About the Book
The profession of social work is grounded on a set of core values and principles that guide the profession in its pursuit of social justice and social welfare. Although certain core values are being promoted by the various national associations of social workers all over the world, there is no known reference in the form of books/texts that contains a detailed description of these values which guide this profession. The twelve core values of social work discussed in the book are: service to humanity; social justice; respect for dignity and worth of the person; importance of human relationships; integrity; competence; loyalty to profession; patriotism; cultural sensitivity; teachership; hard work; and responsibility and commitment. The book is an outcome of the effort made by some of the promising social work academics under the guidance and support of the editor. This book will be of immense use to social work teachers, students, practitioners, NGO functionaries and policy framers.
Contents
1. Core Values in Professional Social Work / Gracious Thomas
2. Service to Humanity / Sanjoy Roy and Aneesh Kurian
3. Social Justice / Ravindra Singh and Aneesh Kurian
4. Respect for Dignity and Worth of the Person / Bishnu Mohan Dash and Aneesh Kurian
5. Importance of Human Relationships / Kumar Satyam and Aneesh Kurian
6. Competence / Sheeba Joseph
7. Integrity / Sheeba Joseph
8. Hard Work / Aneesh Kurian
9. Teachership / Bishnu Mohan Dash and Aneesh Kurian
10. Loyalty to Profession / Aneesh Kurian
11. Cultural Sensitivity / Ravindra Singh and Aneesh Kurian
12. Responsibility and Commitment / Rambabu Botcha
13. Patriotism / Rambabu Botcha
About the Author / Editor
Gracious Thomas is Professor and Founder Director of the School of Social Work at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. During his three decades of teaching, research, and practice of social work, he has held important academic and administrative positions such as Professor, NABARD Chair at Bhubaneswar and Director of two schools and the National Centre for Disability Studies at IGNOU for over twelve years. He has more than seven hundred publications to his credit, apart from eighty educational video programmes. Some of his major contributions to professional social work include the launching of nine programmes of study in social work through Open and Distance Learning, drafting of the ‘code of ethics’ for social workers, and the conceptualization and promotion of contemporary methods of social work.
