Vocabulary

value	ценность
treat	воспринимать, относиться
justice	справедливость
pursue	следовать, продолжать
vulnerable	ранимый, уязвимый
oppressed	угнетенный
poverty	бедность, нищета
unemployment	безработица
dignity	достоинство
self-determination	самоопределение
seek	искать, добиваться

1. Complete the drawing and say some words about each value and principle.

ValueS and principles

2. Put on general questions to the sentences:

- Social workers challenge social injustice.

- Social workers are cognizant of their dual responsibility to clients and to the broader society.

3. Find the Russian equivalents:

- social justice-

- worth of the person-

- importance of human relationships-

- to help people in need-

4. Make up the sentences:

1	Social workers’ primary goal is	a	and worth of the person.
2	Social workers respect the inherent dignity	b	of vulnerable and oppressed individuals and groups of people.
3	Social workers pursue social change, particularly with and on behalf	c	to help people in need and to address social problems.
4	Social workers treat each person in	d	and to the broader society.
5	Social workers are cognizant of their dual responsibility to clients	e	a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity.

5. Translate and explain the meaning of the following words and terms used in the text:

• social justice

• to help people in need

• professional skills

• social injustice

• ethical standards of the profession

Unit 5. Skill

When you complete something you should not know what to do but how to do…

Different skills help us to realize our knowledge.

1. Example: somebody should organize a meeting. It means that he should complete some actions. Name these actions. What skills can help to do it?

2. Read the text and have some ideas about skills.

Skill is the practice component that brings knowledge and values together and converts them to action as a response to concern and need. A sociological definition of skill is also useful in understanding the meaning of the term: a complex organization of behavior (physical or verbal) developed through learning and directed toward a particular goal or centered on a particular activity.

Skill is the social worker's capacities to set in motion-in a relationship with the client (individual, group, community)-guided psychosocial intervention processes of change based on social work values and knowledge in a specific situation relevant to the client.

Social work does not have one skill but a wide variety of skills useful for many different situations.

Several attempts have been made to organized the skills component of practice into four areas: 1) information gathering and assessment; 2) the development and use of the professional self; 3) practice activities with individuals, groups, and communities; and 4) evaluations. They listed the needed skill cluster in each of these areas.

The "Curriculum Policy Statement" of the Council on Social Work Education provides the official statement of the skill level expected of baccalaureate and masters-level social work graduates. This is a complex document, but two types of skills are called for (although it is impossible to completely separate them): cognitive skills and interactive or relationship skills. Cognitive skills are those used in thinking about persons in situations, in developing understanding about the person and the situation, in identifying the knowledge to be used, in planning for intervention, and in performing evaluation. Interactive skills are those used in working jointly with individuals, groups, families, organizations, and communities; in communicating and developing understanding; in joint planning; and in carrying out the plans of action. A social worker must be proficient in both types of skills.