Clientele and Audiences in

Social Work
“Hapag ng Pag-asa” by: Jose Abad
• Are you compelled or obliged
when you see a person in need of
help? Why?
The Life of Jesus Christ
 Types of Social Work
• the INDIVIDUAL
• the GROUP
• the COMMUNITY
 The Individual as Client of
Social Work
• the individual level is generally work on an
individual who has to be assisted to fit in a
larger environment .
• or someone has been deprived space by
the larger environment calling for change
or improving one’s ability to cope with it.
 The Group & Organization as
Client of Social Work
• groups are people existing with similar or
common identity.
• gay men and lesbians, migrants, women,
abused or neglected children, elderly,
pensioners, veterans, military service men
& women, people in conflict with the law,
unemployed, people with substance abuse
and addiction.
 The Community as Client of
Social Work
• community has the largest share in the clientele
and audience of social work because individuals
and families are essentially members of the
community.
• a community may exist as a marginalized sector.
• social work may focus on community
transformation to cause environmental change so
as to make it possible for individuals and groups
to achieve social well-being or social justice and
respect for the rights.
• Do you need to be a social worker to
help someone in need? Why?
• What are you going to do if you see a
mentally deranged woman roaming
around the street?
Characteristics & Needs of
Clientele and Audiences in
Social Work
A Video Clip of Yolanda Victims
in Leyte
• How can you be of help in a
situation like Yolanda typhoon?
Write your answer in a one whole
sheet of paper. (10 mins.)
Characteristics of Clientele and
Audiences of Social Work
• experiencing being left out
• having some personal social problems like loss
of job, getting sick especially becoming
terminally ill
• homeless –elderly and street children
• divorced woman
• neglected child
• sexually, physically, or mentally abused child
• suffering discrimination
 Needs of Clientele and
Audiences of Social Work
• wanting to be empowered.
• to be socially included by way of insuring that
one receives what is legally due him/her and
that one receives the necessary care he/she
deserves.
• some people need their right respected
• some need justice
• some need social welfare help to put them on
their feet.
• Group activities
• Identify the needs and characteristics of the
following clientele of social work.
Clientele Characteristics Needs

Abandoned babies

Homeless elderly

Substance depended

Sexually abused

Battered women

People with disability

 Needs of the following clienteles
• 1. Abandon babies – foster parents, adoptive home
• 2. Homeless elderly – Adoptive home, medical care,
nutritional needs
• 3. Substance dependent – rehabilitation, counselling,
proper education
• 4. Battered women – protection, counselling,
empowerment
• 5. People with disability – nutritional needs, training
and equipping for employment, recognition
 DEBATE
• Is it unlawful to give money to
the beggars?
• Matching Type: Match Column A with Column
B on what particular agency of social workers a
clientele fits in. Write the letter of your answer
on the blank provided before the number.
Column A
Column B
• ____ 1. Drug dependent A. Mental Hospital
• ____ 2. Neglected Children B. Rehabilitation
• ____ 3. Insane center
C.DSWD
• ____ 4. Rape victims
D.Women’s Desk
• ____ 5. Homeless family E.Gawad Kalinga
• What will you do if you found a
baby in a garbage can?
 Additional Activity
• Research on the procedures of
DSWD in catering street
children.