DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES BY FDRP
➢ Industry – Both support employees and
SOCIAL WORK managers.
➢ Medical and Health Care – Support the
★ a practical profession which focuses and promotes
medical condition of the patients.
social change, human relationships, and solving
➢ School – Approach the urgent needs of
problem to enhance social functioning.
selected individuals or group of students.
★ They serve by helping social institutions such as
group of people and family to improve the quality
❖ Social Work as an Equal Partner
of life.
➢ Community Services – Gather and
★ Being flexible, responsive, and visionary are the
analyze the data for delivery services;
characteristics of Social Work. Thus, it is required
secure and maintain funds for providing
to be equipped in facing the societal challenges.
aid to the community.
➢ Support people for their own home
GOALS OF SOCIAL WORK
program – Support people in-long term
care programs (health and home care
1. Goals of Caring – focuses on the welfare and
services)
content of every individual or member of the
➢ Support people in long term care
family by upgrading juvenile facilities and nursing
facilities – group living facilities and
homes, and enhancing the quality of life of
nursing homes
prisoners.
2. Goals of Curing – treating people with problems in
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL WORK
social functioning by providing counseling services,
family and reality, and psychomotor therapy.
❖ Acceptance – recognizing the individual’s
3. Goals of Changing – focuses on active participation
potentials, limitations, strength and weaknesses by
in social reforms to contribute social change. It
respecting and understanding the causes of client’s
aims to identify the economic, political, and social
behavior.
structures of individuals and improve quality of
life, and improve social services.
❖ Confidentiality – assuring the client’s data and
result of information will be kept in confidence and
SCOPE OF SOCIAL WORK
accorded by protection within the limits of the law.
❖ Social Work as Primary Discipline
❖ Individualization – it involves in considering and
➢ Adoption – Keep the child and place for
recognizing the client’s own unique qualities and
adoption
characteristics using different methods and
➢ Unmarried parent’s services – Both group
principles.
and individual counseling
➢ Residential care – A home care or
❖ Client – offering help to clients who are
residential treatment center
experiencing difficulty in some areas of his/her
➢ Protective Services – Protect the children
social functioning.
from exploitation of parents,
maltreatment, and abuse.
❖ Worker self-awareness – social worker can be
➢ Family Services – Family counseling, life
professionally motivated by examining his/her
education, and family planning.
feelings, responses, biases and judgements to
➢ Income maintenance – Public assistance
enhance client’s development.
or financial aid such cash grants, hospital,
and medical care.
CORE VALUES OF SOCIAL WORK
❖ Social Work as a Secondary Discipline
❖ Right to Self-Fulfilment – inherent trust and
➢ Correctional Facilities – Provide
capacity to aim the goal.
counselling and provide support upon
release.
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DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES BY FDRP
❖ Responsibility of the Society – the society needs Rehabilitative Function – assist individuals or groups to
to facilitate self-fulfilment for enrichment of the identify and resolve the problems arising of the
contribution of every member. disequilibrium between the individuals and the
environment.
❖ Responsibility to Common Good – as a member of
society, every individual has a responsibility to find Preventive Function – involves the discovery, elimination
ways that contribute for common good. and control of the conditions and situation which may
❖ Rights to Satisfy Basic Needs - for satisfying basic harmfully affect social functioning.
needs such as economic, cultural, spiritual,
psychological, and physical that every individual Developmental Functioning – seek out, strengthen and
needs to develop his/her social influence. make individuals, groups, and communities to maximize
their full potentials and capacities.
❖ Self-Realization and Contribution to Society – a
group of individuals or social organizations make SPECIFIC WORK AREAS IN SOCIAL WORK
socially-provided instruments for satisfaction
needs. Child Welfare – Considered a popular work area practice of
social work, focus on well-being of children.
ROLES OF SOCIAL WORK ➢ Adoption – a legal process whereby a child
substitutes the parenting of another from the
❖ Advocate – fights for the rights of others and work biological parents or legal parents
to obtain needed resources by convincing others of ➢ Foster Care – it is a temporary parental care to a
child with planned period of substitute licensed
❖ Manager – influences the policy change and foster family
development and to advocate on a larger scale for ➢ Legal Guardianship – it refers to a person who is
underprivileged people. authorized by the court to care the personal and
property interest of another person
❖ Broker – involved in the process of making ➢ Residential Care – given to adults and children with
referrals to link a family or person to needed mental health problems, and learning difficulties,
resources. Alzheimer’s, and PWD in a long-term care
❖ Facilitator – gather groups of people for a variety Family Welfare – Strengthens and enhances family’s
of purposes including community development, relationship for lasting positive change.
political organization and policy change.
Health – Helps navigate the physical, emotional and
❖ Enabler – coping with situations or transitional financial struggles of individuals or families who suffered
stress, identifying and supporting personal serious medical conditions.
strengths and social assets, breaking down
problems and solved more readily. Corrections – Invest strategies that enhance the strengths
and capabilities of those in prison and prepares for re-entry
❖ Mediator – resolving arguments or conflicts, helps into society.
various subsystems within the community and ➢ 1. Probation – supervise offenders before the trial,
resolving divorce and child custody cases. during a prison sentence and after their release.
➢ 2. Parole – after the offender has granted a
❖ Negotiator – represents an organization, a group probation or parole, they supervise the offenders
or individual that is trying to gain something from in the community
another group or system and clearly ally
themselves with one of the sides involved. Schools – Provide psycho-social and counselling services to
students who encountered social and
FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL WORK emotional problems in school.
Special Groups
LESSON 2: SOCIAL WORK
DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES BY FDRP
➢ Drug Dependents – help individual recovers from ★ seeks advice and counsel whenever such
substance use disorder; also provide group therapy consultation is for the best interests of clients
and counselling together with their family
➢ Social Disadvantaged Women – focus on 3. Responsibilities in Practice Setting
protection, treatment and rehabilitation of women ★ Client’s Records, Billing, Labor Management
who are victims of domestic violence, rape, Disputes
prostitution, incest and arm conflicts ★ take reasonable steps to ensure that
➢ Patient of Psychiatric Institutions – -diagnose documentation is accurate and reflects the
children and adolescents disturbed by mental provided services should maintain and establish
illness, behavioral and learning problems. Conduct billing practices that accurately the nature and
and provide therapy with coordination of family extent of services provided
members ★ organize, engage and participate in labor unions to
➢ Older People – social assistance to older adults, enhance working conditions and services to clients
including economic and emotional needs, health
and medical problems, and personal care 4. Responsibilities as Professionals
➢ Persons with Disability – perform programs and ★ Discrimination, Impairment, Solicitations
activity in a manner for those who suffer from ★ should not practice, facilitate, or collaborate with
different disabilities such physical, mental and any form of discrimination on basis of sex, political
sensory impairment belief, race, and religion, ethnicity mental or
physical disability
Community Welfare – Helps organize, plan, coordinate a ★ should not allow personal, legal problems,
variety of programs and services in related volunteering, psychosocial distress, substance abuse to interfere
infrastructure and fundraising in communities. their professional judgement and performance
★ not perform in uninvited solicitation of potential
Cultural Communities – Administer and supervise their clients because of their circumstances
human rights for being a victim of forced evacuation,
culture degradation and traumas. 5. Responsibility to Social Work Profession
★ Integrity of the Profession, Evaluation and
Industry and Labor – Improves and establish social security, Research
health, and particularly in provision of employment status ★ maintains and promote the high standards of
and benefits. practice, uphold the values, knowledge, ethics, and
mission of profession
★ evaluates and monitor policies, should facilitate
Rights and Responsibilities of and promote programs, evaluation and research
for knowledge development
Social Workers
6. Responsibilities to Broader Society
1. Responsibilities to Clients ★ Social Welfare, Public Emergencies, Social and
★ Commitment to clients, Self-determination, Privacy Political Action
and Confidentiality ★ promotes the general welfare of society and
★ promote the well-being of the clients advocate living conditions for fulfilment of human
★ assist clients in their efforts to clarify and identify needs
their goals ★ provide accurate professional services for greatest
★ should not solicit private information extent possible
★ Evaluation ★ ensures all people can access to the resources,
services, employment that they are required to
2. Responsibilities to Colleague meet
★ Respect and Consultation
★ treats with respect and represent fairly and
accurately the views, obligations and qualifications
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