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Knowledge and values in a social work setting

1. Choose a social work setting that interests you (e.g., medical, school, mental health, etc
2. Next, choose a local social work agency from that setting. You can use the agency where you completed your social worker interview.
3. Then, you will write a three paged paper answering the following: “As a social worker working in this social work setting, I would need to know:”
4. Knowledge and skills that a social worker who works in that setting needs to know to be effective
5. The responsibilities of a social worker who works in this setting must do
6. The values the social worker in this setting must abide by (e.g., NASW core values, etc)
7. Identify the practice level of a social worker in this setting (micro, mezzo, or macro; might be a combination of levels
8. You must incorporate the appropriate chapter from the book and the relevant social work practice video from NASW – OH in your paper to support your responses. The practice setting videos are in Canvas under the module “Social Work Setting Practice Videos (NASW- OH).”