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    • What is the basic concept of social work?

      Everything that men do for the good of society.
    • How does Gertrude Wilson define social work?

      As an organized concern of all people for all people.
    • What does Walter Friedlander describe as the organized system of social services?

      Institutions designed to aid individuals and groups to attain satisfying standards of life and health.
    • What does social welfare include according to Elizabeth Wickenden?

      Laws, programs, benefits, and services that meet social needs.
    • What is the purpose of a nation’s system of social welfare programs according to Ashman and Zastrow?

      To help people meet social, economic, educational, and health needs fundamental to society's maintenance.
    • What is the primary objective of social welfare?

      To address unmet needs.
    • What are the types of needs recognized in social welfare?
      • Material Needs (e.g., food, water, shelter)
      • Non-Material Needs (e.g., spiritual, aesthetic)
      • Types: Normative, felt, expressed, and comparative need
    • What are the restorative functions of social welfare?

      To assist individuals and groups in resolving problems arising from disequilibrium with their environment.
    • What does the curative aspect of social work aim to do?

      To remove factors causing breakdown in a person’s social functioning.
    • What is the goal of the rehabilitative aspect of social work?

      To restore a person to a normal or healthy state of social functioning.
    • What does the preventive function of social welfare involve?

      Discovery, control, and elimination of harmful conditions affecting social functioning.
    • What is the aim of the developmental function of social welfare?

      To help individuals maximize their potential and strengthen community resources.
    • How does society respond to unmet needs or problems?
      1. Individual and group efforts
      2. Major societal institutions (family, church, government)
      3. Social agencies (public or private)
    • What is the residual view of social welfare?

      It sees social welfare as temporary, offered during emergencies.
    • What is the institutional view of social welfare?

      It sees social welfare as a proper function of modern society.
    • What are the categories of social welfare programs?
      1. Social Security
      2. Personal Social Services
      3. Public Assistance
    • What does social security refer to in social welfare programs?

      Compulsory measures to protect individuals against income loss.
    • What are personal social services?

      Services that address personal problems and provide direct assistance.
    • What does public assistance provide?

      Material support to those with no income or means of support.
    • Why do we need social services?

      • To address needs and problems beyond individual capacities
      • To provide support for vulnerable populations
    • What are the forms of social services?

      1. Services to individuals and families
      2. Services to groups
      3. Services for people with special problems
      4. Community services
    • How does Richard M. Titmus view social problems?

      As structural issues located in the economy.
    • What are the goals for social welfare?
      1. Humanitarian and Social Justice Goals
      2. Social Control Goal
      3. Economic Development Goal
    • What is the humanitarian and social justice goal of social welfare?

      It is right and just for man to help man.
    • What is the social control goal of social welfare?

      To secure society against threats from needy or disadvantaged groups.
    • What is the economic development goal of social welfare?

      To support the production of goods and services.
    • What is the focus of social work?

      • Enhancing social functioning of individuals and groups
      • Activities focused on social relationships and interactions
    • What does social work seek to enhance according to Wernes Boehm?

      Social functioning of individuals and groups through social relationships.
    • What is the general assignment for the social work profession according to William Schwartz?

      To mediate the process between the individual and society for self-fulfillment.
    • What does Harriet Bartlett define social functioning as?

      The relation between coping activity of people and environmental demands.
    • What does Louise C. Johnson say about social workers' involvement?

      They become involved when individuals struggle with relationships and meeting environmental demands.
    • What is the social environment in social work?

      • A network of overlapping social systems and situations
      • Includes ecological systems, cultures, and institutions
    • What are the causes of dysfunctioning in social work?

      1. Personal inadequacies
      2. Situational inadequacies
      3. Both
    • What is the philosophy of social work based on?

      Belief in the worth and dignity of man associated with democratic theory.
    • What are the values of social work?

      1. Right to self-fulfillment
      2. Obligation to seek self-fulfillment for common good
      3. Society's obligation to facilitate self-fulfillment
      4. Need for harmonious development of powers
      5. Requirement of specialized social organization for self-realization
      6. Availability of socially-provided devices for needs satisfaction
    • What concepts are implied in the values of social work?

      1. Human potentials and capacities
      2. Social responsibility (rights and responsibilities)
      3. Equal opportunities (social justice)
      4. Social provision
    • What is the generalist framework of social work?
      • Philosophical Base (Why)
      • Knowledge Base (What)
      • Practice (How)
    • What does the knowledge base of social work include?
      • Philosophy, values, beliefs about man
      • Principles, ethics, history
      • Social welfare policies, programs, and services
      • Human behavior and social environment
      • Casework, groupwork, community organizing
    • What are the components of social work practice?

      • Goals
      • Functions
      • Helping process
      • Models and approaches, tools
    • What is a policy in the context of social work?

      A course of action or intended action conceived deliberately.
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