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The Discipline of Social Work: Welcome!
The Discipline of Social Work: Welcome!
Objectives:
At the end of this module you will be able to:
1. Identify the goals and scope of social work
2. Demonstrate comprehension of the principles of social work.
3. Discuss the core values of social work
Please be reminded that at the end of this module you should comply the following:
1. Activities
2. Answer the quiz.
Preliminary Activity
To understand fully the coverage of this lesson, read silently the material.
“Social work as a practice based and academic discipline that promotes change
and social development. Accordingly, the principle of social justice, human rights,
collective responsibility, and respect of diversities are vital in the field.
- International Federation of Social Workers
3. Applying the social systems theory, social work is a profession that helps people
to interact more with the social environment.
4. Social worker must have handles in fortifying and securing the necessary
resources to attain the goals of the clients.
Scope of Social Work (Lishman et al, 2004)
- Child Development
b. Foster Care
Works with the parent, child and court to administer court decisions to
remove a child due to detrimental situations
c. Residential Care
These are for children exhibiting anti-social behaviors that require intensive
treatment
d. Support in own home
e. Protective Services
f. Family Services
Family counseling involves family case work, family group work and family
therapy
Family planning involves planning the number, spacing and timing of child
births to fit with their needs.
g. Income Maintenance
It includes cash grants, food stamps, general assistance such as hospital and
medical care, and supplemental security income.
Helping older people remain in their homes and linking them with community
programs such as health care, meals and home care services.
c. Community Services
Community Services
Discipline
a. Correctional Facilities – provide counseling and link them to the outside world,
provide support upon release.
c. Medical and Health care – attend to the social and psychological factors
contributing to the medical condition of the patients.
d. d. Schools
Facilitate the provision of direct educational and social services and provide direct
social case work and group work to selected students
1. Acceptance
3. Self-determination
Individual, groups and communities who are in need have the right to
determine their needs and how they should be met.
4. Individualization
5. Confidentiality
Client should be accorded with appropriate projection, within the limits of the
law, with no any harm that might result from the information given to the
social worker.
6. Worker self-awareness
The client is in need of help in social functioning and the worker is in the
position to help.
Analysis, Application and Exploration
Based on what you have read about accomplish the following activity
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Activity 1
2. What particular core values of social work that you are willing to apply in your
life? Why?
Explain the 7 Principles of Social Works
1. Acceptance
3. Self-Determination
4. Individualization
5. Confidentiality
7. Client-Worker Relationship
Generalization
Assignment
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Reminder:
All exercises and activities done should be submitted before start of the succeeding lesson/s. You may now
proceed to the EVALUATION of the lesson covered in this module!
References
Dela Cruz et al. Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences. Phoenix
Publishing House. Quezon City: 2016
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Quiz No. 7
Identification
Identify what is being asked.