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- Title
Professional Pledge in Social Work: Implications for Professional Identity and Value Integration.
- Authors
Agnimitra, Neera; Sharma, Seema
- Abstract
The social work profession lays a strong emphasis on internalizing and reinforcing core social work values and ethical standards in order to create a cadre of social workers who can withstand the criticalities of any crisis and commit themselves to firmly stand with those whose survival and wellbeing is fragile and "on the brink". The performance of this role not only requires a dynamic and contextual knowledge base and evolving skills set, it mandates a deep rooted acquiescence with a fundamental set of values that shape the profession's vision and mission, and establish the goals and priorities of the practitioners. The transition from an entry level neophyte to a competent social work professional entails a journey which is characterized by the assumption and bolstering of a professional persona that grounds the incumbent within the functional niche of social work. The present paper looks at the integration of a social work pledge as a viable means for social work incumbents to establish identification with social work values, don a professional identity, and assimilate with professional peers. It looks at the existing practice of pledge taking by highlighting the experience of a distinguished school of social work. It envisions the 'pledge' and the tradition of 'taking the pledge' evolving as a strong and more universal medium for creating an emotional connect of social work students with the value driven profession of social work.
- Subjects
PROFESSIONAL identity; SOCIAL workers; WORK values; LIBRARY of Congress; QUALITY of life; VALUES (Ethics)
- Publication
International Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 1, p98
- ISSN
2790-6345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.55521/10-020-110