CLIENTELE AND

AUDIENCES IN SOCIAL
WORK
GROUP 4
SOCIAL WORK
MODES OF ADAPTATION

•FIGHT
• THE PHYSICAL OR VERBAL
PROJECTION OF ANGRY
FEELINGS ON OTHERS.
MODES OF ADAPTATION

•FLIGHT
• MOVING AWAY FROM THE
PROBLEM/ STRESSFUL
SITUATION.
MODES OF ADAPTATION

•PAIRING
• THE ENTRY TO A
RELATIONSHIP WITH
ANOTHER PERSON WHO
PERCIEVED “SECURITY”.
EXAMPLES OF CLIENTS:
• CHILDREN (ABANDONED,
NEGLECTED, ORPHANED ABUSED
OR EXPLOITED)
• CHILDREN ( CONFLICT WITH THE
LAW, STREET CHILDREN, AFFECTED
BY HIV)
• OUT-OF-SCHOOL-YOUTH
• SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED WOMEN
• SOLO PARENTS
• PERSON WITH DISABILITIES
EXAMPLES OF CLIENTS”
• ELDERLY
• INDIGENEOUS PEOPLE
• INTERNALLY DISPLACES
PERSON
• SURVIVORS
TYPOLOGY OF CLIENTS:
• VOLUNTARY CLIENT (WALK-IN
CLIENTS)
• INVOLUNTARY CLIENTS (REACH
OUT CLIENTS)
• REFFERED CLIENTS
FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE CLIENT-WORKER
RELATIONSHIP:

•TRANSFERENCE
• THE CLIENT’S REACTION AND DISPLACEMENT ON
THE WORKER.
• HAPPENS UNCONSCIOUSLY
FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE CLIENT-WORKER
RELATIONSHIP:

•COUNTER-TRANSFERENCE
• THE WORKER’S RELATIONSHIP REACTIONS THAT
MAY PROJECT ON THE CLIENT.
• HAPPENS UNCONSCIOUSLY
FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE CLIENT-WORKER
RELATIONSHIP:

•REALITY
• OBJECTIVE PERCEPTION OF EXISTING CONDITION.
• THE STATE OF WHAT IS ACTUAL, WHAT IS, AND WHAT
IS TRUE.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS:
• ACCEPTANCE
• NONJUDGEMENTAL ATTITUDE
• INDIVIDUALIZATION
• PURPOSEFUL EXPRESSIONS OF
FEELINGS
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS:
• CONTROLLED EMOTIONAL
INVOLVEMENT
• CONFIDENTIALITY
• SELF- DETERMINATION
working with
groups and
organizations
•Target for change
•Medium for change
•Agent for change
Purpose of Social Group Work
(i) To enhance the social adjustment of the
individual and developing the social
consiousness
(ii) To provide opportunities for planned group
experiences that are needed by all people
(iii) To provide experiences that are relaxing that
give individuals a chance to create, to share
and express themselves(iv)
(iv)To help individuals in groups to take
responsibility for their own behavior, relate
with others and how to become participating
of society
Statement of principles
(i) The principle of planned group
formation
(ii) The principles of specific
objective
(iii)The principle of purposeful
worker-group relationship
(iv) The principle of continuous
individualization
Statement of principles
(i) The principle of guided group
interaction
(ii)The principle of democratic
self determination
(iii)The principle of flexible
functional organization
(iv)The principle of progressive
program experiences
Typologies of groups
(i)Growth group
(ii) Treatment group
(iii)Social group
WORKING WITH
COMMUNITIES
FOCUS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION:
• REMOVAL OF BLOCKS TO GROWTH
• THE RELEASE OF POTENTIALITIES IN THE
INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND COMMUNITIES AS A
WHOLE
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAPACITY OF
INDIGENOUS LEADERS TO LEAD, TO MANAGE,
AND FUNCTION IN THEIR ASSIGNED SOCIAL
ROLES IN THE COMMUNITY.
FOCUS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION:
• DEVELOPING THE ABILITY OF DIFFERENT
SECTORS IN THE COMMUNITY TO FUNCTION AS
AN INTEGRATED WHOLE
• STRENTHENING PEOPLE’S CAPACITY FOR
PROBLEM-SOLVING, DECISION-MAKING AND
COOPERATION
• THE FULL USE OF INNER/ INDEGENOUS
RESOURCES BEFORE TAPPING EXTERNAL
RESOUCES
THE PURPOSES OF COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION:

• To solve certain problems and meet needs

• To achieve selected social goals
• To strengthen people’s capacity in dealing
with their problems, needs, and aspiration.
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