Standards of Australian Social Work Practice

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Social Work

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Introduction
The Australian social practices have been designed to frame the anticipations of performing
social works from all the social workers practicing in Australia (Baldwin, 2016). They are
framed to provide the rules and regulations of all the social work practices which aim to achieve
the need of practice as set out in the rules of Australian practices (Pawar, Anscombe &
Anscombe, 2015). For this purpose, the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) was
formed, back in 1954, creating the standards and the ethics of the performance of diverse kinds
of work. The practices of a social worker is a commitment to towards the welfare of the
community at large (Allan, 2016). These social practices aggravate the smooth functioning of the
work and establish the standards which future generation of the workers are bound to follow
(Parker, 2017). In the wider sense, the Australian social practices are for the benefits of the
human rights and social justice. The aim of the report is to establish the personal and the
professional experiences and compare the standards of the social work practice.
Personal and Professional experiences
In the report, I have understood the meaning of social work and its importance. Social work
implies upon the basis of regular practice and a strict discipline which targets towards the
development of the alterations in the society and in the welfare of the community (Fook & Pease,
2016). I know that social services include the various principles of social work and sciences. I
have come across the origin of social work which provides me with the basic idea of the
functionalism of the society. The overview of the Australian Social work includes the steady
development of the profession, the worldwide recognition of the researchers and the
practitioners, curbing of poverty and unemployment, racism and discrimination based on sex
(Cunliffe & Alcadipani, 2016). I have gained personal and professional experience and I can
compare it with the social work standards as well.
I have gathered professional and personal experience in healthcare practices. I participated in
helping doctors and nurses to serve the victims in the medical camps. The victims were poor and
did not possess the adequate means to suffice their treatment. Helping and serving them has
given a new dimension for the welfare of the people. From the aspect of professionalism, it is
important to promote the welfare of common mass in every possible way with ethics and