Practice Settings
A BSW working in a hospital who coordinates discharge plans and connects patients to community resources is demonstrating this practice area.
What is Health Care?
This core value emphasizes the importance of treating every person with inherent worth and respect.
What is Dignity and Worth of the Person?
Working directly with individuals or families represents this level of practice.
What is Micro Practice?
This role connects clients to needed community resources and services.
What is a Broker?
The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance this.
What is Human Well-Being (and meet basic human needs)?
A generalist social worker facilitating a school-based mental wellness group is practicing in this setting.
What is Mental Health?
When a social worker advocates for equitable access to services for marginalized communities, they are demonstrating this value.
What is Social Justice?
Facilitating a support group or coordinating services for a community agency represents this level.
What is Mezzo Practice?
A social worker helping two family members communicate and resolve a conflict is serving in this role.
What is a Mediator?
The first social work training program in the U.S. was founded in this city in 1898.
What is New York City?
A BSW collaborating with probation officers to help clients reintegrate into the community is working in this area.
What is Criminal Justice?
Maintaining professional boundaries and being aware of personal biases reflect this essential competency.
What is Ethical and Professional Behavior?
Engaging in policy advocacy or community organizing happens at this level.
What is Macro Practice?
When a social worker collects data to evaluate a program’s effectiveness, they are acting as this.
What is a Researcher?
This organization publishes the Code of Ethics that guides social work practice in the U.S.
What is the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)?