12 On the home page of the nasw of America you can find a lot of information about the Association and its activities including description of social workers ethical standards.

These standards concern:

(1) social workers' ethical responsibilities to clients,

(2) social workers' ethical responsibilities to colleagues,

(3) social workers' ethical responsibilities in practice settings,

(4) social workers' ethical responsibilities as professionals,

(5) social workers' ethical responsibilities to the social work

profession, and

(6) social workers' ethical responsibilities to broader society.

Navigate this site http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/code.asp Choose one issue in all of the 6 areas (total 6 standards) depending on your preferences and interests and write short annotations. Be ready to make a presentation to your peers on the ethical standards you have chosen at the next lesson.

13 The next text describes three client profiles. Read it and complete the table.

Client’s name	Age	Her/his challenge	Social worker’s assistance	Results

Client Profiles

14 Scan the text again and highlight all the verbs, verb phrases and verb collocations. Transfer them to the Infinitive form in your exercise-book. If you don’t know the meaning of them, look them up in the dictionary (e.g. to enroll in evening classes, to handle the stress, etc.).

15 What are the profiles of clients in your city, in your social and cultural context? Have you already had experience as a social worker? What were your clients’ profiles? Discuss these questions with your partners.

16 Write one client’s profile from the social and cultural context you are concerned with.

17 Look at the press releases (A, B and C) taken from the web site of the NASW and try to answer the questions below. Work in pairs.

1. Which press release is the most recent?

2. What programs or projects do the press releases cover?

3. Which press release refers to family planning?

4. Which press release focuses on working with young people to prevent suicides?

5. Which program will be implemented in schools?

6. How are the programs and projects funded?

A

For Immediate Release September 24, 2004

NASW Sponsors the SOS High School Suicide Prevention Program

WASHINGTON —The National Associatio of Social Workers (NASW) is proud to sponsor and support the SOS High School Suicide Prevention Program , a program created and managed by Screening for Mental Health, Inc.

The SOS High School Suicide Prevention Program has demonstrated a dramatic increase in help-seeking by depressed students, and reduced suicide attempts by 40 percent in high school students exposed to the program. This program is the only school-based suicide prevention program selected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, as a “promising program” for the National Registry of Effective Programs (NREP).

The program is designed to be easily replicable in a variety of school settings, using existing school personnel and implemented during one or two classroom periods. The basic message of the SOS Program is to teach high school students to respond to the signs of suicide as a mental health emergency, much as one would react to a heart attack. It focuses on teaching youth to recognize the signs of suicide and depression in themselves and others, as well as the specific action steps needed to respond to those signs.

Since 2000 the SOS High School Suicide Prevention Program has been implemented in more than 1,300 schools across the country. The cost for the program is $200.00. Registration information and downloadable forms are available Online at http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/sos_highschool/index.htm or call [phone].

NASW encourages social workers employed in school settings to consider making this a part of ongoing mental health prevention services.

B

For Immediate Release September 16, 2004

NASW Endorses World Mental Health Day — October 10, 2004

WASHINGTON—The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) endorses World Mental Health Day (WMHDAY) on October 10, 2004.

In the years since the World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as “the complete state of physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease,” there has been an increased understanding of the interrelationship between physical health and mental health. The theme of World Mental Health Day 2004, The Relationship Between Physical and Mental Health: Co-occurring Disorders, focuses attention on an emerging recognition of the integral relationship between physical and mental health.

Organizations and individuals from more than 150 countries will participate in this educational event. NASW encourages members to participate in educating colleagues and communities about the interrelationship between physical health and mental health.

This year's WMHDAY global education packet offers information, resources, and research findings to support the idea of fully body health. Materials can be downloaded through the World Federation for Mental Health—the organization responsible for World Mental Health Day—Web site at http://www.wfmh.org . Download the packet by section or in its entirety.

C

For Immediate Release

February 23, 2004

NASW is Co-Sponsoring Partner of the “March for Women's Lives”

April 25, 2004 on the National Mall in Washington , DC

WASHINGTON — At 10 am, Sunday, April 25, 2004 , at the Lincoln Memorial social workers from around the country will be joining the March for Women's Lives and will rally for women's rights to reproductive freedom on the National Mall from 1 pm to 4 pm .

“The government is sending a clear message to women by not funding abortions for poor women and decreasing availability of family planning and reproductive health services for others, including men,” says Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH, executive director of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).

“Oftentimes, family planning clinics are the primary source of medical care for both women and men. These clinics are also the place where medical and psychosocial problems, such as domestic violence, that are unrelated to family planning, are first identified and addressed,” she adds.

The social work profession bases its position on family planning and reproductive health services on self-determination.

“Every woman and every man should have the choice of which reproductive health services, family planning, or abortion services they want or need without stress and harassment from others within their own personal beliefs,” says Clark.

NASW opposes government restrictions on access to these reproductive health services, including abortion, or in financing them in health insurance and foreign aid programs. NASW also opposes any legislative and funding restrictions on medically approved forms of birth control, including emergency contraception. NASW does, however, support legislative measures to protect clients and providers seeking and delivering reproductive health services from harassment and violence.

For more information about the March for Women's Lives, please contact Dina Zarella at [e-mail] or sign up to join NASW at the march by visiting http://www.socialworkers.org/advocacy/events/choiceMarch/default.asp

NASW's position statement on Family Planning and Reproductive Health can be found in Social Work Speaks, Sixth Edition, NASW Press 2003. Media can contact Lahne Mattas-Curry at [e-mail] for a copy of the position.

More information about the March for Women's Lives can be found at www.marchforwomen.org