FAMILY WELFARE

Reported by:
Ma.Ramona Gayo Alonzo
Joannabelle Semilla
Ireanne Va-ay
Overview
•  The Civil Code of the Philippines defines Family as a basic social institution
which public policy cherishes and protects. Article II, Section 12 of the 1987
Philippine Constitution attested that the “State perceives the holiness of
family life and might secure and fortify the family as an essential self-
sufficient social establishment”.
• Family Welfare is a state of well-being of the family as a whole and the
individuals that comprise the family. This state of well-being connotes a level
of satisfaction of the needs of the family. The degree of satisfaction of these
needs defines the extent of welfare enjoyed by the family.
• The Family Welfare Program (FWP) of the Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE) seeks to introduce the concept of promoting the welfare of workers and their
families as a key to workplace productivity and improved worker-management
relations. It is an advocacy program that draws corporate support in promoting
workers’ quality of life by adopting a family centered approach in the workplace.
• DOLE Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said the idea of the FWP is that a worker
is happy when his family is happy. When he is happy, he becomes productive. The
program aims to Promote and protect welfare of workers and their families and for
employers, companies and business establishments establish family welfare
component in workplaces.
 Legal Framework
• M – Harmonizing the Roles of Labor Inspectors and FWP Regional Focal Persons Implementers

• Checklist of Priority Activities Related to FWP Implementation

• DOLE Advisory No. 3, series of 2009 – Intensifying Implementation of the Family Welfare Program th
rough Provision of Family Health Program Services

• Department Order No. 56, s. 2003 Rationalizing the Implementation of the FWP in DOLE

• Republic Act 8533: Family Code of the Philippines

Republic Act 8972: Solo Parents’ Welfare Act of 2000

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8369

Republic Act No. 11210

Republic Act No. 11036 or the Mental Health Act

• Republic Act No. 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 IRR

• Republic Act No. 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012

• Republic Act No. 10028 or the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009
Republic Act 8533: Family Code of the Philippines
February 23, 1998

“AN ACT AMENDING TITLE I, CHAPTER 3, ARTICLE 39 OF

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, NULLIFYING THE
PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD FOR ACTION OR DEFENSES
GROUNDED ON PSYCHOLOGICAL INCAPACITY”
Republic Act 8972: Solo Parents’ Welfare Act
of 2000
November 7, 2000

It is the policy of the State to promote the family as the foundation of the
nation, strengthen its solidarity and ensure its total development. Towards this
end, it shall develop a comprehensive program of services for solo parents and
their children to be carried out by the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD), the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of
Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), the Department of the Interior and
Local Government (DILG), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the
National Housing Authority (NHA), the Department of Labor …
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8369

• AN ACT ESTABLISHING FAMILY COURTS,

GRANTING THEM EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL
JURISDICTION OVER CHILD AND FAMILY CASES,
AMENDING BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129,AS
AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ACT OF 1980,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11908, July 28, 2022

AN ACT MANDATING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARENT
EFFECTIVENESS SERVICE PROGRAM TO
STRENGTHEN PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR
CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Republic Act No. 10354 or the Responsible Parenth
ood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012
• The State shall eradicate discriminatory practices, laws and policies that
infringe on a person's exercise of reproductive health rights. The State
shall also promote openness to life: Provided, That parents bring forth to
the world only those children whom they can raise in a truly humane way.
Republic Act No. 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood
and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 IRR
• No person shall be denied information and access to family planning
services, whether natural or artificial: Provided, That minors will not
be allowed access to modern methods of family planning without
written consent from their parents or guardian/s except when the minor
is already a parent or has had a miscarriage.
Republic Act No. 10028 or the Expanded Breastf
eeding Promotion Act of 2009
•  The State adopts rooming-in as a national policy to encourage, protect
and support the practice of breastfeeding. It shall create an environment
where basic physical, emotional, and psychological needs of mothers and
infants are fulfilled through the practice of rooming- in and breastfeeding.
Republic Act No. 11210

• An Act Increasing the Maternity Leave Period to

One Hundred Five (105) Days for Female Workers
with an Option to Extend for an Additional Thirty
(30) Days Without Pay, and Granting an Additional
Fifteen (15) Days for Solo Mothers, and for Other
Purposes.
 Social Welfare Services
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY WELFARE PROGRAM (FCWP)
- This program is intended to assist socially disadvantaged families to develop their
capability in defining needs and formulating solutions to bring about desired social
changes.
TARGET BENEFICIARIES
Socially disadvantaged families include:
• Parents

• Surrogate parents

• Solo parents who belong to the low-income group

• Families with problems in relationships

• Unemployed family heads

• Other needy adults.

SERVICES :
A. Parent Effectiveness Services
 Provision of knowledge and techniques to parents on early childhood
enrichment, health care, husband-wife, and parent-child relationships, and
responsible parenthood in order to enable parents to adequately rear and
inculcate positive satisfying husband-wife as well as parent-children
relationships and develop social consciousness of family members.
 This is undertaken through Neighbourhood Parent Effectiveness Assembly
(NPEA) or Day-Care Service Parent Effectiveness Group (DCSPEG).
B.  Planned Responsible Parenthood Service
 Refers to value inculcation and counseling geared toward the
promotion of responsible parenthood and family well-being.
 It is addressed to Married Couples of Reproductive Age (MCRA),
married couples with problems with home management and couples
who have expressed desire and acceptance of any family planning
method. It is undertaken through counseling and referral.
C. Family Enterprise Assistance
 Provision of interest-free capital assistance livelihood-oriented services to
familiarize them to engage in income-generating projects and thus develop
them to become self-reliant and socially responsible.
 It is addressed to needy family heads and other family members who have no
vocational or business management skills in undertaking a livelihood project
or have no capital to start a project. Is undertaken through the provision of
practical skills development and job placement and capital assistance of P5,
OOO per family enterprise project.
D. Social Service for Solo Parents (SSSP)
 This service is rendered through a group process wherein a solo parent (widowed, abandoned,
separated, or unwed) who has difficulty in coping with the situation develops insight through
group discussion and information; modifies negative behavior through group control and
discussion; develops confidence through participation in group activities; identifies
opportunities and services she/he needs, and prevents probable breakdown.
 It is undertaken through the group work method (peer counseling) as the main facility for
bringing together and working with solo parents. In some exceptional cases where they cannot
benefit from peer counseling because of personal problems such as anger, guilt, shyness, and
loneliness then casework or individual counseling shall be employed through followed up by
the social worker.
 A referral is also undertaken where services of a psychiatrist, lawyer, or priest are needed to
enhance and/or develop the coping mechanism of solo parents.
E. Marriage Counselling Service
Is both preventive and developmental with the goal-promoting healthy
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marriages and reducing the risk of marriage breakdown; It is a process that
assists couples desiring to get married and married couples develop an
understanding of the nature of marriage, family life, and a rational attitude
and behavior towards marriage life situations.
It is undertaken through group counseling as a method in its pre-marriage

counseling intervention to assist would-be married couples from 18 to 25
years old in applying for a marriage license as a requirement pursuant to the
provisions of Articles 16 under the Family Code of the Philippines.
Individual/Couple counseling as the method is also undertaken in its
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marriage enrichment session and trial separation counseling interventions.
F. Family Casework Service
 A short-term type of counseling that aims to bring together troubled
individuals and their families as a group to assess and help sort out
problems affecting them. It is addressed to families with problems in
relationships as a result of crisis situations or poor communication;
and families with a distressed member.
G. Practical Skills Development, Job Placement for Family Heads or Male
adults
 Is provided to family heads and other family members without practical skills for
income-generating activities; family heads and other family members who have
practical skills but lack the motivation to go into gainful employment; those family
heads and other family members who have practical skills with motivation but
need a referral. This is undertaken through vocational skills development; job
counseling for family heads or male adults and job referral for family heads or
male adults.
H. Integrated Family Life Resource Center
 A volunteer self-managed facility that aims to promote and strengthen family life
and values and empower the families by building their capabilities to manage and
access community-based support and services to other families in the community.
I. Responsible Parenthood Service
 Counseling on the values of Child Spacing and planned family size as well as the
resolution of psychosocial barriers to the practice of child spacing and planning the
size of the family.
J. Empowerment and Reaffirmation of Parental Abilities
 An intervention that gives importance and emphasis to the father’s parental roles,
responsibilities, and abilities through activities promotive of effective performance of
familial tasks of Filipino fathers. It involves the conduct of modular sessions for
fathers equipping them with the necessary knowledge, attitudes, and skills and
conduct of enrichment activities that will empower Filipino fathers and for them to
achieve a fulfilling experience of fatherhood.
Roles of Social Work in Family Welfare.
Social workers help families improve relationships and cope with
difficult situations such as divorce, illness or death. They guide families
through the counseling process, by helping them identify problems, set
goals and find solutions to their troubles. In a crisis situation, such as
neglect, substance abuse or violence, they may also recommend legal
action, such as having children temporarily removed while the parents
work through their difficulties.
Social Worker in Family Counselling
Facilitating Communication
 A social worker often begins by simply encouraging family members to communicate.
Sometimes, families have barely spoken to each other for months by the time they enter
counseling. The social worker acts as a neutral third party, helping family members share
their fears, concerns or disappointments in a nonconfrontational way. He/She often asks
questions designed to help families to discover the underlying causes of their problems.
 For example, if a child is misbehaving, it may not be because he disrespects his parents,
but rather because he's troubled by tension in his parents' marriage. A social worker
would help him articulate these thoughts so the entire family could discuss and
understand them.
Intervention Duties
 Family intervention in social work sometimes requires immediate solutions, even if
short-term, to help families work through problems or defuse potentially volatile
situations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A social worker will often
attempt to stabilize the family unit, including addressing individual members' issues,
so that counseling will be more effective.
For example, if one family member has a serious drug or alcohol problem, the family
services social worker may recommend he enter a treatment facility before continuing
with therapy. Or, if one family member has a mental illness such as depression or bipolar
disorder, the social worker may advise him to visit a psychiatrist who can prescribe
medications to help him manage his condition.
Conflict Resolution
 Families often enter family counseling because they have an immediate problem
that's creating stress and conflict within the family. A social worker's first objective
is to help families understand and solve the issue, according to 
The New Social Worker. If trouble in the parents' marriage is causing discord
throughout the family, the social worker will help the couple address their issues
with each other so they can work as a team in caring for their children instead of
constantly arguing. Help to counsel the children to help them understand their
parents' problems have nothing to do with them
For an example of the role of the social worker in divorce: If children are acting out
because they're upset about their parents' divorce, or about the death of a parent or
other family member, the social worker will help them find ways to deal with their
grief or fear.
Teaching Responsibilities
 A social worker's long-term goal is to teach families how to work together to solve
and prevent problems. In addition to helping them resolve their immediate issues,
she'll also educate them about family dynamics and how they impact both individual
members and the family as a whole. She'll help them understand how they approach
problems and why the way they respond to conflict may make the situation worse.
She'll also help them create a plan for more effectively handling conflict in the
future.
For example, she may recommend they hold weekly family meetings where they can
openly discuss their concerns.