DIASS: Q4L2

• Social Work as an Applied Social Science


  Achieve an effective level of psychosocial functioning and effective societal changes to enhance the well-being of all people
• Social Work as a Profession


  Concerned about the person's adjustment to his/her environment, "social functioning"
• Social Work


  Response to a concern or need; a creative blending of knowledge values and skills; a problem-solving process; profession, intervention
• Social Work as an Art


  • Requires great skills to understand people and help them help themselves
• Social Work as Science


  • Requires problem-solving methods and objectivity
• Social Work as a Helping Profession


  Social functioning refers to the needs and abilities of individuals, opportunities, and demands of the environment
• The nature of social work goes beyond care and rehabilitation for and of the needy, the neglected, and the marginalized such as the abused children and youth, the elderly, the sick, and the physically and mentally challenged, also the poor in general
• The Goal on Caring


  Refers to the heart of social work that focuses on the well-being or the welfare and comfort of the individual and community
• The Goal on Curing


  Refers to the aspect of treating people with problems in social functioning that covers the range of aiding techniques for individuals, families, and groups
• The Goal on Changing


  Refers to the active participation of the social workers in a persistence of poverty, environmental destruction, and social disintegration
• Scope


  The wide range of human problems covered in the field of social work
• Social Work as Primary Discipline

  • Child welfare
  • Family services
  • Income maintenance
• Social Work as an Equal Partner

  • Aging people
  • Community services
• Social Work as Secondary Discipline

  • Correctional facilities
  • Industries
  • Medical and health care
  • School
• Four Areas of Consideration in Social Work

  • Social Worker is concerned with enabling or facilitating change
  • Social Worker helps all people to enhance social functioning
  • Social systems theory — a profession that helps people interact effectively
  • Social Worker must handle and secure the necessary resources
• Core Values of Social Work

  • Service
  • Social Justice
  • Integrity
  • Competence
  • Importance of Human Relationship
  • Respect for worth and dignity of the person
• Social Work Practice Principles

  • Acceptance
  • Client's participation in Problem-Solving
  • Self-Determination
  • Individualization
  • Confidentiality
  • Worker Self-Awareness
  • Client-Worker relationship
• Concepts of Social Worker

  • Concept of Human Potentials and capacities
  • Concept of Responsibility
  • Concept of Equal Opportunities
  • Concept of Social Provision
• Acceptance


  • Understand client's behavior under circumstances, recognizing their strengths, potentials, weakness, limitations
• Client's participation in Problem-Solving

  1. Gathering information

  2. Defining the nature of problem

  3. Planning to resolve the problem with client's participation
• Self-Determination


  Clients who are in need have the right to determine their needs and how they should be met
• Individualization


  • Recognizing and understanding the client's own unique characteristics, using different principles and methods for each client
• Confidentiality


  The client should be assured what he/she tells will be kept confidential
• Worker Self-Awareness


  • Social worker should be conscious about his/her role as a professional dealing with the client
• Client-Worker relationship


  Purpose of being a client and a worker relationship
• Concept of Human Potentials and capacities

  Humans are endowed with potentials
• Concept of Responsibility


  Contribution to contribute to the common good
• Concept of Equal Opportunities

  Fairness and equality, social justice
• Concept of Social Provision

  Unmet needs and problems beyond the individual's capacity to solve