Assignment Task
Ethical and critical social work practice – integrating ethics and theory in contemporary fields of social work practice
Choose ONE of the social work areas of practice/scenarios listed HERE SWTP620 Assessment 3 Essay information sheet
Consider the potential challenges and ethical dilemmas you might face as a social worker when working within this area of practice/with this client group and how you, as a social worker, may navigate these tensions drawing on ethical and theoretical knowledge covered in the course.
Your essay should address:
1) The key factors to consider when working within this area of practice/with this client group (informed by relevant literature)
2) Potential challenges or ethical tensions / dilemmas within the case, including how ethical perspectives covered in the unit may assist you in addressing these tensions (informed by unit readings)
3) What steps can you take to ensure ethical practice and what role might professional and personal values play in this? (e.g. how would you manage power dynamics, what theories or approaches could you draw from)? (informed by unit readings)
4) How social work theories from the unit may assist you in working with this scenario and why (there is not scope to draw on more than two theories from the unit within the wordcount) (informed by unit reading
Examples of Theories, Marxist theory, Systems Theory , Feminist Theory, Critical Theory
Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to facilitate learning about the role of theory and ethics in social work practice. The essay focuses the student on applying theory and ethics to key field of social work practice.
