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SOCIAL WORK

What is Social Work?

The discipline of social work is


closely associated with government
welfare and social programs aimed at
achieving social justice, fairness, and
attainment of social equilibrium.
Context and the Basic Concepts of Social
Work
 The aim of social work is to help individuals
fit better into their environment and change the
environment so that it works better for them.

 The context of social work is a place that


requires professionals to direct their services
on the needs and empowerment of people who
experience some forms of vulnerability,
Goals and Scope of Social Work
 Empower people, individually and
collectively, to utilize their own problem-
solving and coping capabilities more
effectively.
 Uphold the integrity of the profession in
all aspects of social work practice.
 Establish linkages between people and
 Develop cooperative networks
within the institutional resources
systems.
 Embrace a world view of
human issues and solutions to
problems.
Principles of Social Work

 Principles Relative to Respect


for Human Rights
 Principles Relative to Social
Justice
 Principle Relative Professional
Core Values of Social Work

Compassion
 can be considered as an important value
for all humankind but in social work, it
occupies a special impetus to the
functioning of the profession.
Core Values of Social Work

Service
 as a value, directs social workers to go
beyond purely performing a service for a
pay and allow them to be generous with
their time.
Core Values of Social Work

Social Justice
as a value for social workers, is basis of
their understanding of the need to ensure
that everyone get serviced and that
everyone get a share of what community
Core Values of Social Work

Dignity and worth of


the person,
 is a value that provides the
determination and drive for social workers
to seek the marginalized in all forms
Core Values of Social Work

Importance of human
relationships,
 as a value, makes it possible for social
workers to do their job as most human
situations they seek to address require
Core Values of Social Work

Integrity
 is necessary in all human
endeavors. In social work, nothing
can be accomplished without
Core Values of Social Work

Competence
 is a very important value for
social work because it separates
social caregiving from social work
THE PROFESSIONAL AND
PRACTITIONERS IN THE
DISCIPLINE OF SOCIAL
WORK
Professionals and Practitioners
The social work professionals and
practitioners are aware that their
profession is based on the principles
of human rights and social justice that
serve to empower individuals, groups,
Roles of Social Work
 For formal groups and
organizations, their role is that of a
facilitator –in aide of
organizational development.
 For community and society,
 Within the social work
profession, their role is that of a
colleague and a monitor –in aid of
professional enculturation and
socialization.
Functions of Social Work
 Counsel with individuals,
facilitate groups, work with
families, refine agency
procedures.
 Enhance social functioning of
 Link client's systems with
needed resources.
 Improve the operations of the
social service delivery network.
 Promote social justice through
development of social policy.
 Link client's systems with
needed resources.
 Improve the operations of the
social service delivery network.
 Promote social justice through
development of social policy.
SYMBOLIC
INTERACTIONI
SM
What is Symbolic
Interactionism?
Symbolic interactionism is viewing
society as composed of symbols that
people use to establish meaning,
develop views about the world, and
communicate with one another. We
are thinking beings who act according
PSYCHOANAL
YSIS
SIGMUND

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