Ethical Social Work with Indigenous Australians

This assignment examines the role of ethical practices in social work within the context of Indigenous Australian communities. It delves into the challenges faced by Indigenous Australians and highlights the importance of human rights-based social work to address their unique needs. The paper discusses relevant codes of ethics, particularly those outlined by the AASW (Australian Association of Social Workers), emphasizing the values of human dignity, worth, and social equity. Additionally, it explores the historical context of immigration patterns in Australia and their impact on Indigenous populations.

Field of practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
PART 2............................................................................................................................................1
PART 3............................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Immigration is a result of changes in own country due to which people move to other
places. Hence, this report is a complete study of Australian people and their living styles are in
regards to indigenous category (Dulmus and Sowers, 2012). The various challenges which are
faced by people who move out of their countries have also been justified in this written
document.
PART 1
The social work specially requires to have the specific qualification and the registration
from the government bodies. All the places of the nation is having different sets of codes of
practices by which all the social people has to be registered it in.
Keeping up ethical codes and norms of training went for securing general society are without a
doubt basic, however, social work esteems are seen has more than clinging to an arrangement of
standards. Because of the sorts of circumstances social labourers experience and need to manage,
they likewise need to investigate individual parts of their esteem base and know how their
qualities influence the function they do (Reichert, 2011). Relationship of Social Workers issued a
re-examined Code of Ethics for Social Work that stressed its responsibility regarding three
fundamental esteems:
 Human rights
 social justice
 Professional integrity
AASW (Australian association of social workers) code of ethics is a kind of written
documents which aid to inform and guide ethical practices of the social workers which are
working in the health care organisation. AASW practice standards is mainly been developed or
made to bound all the practices which is having the expectation so that they can make changes
which is required for the social workers. They are mainly designed to fulfil the practices and they
will get proper knowledge about it.
PART 2
The social workers play a vital role in health care of people, as they have to make many
plans to fulfil their requirements so that people can live properly. Indigenous Australian peoples
are those who live in Australia and they do not have any kind of identification and they do not
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know anything as well the people of that nation do not support them. The social workers of
Indigenous Australian peoples have to plan for many things they should focus on all the policies
and practices so that they can be able to provide them some value in society and which will aid
them to get proper health care support. In social workers there are many professionals working
within to help the people who require help (Webb, 2011). The ethical practice might help the
social workers to gain more training and practice so that they can provide the required help to
those people. They should plan various things which might help them for those peoples welfare.
All the rules and regulations should be followed by them and made in concern. It is very
important for them to identify the problems and the required methods which they have to focus
on they should make proper plans by which they can help the people which they have The Code
of Ethics goes ahead to express that two of the key esteems and standards are: human nobility
and worth; and social equity.
PART 3
Human pride and worth implies that social labourers regard the natural nobility and worth
of each individual and regard the human rights communicated in the United Nations Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. Social equity includes the fulfilment of fundamental needs;
reasonable access to administrations and advantages to accomplish human potential; and
acknowledgement of individual and group rights. These qualities and standards in the Code of
Ethics as of now set up the establishments for human rights based social work rehearse (Dulmus
and Sowers, 2012). They promptly recognize human rights standards, unequivocally the
Universal Declaration. Immigration patter has been changed in time over the Australian place as
the Indigenous Australian peoples are facing may problems regarding the changing of the
countries all the times as they are facing various things human rights based social work is
essential in all the work we do, however maybe much more so for Indigenous individuals and
groups. As in the case of the well-being effort, Indigenous individuals are low on various social
markers, so they are frequently beginning from a base where they don't have a similar life risks
as non-Indigenous Australians.
Conclusion
It have been concluded by the above report that there are many problems respect residing
in Australia many problems which arise regarding the visa and allotment to stay in country. But
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the contribution of ethical practice with social work and human services is also a result of this
report.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Dulmus, C. N. and Sowers, K. M., 2012. Social Work Fields of Practice: Historical Trends,
Professional Issues, and Future Opportunities. John Wiley & Sons.
Reichert, E., 2011. Social Work and Human Rights:A Foundation for Policy and Practice.
Columbia University Press.
Webb, N. B., 2011. Social Work Practice with Children, Third Edition.
Guilford Press.
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