MODULE 4: DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WORK

• Indigenization - involves adapting imported ideas to suit local needs and conditions
• authentization - focuses on identifying genuine roots within the local system
• dewesternization - plays a crucial role in asserting the capability of local social workers to move away from borrowed Western knowledge and prioritize local identity and consciousness in development efforts. 
• Distorted development - it exists in societies where economic development has not been accompanied by a concomitant level of social development. In these countries, the problem is not an absence of economic development but rather a failure to harmonize economic and social development objectives, and to ensure that the benefits of economic progress reach the population as a whole.
• Designed to combat poverty 

  It is heavily based on the goals of “eradicating global poverty” (World Bank, 1990, 1997; UNDP, 1997), and “balancing social and economic development approaches” (Billups, 1990; Estes, 1993b, 1995; United Nations/ESCAP, 1992).
• STRATEGIES OF PROMOTING HUMAN WELFARE AND GOALS OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

  1. Designed to combat poverty 
  2. Concerned with sustainability 
  3. Interventionist/ statist
  4. Multi-sectoral
  5. Universal and inclusive
  6. People-centered
  7. Prioritizing comprehensive Human Development
• Assumptions of social development practice

  • Social, political, and economic events in one part of the world have immediate and long-lasting effects on the quality of life globally
  • Local community issues often stem from international social, political, and economic forces
  • International factors contribute to and perpetuate social inequalities, such as global poverty and discrimination based on race, class, and caste
  • Peaceful coexistence is essential for accelerating local, national, and international social and human development
  • Urgent restructuring of national and international social systems is needed to address widespread human suffering, degradation, and violence
  • Social development specialists possess unique knowledge and skills to address local, national, and international social problems sustainably
  • Social development specialists, including social workers, continue the legacy of past social movements towards a more peaceful and just global order
• Eight (8) levels of Social Development Practice

  • Individual & Group Empowerment
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Institution-Building
  • Community-Building
  • Nation-Building
  • Region-Building
  • World-Building
• Individual & Group Empowerment


  People and groups employ self-help, mutual aid, and conscientization tactics to acknowledge and tackle social, political, and economic disparities within society
• Conflict Resolution


  Initiatives aimed at resolving disputes between individuals or groups and addressing power imbalances among different sectors
• Institution-Building


  Strengthening existing social institutions and creating new ones to better address evolving social requirements
• Community-Building


  Encouraging increased community involvement and social interaction to unlock the full potential of communities and fulfill the varied needs of their members
• Nation-Building


  Striving to unify a nation's social, political, economic, and cultural structures across all levels of governance
• Region-Building


  Integrating social, political, economic, and cultural entities within a specific geographical area across multiple levels of social organization
• World-Building


  Establishing a fresh paradigm of international relations centered on achieving global peace, social equity, fulfillment of basic human necessities, and preservation of the environment
• Alternative Regionalism - its key elements have been around even before the inception of ASEAN. “Social movements have already been engaged in non-mainstream practices that are political, economic, social, and cultural that address the needs of the poor,” explained Dr. Tadem. Likewise, UP CIDS AltDev has carried forward with initiating this new peoples’ regional integration process.