Definition, Goals,

Scope, Core Values,

Principles of Social
Work

Ms. Christina M. Bonachita-Takiang

SHS Teacher
 How is social work defined by
different institutions and
practitioners in the global setting?

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 Social work as
Complexities of responsive,
social situation dynamic and
visionary

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 Existence of Strives to find Debates on the
helping methods meaning and fundamental
and humanitarian significance issues of social
assistance since work
civilization
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 Emphasis given to the
person?
 Emphasis given to the
environment?
 How interventions should be
directed?
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 Whether social work is for
everyone or special populations?
 Appropriateness of social workers
as agents of social control
 Nature of relationship of social
workers to employers
 Knowledge and skills required in
generalist and specialist practice
Social workers must be
involved not only with
the people but also with
the societal factors that
contributed to the
problem.
Morales and Sheafor (1983)
1. Social worker is concerned
with enabling or
facilitating change.
2. Social worker helps people
or institutions to enhance
social functioning.
Morales and Sheafor (1983)
3. Applying the social systems
theory, social work is a
profession that helps people to
interact more with the social
environment.
4. Social worker must have handles in
fortifying and securing the
necessary resources to attain the
goals of the clients.
“Social work as a professional activity of helping individuals,
groups or communities enhance or restore their capacity for
social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable
to the goal.”

- National Association of Social Workers, United States

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“Social work as a practice based and academic discipline that
promotes change and social development. Accordingly, the
principle of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility,
and respect of diversities are vital in the field.

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- International Federation of Social Workers
“Social work as a practical profession designed at helping
people address their problems and matching them with the
resources they need to lead healthy and productive lives.”

- Australian Association of Social

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“Social work profession promotes social change, problem
solving in human relationships, empowerment and
liberation of people to enhance well being. ”

-IASSW and IFSW, 2004 13

“Social work as an APPLIED
SOCIAL SCIENCE of helping
people achieve an effective
level of psychosocial
functioning and effecting
societal changes to enhance
the well being of people.”

-Cox and Pawar, 2006

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“Social work as a profession
which is concerned about the
person’s personal adjustment
to his/her environment and she
referred this as person’s social
functioning.”

- Mendoza, 2002

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 Child Medical Social Administrative
Development Work and
Management

Social Work in
Local Social International acute
Work Social Work psychiatric
hospital

Social work as
community
organizer
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 Primary
Discipline

Secondary
Discipline

Morales and Sheafor (1983)

Fields
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Social Work as Primary
Discipline
a. Adoption and services to
unmarried parents
 Difficult decision to keep the
baby or place it for adoption
 Applies both individual and
group counseling to assist
women in making decisions

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Social Work as Primary
Discipline
b. Foster Care
 Removing children from
homes and placing them to
foster homes temporarily
 Works with the parent, child
and court to administer court
decisions to remove a child
due to detrimental situations
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Social Work as Primary
Discipline
c. Residential Care
 Group care home or a
residential treatment center
 These are for children
exhibiting anti-social
behaviors that require
intensive treatment

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Social Work as Primary
Discipline
d. Support in own home
 Support services to keep
children in their own homes
 Counseling, family
consultations, clients with
appropriate institutions such
as day care centers and home
maker services.
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Social Work as Primary
Discipline
e. Protective Services
 Protecting the child from
abuse, maltreatment,
exploitation by parents.
 Seeks to protect the child
without infringing the rights
of parents
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Social Work as Primary
Discipline
f. Family Services
 Family counseling involves
family case work, family
group work and family
therapy
 Family life education
strengthens family
relationships through
educational activities to
prevent family breakdown
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Social Work as Primary Discipline
f. Family Services
 Family planning involves planning
the number, spacing and timing
of child births to fit with their
needs.
 Make decisions about the
patterns of reproduction
towards enhancing quality of
life.
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Social Work as Primary
Discipline
g. Income Maintenance
 Public assistance – financial
aid to the poor.
 It includes cash grants, food
stamps, general assistance
such as hospital and medical
care, and supplemental
security income.

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Social Work as Primary
Discipline
g. Income Maintenance
 Social Insurance – social
provisions that are funded by
employers and employees
through contributions to a
specific program.

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Social Work as Primary
Discipline
g. Income Maintenance
 Other forms - Cash in kind benefits,
emergency support funds, and other
resources that can be used by the
poor for food and shelter.
Social Work as an Equal Partner
a. Support for people in their own
homes program
 Helping older people remain in
their homes and linking them with
community programs such as
health care, meals and home care
services.
b. Support for people in the long term
care facilities
 Refers to nursing homes or other
group living facilities.
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Social Work as an Equal Partner
c. Community Services
 Community organization
activities – gathering and
analysis of data, matching
delivery of services to the
population distribution,
securing funds, coordination
with existing agencies and
educating the general public
about the services.
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Social Work as an Equal Partner
c. Community Services
 Community planning –
involvement of social workers
with the physical, economic
and health planners in the long
range planning of
communities.

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Social Work as a Secondary
Discipline
a. Correctional Facilities –
provide counseling and link
them to the outside world,
provide support upon
release.
b. Industry – Support to both
managers and employees.
Serves as basis for
development
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Social Work as a Secondary
Discipline
d. Schools
 Facilitate the provision of
direct educational and social
services and provide direct
social case work and group
work to selected students

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Social Work as a Secondary
Discipline
d. Schools
 Act as pupil advocate focusing
on the urgent needs of the
selected students
 Consult with school
administrators major
problems toward a planned
service approach
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Social Work as a Secondary
Discipline
d. Schools
 Consult with teachers about
techniques for creating a free
and motivating climate for
children by interpreting social
and cultural influences
 Use of peers to help a
troubled child
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Social Work as a Secondary
Discipline
d. Schools
 Organize parent and community
groups to channel concerns
 Develop and maintain liaison
between the school and social
work
 Provide leadership in coordination
of student services in guidance,
clinic staff, psychologists and
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 Concept of Concept of
Social Equal
Responsibility Opportunities

Concept of Social
Provision
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1. Acceptance
 Respecting clients under
different circumstances
 Understanding the meaning
and causes of clients
behavior
 Recognizing people’s strength
and potentials, weakness and
limitation.
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2. Client’s participation in Problem
Solving
 Client is expected to participate in
the process.
 Participates in planning ways in
resolving problem
 Identifying resources to solve
 Act through the available
resources

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3. Self-determination
 Individual, groups and
communities who are in need have
the right to determine their needs
and how they should be met.

4. Individualization
 Understanding client’s unique
characteristics and different
methods each client.

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5. Confidentiality
 Client should be accorded with
appropriate projection, within the
limits of the law, with no any harm
that might result from the
information given to the social
worker.
6. Worker self-awareness
 Social worker consciously examines
her feelings, judgments, biases,
responses whether it is
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7. Client Worker Relationship
 The client is in need of help in social
functioning and the worker is in the
position to help.

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 Assignment :
1 whole sheet of Yellow paper. HANDWRITTEN

Internet Workload: Search on the different principles of social work with

respect to:

1. Human Rights
2. Social Justice
3. Professional Integrity

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