PRSW 2100 - Introduction to Social Work

1. Discuss the historical evolution of the social work profession.
2. Identify major fields of practice in the social work profession.
3. Explain generalist social work as a profession.
4. Describe the roles and responsibilities of the social work profession within the social welfare system.
5. Differentiate among professional social workers’ and other service providers’ responsibilities.
6. Discuss social work’s perspective on human diversity, oppression, and privilege.
7. Discuss the values of the profession and recognize the NASW Code of Ethics as the practice framework for generalist social work practice.
8. Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior; appearance; and oral, written, and electronic communication.
9. Identify their comfort level to work with persons different from themselves.
10. Identify selected social problems, social welfare agencies’ responses to these issues, and the role that social workers play in these various settings.
11. Identify socioeconomic and related issues impacting populations at risk including issues of social justice and systems of oppression.

1. The Social Work profession
2. The historical evolution of the Social Work profession
3. The knowledge, skills, values, and ethics involved in the practice of Social Work
4. The many settings in which social workers practice and the diverse client groups whom social workers serve
5. The professional NASW Code of Ethics
6. The purpose of social welfare as an institution that current American society values
7. The roles and responsibilities of the Social Work profession within that social welfare system
8. Professional social workers’ and other social welfare providers’ responsibilities
9. Selected social problems, social agencies, responses to these issues, and the role that social workers play in these various settings
10. The impact that social welfare and Social Work have on vulnerable and at-risk populations