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Summary of the study: In the age of information and communication technology (ICT) revolution, there have been major shifts in social work practice. Among these shifts increased professional awareness of the importance of review of its effectiveness as a profession, and shaped this awareness after a series of attempts at experimentation and practice. All of those attempts ended to move toward scientific research as the basis for building scientific knowledge. After that, the best practice was emerged and involving several models such as practice- based research, empirically- based practices, Evidence-based practice, and Knowledge-based practice. The focus of all these models and practices, without exception, was to emphasis knowledge-based practices and documented through scientific research as a guide to practice. For getting this knowledge and information in the light of ICT was become easy. The ICT was having effect on the attitudes and ideas, and thus the persuasions of many professionals and academics in various professions were generated. The viewpoint of the current study was that the Social Work through its method of community organization, which have models for information mast to inquiring the effect of ICT on persuasions of its practitioners. No scientific study, whether, Arab or foreign addressed this topic. This current study was applied on intentional sample of 48 practitioners in the fields of social action were interested in scientific research and used ICT at Assiut Governorate. This study aimed to explore the impact of ICT on persuasions of social work practitioners to the importance of the use of scientific research in practice "and falls under this two of sub-goals; which are: 1-identify the aspects of utilization of practitioners from ICT regarding scientific research, 2 - identify the effect of ICT on increasing the persuasions of social work practitioners to the importance of using scientific research in practice. The second goal contains four sub-indices; which are: A) the public value of research in practice. (B) The use of research in the professional intervention. (C) The recruitment of scientific research for the skills and talents of social workers. (D) Development and advocacy of social policy. The results of the study proved the high utilization rates of ICT with regard to scientific research with a relative degree 78.5% and Increasing the effect of ICT on persuasions of social workers to the importance of using scientific research in practice with relative degrees of 82.9%, 80.6 , 79.4 , and 79.4.for the four sub-indices, respectively. Also this study developed number of recommendations, for example: activating the roles of the social worker as a consumer of knowledge through information technology, and provide him with the skills of critical thinking and the ability to documenting the knowledge. Also his role as a producer of knowledge through providing operations and the foundations of the scientific research process for collect information and solve problems encountered in practice mast been developed.

A summary of the study: In a framework of principles, moral values , ethical standards and moral responsibility, social workers should challenge social injustice and the negative effects of social change on vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. And a commitment to perform an advocacy role, which has enjoined this context, the all social workers either inside or outside institutions must advocate about rights of clients in care services by seeking to get appropriate resources that meet needs of customers and strengthen public welfare of society at all levels, both local and national and global. They should awareness of the impact of policy on practice and advocate for a change about policy and legislation that will improve social conditions and supports social justice. The focus of Social Work was to make sense of the current context in which we work and live through community-Based approach. Where community organizing plays the active role in partnership with other Social Work methods. The Previous studies have highlighted the important of this role for all social workers to advocate about rights of their clients in social care services. Because of the marginalization and deprivation due to the current transformations and the impact of globalization policies and what preceded them. The striking observation that some of these studies are interested only in specific areas of practice such as working in the field of health and disaster relief, and child care, etc. The current study aimed to determine the advocacy role played by social workers in social institutions to advocate about rights of their clients in social care services, and the constraints and difficulties were experienced. The study was descriptive type and used methodology of the social survey through sampling. The study concluded several results discussed in the context of the presentation of results, and then reached for a simplified conceptual model of the nature of the role played by social organizer to advocate about rights of clients in social welfare services, as part of the back-up and support of all social work institutions.