DISCIPLINES

OF SOCIAL WORK
Subtitle
Fact or Bluff

Counselor should disclose information to all

clients.
Fact or Bluff

Counselor should disclose information to all

clients.

FACT
Fact or Bluff

Counselor should be professional with each

other.
Fact or Bluff

Counselor should be professional with each

other.

FACT
Fact or Bluff

Counselor should interpret the tools

properly.
Fact or Bluff

Counselor should interpret the tools

properly.

FACT
Fact or Bluff

Counselor should treat clients easily.

Fact or Bluff

Counselor should treat clients easily.

FACT
Fact or Bluff

Counselor gives fair treatment to the

people.
Fact or Bluff

Counselor gives fair treatment to the

people.

FACT
What is your IDEA about SOCIAL WORK?
SOCIAL FUNCTIONING

refers to the way in which people perform

their social roles, and the structural institutions
that are provided to sustain them
SOCIAL WORK

▪ social work is required to be responsive,

dynamic, and visionary
▪ method of helping and humanitarian
assistance
SOCIAL WORK

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

- social work as professional activity of
helping individuals, groups or communities to
enhance or restore their capacity for social
functioning
SOCIAL WORK

UNESCO
- social work as a field withing human
services and considers it as an important services
focusing on individuals and families in need of
help
SOCIAL WORK

BARKER (1999)
- social change as an applied science of
helping people achieve an effective level of
psychological functioning and effecting societal
changes to enhance well-being of all people
SOCIAL WORK

Mendoza (2002)
- social work as a profession which is
considered about the adjustment to one’s
environment (social functioning)
- associated with government welfare and
social programs aimed at achieving social
justice, fairness and attainment so social
equilibrium
SOCIAL WORK
DSWD (2015)
- an academic discipline and profession that
concern itself with individual, families, group, and
communities in an effort to enhance social
functioning and well-being
- a practical profession designed at helping
people to address their problems and matching
them with the resources they need to lead
healthy and productive lives
CORE VALUES OF SOCIAL WORK
Mendoza (20020) as cited by DSWD (2015)
▪ Right to self- fulfillment
▪ Responsibility to common good
▪ Responsibility of the society
▪ Right to satisfy basic needs
▪ Social organizations required to facilitate
individual’s effort at self-realization
▪ Self- realization and contribution to society
SOCIAL WORK

Morales and Sheafor (1983)

1. Primary Discipline
2. Equal Partner
3. Secondary Discipline
PRIMARY DISCIPLINE
Child Welfare

1. Adoption and services to unmarried parents

- decision making to keep the baby or place
in adoption
2. Foster Care
- removing children from their homes and
placing in foster care
Child Welfare

3. Residential Care
- group care home treatment center for a
child
4. Support in Own Home
- providing support services to keep
children in their homes
Child Welfare

5. Protective Services
- protecting children from abuse,
maltreatment and exploitation
6. Family Services
a. Family Counseling- involves family case
work, family group work and family therapy
b. Family Life Education- understand and
anticipate the normal pattern and stresses of the
family
c. Family Planning- assistance in planning
number, space, and timing of birth
7. Income Maintenance
a. Public Assistance- provision of financial
aid to the poor
b. Social Insurance- employer-employee
funded contributions
c. Others that include cash in kind benefits,
emergency support funds
EQUAL PARTNER
AGING

1. Support for people in their own homes

(home-care services)
2. Support for people in long-term care facilities
(nursing homes)
3. Community Services
a. Community Organization- involves data
gathering and analysis, delivery if quality
services and information dissemination
b. Community Planning- Physical,
economic, and health planning
c. Community Development- providing aid
in enhancing community conditions
4. Youth and Group Services
- recreational activities and educational
facilities
SECONDARY DISCIPLINES
1. Correctional Facilities

- provide counseling, link them to the

outside word, and provide support upon release
2. Industry

- support both managers and employees

and serves as basis for development
3. Medical and Health Care

- attends to the social and psychological

factors contributing to the medical condition of
the patients.
4. Schools

- consult with teachers about techniques for

creating a free and motivating climate for
children by interpreting social and cultural
influences.
- use of peer to help a troubled child.
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ACTIVITY

Give the different function of the family services.

Complete the graphic organizer below.

Family
Services
ACTIVITY

Differentiate Primary and Secondary Discipline

of Social Work.