Appendix II: Standards of Practice Handbook (Principles I-VIII)

• Author: Marilyn J. Samuels/Elayne M. Tanner
• Pages: 251-274

Appendix

2

Standards

of

Practice

Handbook

ONTARIO COLLEGE

OF

SOCIAL WORKERS

AND

SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS

Standards

of

Practice Handbook

First

Edition,

2000

251

252

MANAGING

A

LEGAL

AND

ETHICAL

SOCIAL

WORK

PRACTICE

SCOPES

OF

PRACTICE

This Standards

of

Practice Handbook applies

to the

profession

of

social work

and

the

profession

of

social service work.

The

scope

of

practice

of the

profession

of

social

work means

the

assessment,

diagnosis, treatment

and

evaluation

of

individual, interpersonal

and

societal

problems through

the use of

social work knowledge, skills, interventions

and

strategies,

to

assist individuals, dyads, families, groups, organizations

and

communities

to

achieve optimum psychosocial

and

social

functioning

and

includes, without limiting

the

generality

of the

foregoing,

the

following:

i) The

provision

of

assessment, diagnostic, treatment

and

evalu-

ation services within

a

relationship between

a

social worker

and

client;

ii) The

development, promotion, management, administration,

delivery

and

evaluation

of

human

service

programs, including

that done

in

collaboration with other professionals;

iii)

The

provision

of

professional supervision

to a

social

worker,

social work student

or

other supervisee;

iv)

The

provision

of

consultation services

to

other social workers

or

professionals

in

relation

to the

activities described

in

para-

graph

(i)

above;

v)

The

development, promotion, implementation

and

evaluation

of

social policies aimed

at

improving social conditions

and

equality;

vi)

The

conduct

of

research

or

provision

of

education regarding

the

practice

of

social

work,

as

defined

in

paragraphs

(i) to (v)

above

and

(vii) below;

and

vii)

Any

other

activities

recognized

by the

College.

The

scope

of

practice

of the

profession

of

social service work means

the

assessment, treatment

and

evaluation

of

individual, interpersonal

and

societal

problems through

the use of

social service work knowledge, skills, interven-

tions

and

strategies,

to

assist individuals, dyads, families, groups, organiza-

tions

and

communities

to

achieve optimum social

functioning

and

includes,

without limiting

the

generality

of the

foregoing,

the

following:

a)

The

provision

of

assessment, treatment

and

evaluation

services

within

a

relationship between

a

social worker

and

client;

b)

The

development, promotion, management, administration,

delivery

and

evaluation

of

human service programs, including

that

done

in

collaboration with other professionals;

c)

The

provision

of

professional supervision

to a

social service

worker, social service work student

or

other supervisee;