any way to help the clients. This chapter discusses the four core values of social work practice: human behavior and the social environment, social welfare policy and programs, social work practice, and social work research methods. Social work practice knowledge is very important to the social work field and must be continually developed and researched within this profession. This chapter also discusses the values and ethics of the social work profession and the code of ethics of the NASW and how important it is in this field. I agree that being a social worker takes dedication not only to patients but to the constant growing profession.
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