Introduction to the Social Work Experience

Catalog description

This course introduces students to generalist social work practice and its ethical and historical framework . It includes an examination of required theories, settings for practice, client populations, special issues, history of social work services, current social service programs and policies, and how social work differs from other helping professions. It also examines the values/ethics integral to social work practice and begins to explore the compatibility of personal value systems with those of the profession.