HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-017NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH
WHEREAS, a proclamation was issued on Mazch 22, 1984, by president Ronald Reagan
proclaiming Mazch as National Social Work Month; and
WHEREAS, social work provides comprehensive supportive services including education,
vocational training and other necessary services to assist in the achievement of personal and
financial self-su$xciency for eligible participants; and
WHEREAS, social work provides the front line of defense in the system of services aimed
at protecting children from neglect and abuse and in protecting the frail elderly and other
dependent adults from neglect, abuse and exploitation; and
WHEREAS, social work requires the worker to possess an excellent understanding of
self, to be proficient in exercising control over personal feelings and attitudes, and to utilize self
knowledge effectively to develop constructive, productive, non-punitive helping relationships with
clients; and
WHEREAS, social work requires the performance of multiple, diverse and unique roles
including, but not limited to, investigator, case manager, advocate, counselor, and nurturer; and
WHEREAS, social workers, supervisors and related managers/administrators, employed
by the Department of Social Welfare, provide the following direct/indirect services: In-home
supportive services to fraillelderly adults, adult protective services to elderly/dependent adults;
emergency response services to children reported to be abused and/or neglected; family
maintenance, family reunification, permanency planning, juvenile court protection, long-term
foster care/guardianship services to children/families; out-of home care for children who are
unable to live safely in their own homes; licensinglsupervision of family foster homes and
independent living skills for youth preparing for emancipation; job training and placement services
to public assistance recipients to assist with attainment of employment, general assistance/food
stamp employment and training services to adults to assist in attaining employment, advocacy for
SSI benefits, and access to service providing agencies; and
WHEREAS, social workers are assisted in the performance of their duties by a variety of
highly skilled clerical and administrative support staff; eligibility workers and their supervisors.
PROCLAMATION DECLARING MARCH AS
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Butte, State of California, hereby declare the month of March 1995 as Social Worker Month in
Butte County to honor these social workers for their commitment to the profession of social
work, their dedication to the highest moral and ethical standards, their practice of social work
with the competency of their profession and their regard as their primary obligation the welfare of
the individuals and families served.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on the 24th day of January, 1995 by the Butte County Board
of Supervisors by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Meyer, -o].an, Houx, '~homas and Chair McLaughlin
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
t
ED McLAUGHLIN, Chair
Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JOHN S. BLACKLOCK, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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