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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.

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.

Abstract:The socio-economic baseline survey was carried out from January to July 2010 under the overall supervision and co-ordination of RGBS as survey owner. The survey approach, the design of the questionnaires and the survey schedule were developed in co-operation with RGBS by the ABDC sociologist, Ms. C. Eckhart. Survey fieldwork at household level was carried out between February and June 2010 by a team of qualified field researchers co-ordinated by two social scientists, all from the University of Assiut, Faculty of Social Work. The survey was carried out in (i) the areas required by the project, and (ii) the residential locations of the potentially affected households. Preparation of the fieldwork programme as well as focus group discussions were assisted by the local Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS)1 office in Bani Murr. This report compiles the results of the socio-economic baseline survey. The report will serve as reference for the establishment of the project's Social Action Plan and as a baseline for the project's monitoring programmed.the survey identified four main groups of potentially project affected people: Farmers using government land required by the project, Agricultural laborers obtaining income by working on land required by the project, Fishermen operating in the stretch of the river Nile downstream of the existing Assiut Barrage and around Bani Murr Island, Owners of private land and assets required by the project. the survey generated lists of the names of project affected households (households using land required by the project). These lists were compared with the names obtained by ESA during their surveys for land acquisition, with a 100% match of names for the right bank area (after the integration of 4 additional households in the survey) and an almost 100% match on Bani Murr Island The survey also generated name lists of (i) potentially affected fishing households and (ii) potentially affected agricultural laborers working on Bani Murr Island. The survey generated lists of members of each surveyed household and their occupational skills (as indicated by the interviewees).

The competencies of popular mediators and community organizers in resolving community conflicts: an exploratory study for a sample from members of customary committees in Assiut Governorate Summary of the Study: The review literature of social work in the field of settlement conflict highlights that mediation is the only practice raised and relevant social workers. It became recognized that mediation has become a means of social work practice to conflict resolution. In the current years social workers are working increasingly in the informal community mediation programs of local communities to conflict resolution at all levels of practice. At the level of micro practice, working in direct practice with individuals, families, and dealing with personal and family conflicts taking advantage of their skills in counseling and development of relations assistance, evaluation and diagnosis of complaints, and promote exploration and understanding, and the design and implementation of action plans. At the level of mezzo and macro practices, working with small groups, and with the institutional issues, management, planning and social policy, research, supervision and training of social workers, others or volunteer organizations, and organizing the grassroots, and development actions of local community, manage the programs sponsored by local and national organizations. The popular Mediation through customary committees deployed in different parts of Egypt. In the countryside, in particular , its role in community conflict resolution within the limits of what was made available to researcher from informed sources - not to mention the lack of apparent heritage of social work written by Arabic and In all disciplines of Social Work, Sui some peels simple and not depth in addressing the role of mediator in some of these writings of community organizing and social case work and group work, however, the lack apparent of any reference data base about these committees and their members and quality , it was necessary to study introductory Pilot study in the context of current exploratory study for determining intentional sample, which a number of social workers resulted in the landscape are working in NGOs as volunteers and as members of customary committees. The activities of these NGOs relating to community organizing. Their members of these committees not due to specialize as much as social reasons related to prestige and status, and move up as social ladder in rural communities with tribal nature . Then the study methodology has been modified to added comparative style between popular mediators and community organizers within those committees. And based upon, The study addressed the reality of customary committees in terms of the competencies levels of those mediators at those committees, and their personal, social characteristics, and justifications of people for using that kind of mediation, and are there disadvantages to popular mediation, and whether are there difficulties faced them, and the proposals to activate these committees from the viewpoint of the mediators themselves.

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