Social Work exam

Phase 1 of the history of social work (Early pioneers)

the charity organization society- stopped providing relief services to the undeserving poor but continue to provide services to the deserving poor

the settlement house- serving the poor in urban areas by living among them, pioneered the profession of social work.

Phase 2 (Professional imperialism)

focused on the development and exportation of social work education to other countries

Phase 3 (Reconceptualization and Indigenization of social work)

this phase included the rejection of western models and the development of radial models

Phase 4 (International social development)

paradigm shift, sensitive to cultural needs and values, focusing more on diversity

Phase 5 (potentially where we are now?)

new approaches for the benfit of the enviroment, green or ecosocial work

characteristics of ecosocial work include:

1. enviromental sustainability and degrowth

2. holistic worldview

3. indigenous worldviews

4. global citizenship

5. ecofeminism and critical approaches

6. redefining well-being

7. multidimentional practice

8 milenium development goals

1. eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

2. achieve universal primary education

3. promote gender equality and empower women

4. reduce child mortality

5. improve maternal health

6. combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

7. ensure enviromental sustainability

8. develop a global partnership for development

the sustainable development goals are the blueprint for aciveing a better more sustainable future for all.

the sustainable devlopment goals

1. end poverty in all its forms everywhere

2. end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture

3. ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

4. ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning oportunities for all

5. achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

6. ensure avaliablility and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

7. ensure access to affordable, reliable,sustainable and modern energy for all

8. promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employement and decent work for all

9. build resilient infranstructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation

10. reduce inequality within and among countries

11. make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,resilient, and sustainable

12. ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

13. take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

14. conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development

15. protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainability manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reserve land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss

16. promote peaceful and inclusive socities for sustainable developmeny, provide acess to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels

17. strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

four pillars of the global agenda for social work

1. promoting social and economic equalities

2. promoting the dignity and worth of peoples

3. promoting enviromental and community sustainability

4. promoting human relationships

human rights principals

1. universality and inalienability (everyone is entitled to human rights)

2. interdependence (relization of human rights depends on others)

3. indivisibility (all humans are equal and cannot be ranked in a hierarchy

4. equality and nondiscrimination

5. participation ( everyone can participate in social and polotical processes)

6. accountability ( for every right there is a rights holder)

push factors- forces that cause migrants to flee their countries

pull factors- forces that may cause more migrants to flee to the US (family reunification)