Discipline of Social Work
Discipline of Social Work
Discipline of Social Work
Social Work
The social work profession promotes
social change, problem solving in
human relationships and the
empowerment and liberation of people
to enhance well-being. Utilizing
theories of human behavior and social
systems, social works intervenes at the
points where people interact with their
environments. Principles of human
rights and social justice are
fundamental to social work.
“(International Federation of Social
Workers 2013
The social world profession promotes
social change, problem solving in
human relationship and the
empowerment and liberation of
people to enhance well-being.
Utilizing theories of human behavior
and social systems, social work
intervenes at points were people
interact with their environments.
Principles of human right and social
justice and fundamental to social
work.”
Goals and scope of social works
DeBois and Miley(2008) highlight the following goals and
scope of social works and calling them tenets.
Empower people, individually and collectively, to utilize
resources systems.
Facilitate the responsiveness of the institutional resource
systems to meet help and human service needs.
Promote social justice and equality of all people with regard
of full participation and society.
Contribute to the development of knowledge for social work
profession through research and evaluation.
Encourage exchange of information in those institutional
systems in which both problems and resources opportunities
are produced.
Enhance communication through an appreciation of diversity
and through ethnically sensitive, non-sexist social work
practice.
Employ educational strategies for the prevention and
resolution of problems.
Embrace a world view of human issues and solutions.
Principles Relative to Respect for
Human Rights
1. Upholding and promoting human rights and well-being
Social work
Social work with the
with community
Social work
organization
with groups
Social work
with
families
Social
work
with
Social Conversation Groups – these are groups formed
by people who have similar experiences and who would
like to share these experiences to each other for
introspection and for assistance.
Recreationl Groups – members of these groups
participate in activities for enjoyment and exercise.
Recreation-Skill Groups – these are task-oriented
groups led by advisers, coach, or instructor so that
members can develop certain set of skills, while at the
same time enjoying recreation activities.
Education Groups – almost similar to recreation-skill,
education groups also required the development of
knowledge and more complexe skills, but these groups
resemble a class, with considerable group interaction
where discussions are encourage.
Task Groups – these are instructional rather than
recreational groups set of tasks or objectives.
Problem-solving and Decision-making Groups – these groups
are given scenarious similar to thier own, which they need to
process and come up with various solutions.
Self-help groups – these are groups composed of volunteer
members within the same socioeconomic backgrouds, who
come together to solve common problems through self-help
and mutual help.
Socialization Groups – these groups are meant to make
members’ attitudes and behaviors more socially acceptable
through social skills, development, increase of self-confidence,
and improvement of planning abilities.
Therapy groups – member of these groups provide counsel for
those with severe emotional or personal problems.
Sensitivity Groups – the main goal of these groups is to improve
interpersonal awareness by making people relate to one another
in an intimate manner and self-disclosure through group
experiences.
DEFINITION OF COMMUNICATION
defines communication as a “
transactional process in which
people generate meaning through
the exchange of verbal messages
in specific contexts, influenced by
individual and societal forces and
embedded in culture”
BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE
COMMUNICATION PROCESS
Communication, as a process share
information, feelings, and ideas
consist of four basic elements: the
message, medium, sender and
receiver. Alberts et.al (2007) present
six basic elements of communication:
the setting, participants, message,
message, creation, channels, noise
and feedback to explain how
communication interaction occurs
SENDER-RECEIVER
A response of a receiver to
the sender and vice-versa.
It tells how ideas and
feelings have been shared
in the way are intended to.
NOISE