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To designate March 2012 as Professional Social Work | 1 |
Month. | 2 |
WHEREAS, The profession of social work has been instrumental | 3 |
in achieving advances in civil and human rights in the United | 4 |
States and across the globe for more than a century; and | 5 |
WHEREAS, The primary mission of social work is to enhance | 6 |
human well-being and help meet the basic needs of all people, | 7 |
especially the most vulnerable; and | 8 |
WHEREAS, Programs and services provided by professional | 9 |
social workers are essential elements of the American social | 10 |
safety net; and | 11 |
WHEREAS, Social workers have a positive influence on | 12 |
adolescent and youth development, aging and family care giving, | 13 |
child protection and family services, health care navigation, | 14 |
mental and behavioral health treatment, military and veterans | 15 |
assistance, nonprofit management and community development, and | 16 |
poverty reduction; and | 17 |
WHEREAS, Social workers serve as specialists, consultants, | 18 |
private practitioners, educators, community leaders, policymakers, | 19 |
and researchers; and | 20 |
WHEREAS, Social workers influence many human service and | 21 |
other organizations and are employed in workplaces ranging from | 22 |
private and public agencies, hospices, hospitals, schools, clinics | 23 |
to businesses and corporations, military units, elected offices, | 24 |
think tanks, and foundations; and | 25 |
WHEREAS, Social workers seek to improve the social | 26 |
functioning and conditions of people in emotional, psychological, | 27 |
economic, or physical need; and | 28 |
WHEREAS, Social workers are experts in care coordination, | 29 |
case management, and therapeutic treatment for biopsychosocial | 30 |
issues and have roles in more than fifty different fields of | 31 |
practice; and | 32 |
WHEREAS, Social workers believe that a nation's strength | 33 |
depends on the ability of the majority of its citizens to lead | 34 |
productive and healthy lives; and | 35 |
WHEREAS, Social workers help people find hope and new options | 36 |
for achieving their maximum potential, often when those people are | 37 |
navigating major life challenges; and | 38 |
WHEREAS, Social workers identify and address gaps in social | 39 |
systems that impede full participation by individuals or groups in | 40 |
society; now therefore be it | 41 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly, | 42 |
in recognition that our nation would be less successful without | 43 |
the contributions of America's 640,000 social workers, designate | 44 |
the month of March 2012 as Professional Social Work Month and | 45 |
encourage all citizens of the state to join with the General | 46 |
Assembly, as well as the National Association of Social Workers - | 47 |
Ohio Chapter, in support of the profession of social work; and be | 48 |
it further | 49 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 50 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the news | 51 |
media of Ohio. | 52 |