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Definition, Goals, Scope,
Core Values, Principles of
Social Work
Discipline and Ideas in the
Applied Social Sciences
Mr. Joemar T. Magante
HUMSS
“That in all things, God may be glorified.”

FOCUS QUESTION:
How is social work defined by
different institutions and
practitioners in the global setting?

Social Work
Complexities of
social situation
Social work as
responsive,
dynamic and
visionary

Social Work
Existence of
helping
methods and
humanitaria
n assistance
since
civilization
Strives to
find meaning
and
significance
Debates on
the
fundamental
issues of
social work

Issues on Social Work
 Emphasis given to the
person?
 Emphasis given to the
environment?
 How interventions should be
directed?

Issues on Social Work
 Whether social work is for
everyone or special
populations?
 Appropriateness of social
workers as agents of social
control
 Nature of relationship of
social workers to employers
 Knowledge and skills
required in generalist and
specialist practice

Social Work
Social workers must be
involved not only with
the people but also with
the societal factors that
contributed to the
problem.

Four Areas of Consideration in
Social Work
Morales and Sheafor (1983)
1. Social worker is concerned
with enabling or
facilitating change.
2. Social worker helps people
or institutions to enhance
social functioning.

Four Areas of Consideration in
Social Work
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.

Definition of Social Work
“Social work as a professional activity of helping individuals,
groups or communities enhance or restore their capacity for
social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable
to the goal.”
- National Association of Social Workers, United States

“Social work as a field within human services and a part of
services of the government. It considers social work as an
important service to the society focusing on the individuals and
families in need.”
- United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization, 2000

“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

“Social work as a practical profession designed at helping
people address their problems and matching them with the
resources they need to lead healthy and productive lives.”
- Australian Association of Social Workers

“Social work profession promotes social change, problem
solving in human relationships, empowerment and
liberation of people to enhance well being. ”
-IASSW and IFSW, 2004

“Social work as an APPLIED
SOCIAL SCIENCE of helping
people achieve an effective
level of psychosocial
functioning and effecting
societal changes to enhance
the well being of people.”
-Cox and Pawar, 2006

“Social work as a profession
which is concerned about the
person’s personal adjustment
to his/her environment and she
referred this as person’s social
functioning.”
- Mendoza, 2002

Scope of Social Work
Child
Development
Medical Social
Work
Administrative
and
Management
Local Social
Work
International
Social Work
Social Work in
acute
psychiatric
hospital
Social work as
community
organizer Lishman et al, 2004

Fields included in Social Work
Equal
Partner
Secondary
Discipline
Primary
Discipline

Social Work as Primary
Discipline
a. Adoption and services to
unmarried parents
 Difficult decision to keep the
baby or place it for adoption
 Applies both individual and
group counseling to assist
women in making decisions

Discipline
b. Foster Care
 Removing children from
homes and placing them to
foster homes temporarily
 Works with the parent, child
and court to administer court
decisions to remove a child
due to detrimental situations

Discipline
c. Residential Care
 Group care home or a
residential treatment center
 These are for children
exhibiting anti-social
behaviors that require
intensive treatment

Discipline
d. Support in own home
 Support services to keep
children in their own homes
 Counseling, family
consultations, clients with
appropriate institutions such
as day care centers and home
maker services.

Discipline
e. Protective Services
 Protecting the child from
abuse, maltreatment,
exploitation by parents.
 Seeks to protect the child
without infringing the rights
of parents

Discipline
f. Family Services
 Family counseling involves
family case work, family
group work and family
therapy
 Family life education
strengthens family
relationships through
educational activities to
prevent family breakdown

Social Work as Primary Discipline
f. Family Services
 Family planning involves
planning the number, spacing
and timing of child births to fit
with their needs.
 Make decisions about the
patterns of reproduction
towards enhancing quality of
life.

Discipline
g. Income Maintenance
 Public assistance – financial
aid to the poor.
 It includes cash grants, food
stamps, general assistance
such as hospital and medical
care, and supplemental
security income.

Discipline
 Social Insurance – social
provisions that are funded by
employers and employees
through contributions to a
specific program.

Discipline
 Other forms - Cash in kind
benefits, emergency support
funds, and other resources
that can be used by the poor
for food and shelter.

Social Work as an Equal Partner
a. Support for people in their own
homes program
 Helping older people remain in
their homes and linking them with
community programs such as
health care, meals and home care
services.
b. Support for people in the long term
care facilities
 Refers to nursing homes or other
group living facilities.

c. Community Services
 Community organization
activities – gathering and
analysis of data, matching
delivery of services to the
population distribution,
securing funds, coordination
with existing agencies and
educating the general public
about the services.

c. Community Services
 Community planning –
involvement of social workers
with the physical, economic
and health planners in the
long range planning of
communities.

Social Work as a Secondary
Discipline
a. Correctional Facilities –
provide counseling and link
them to the outside world,
provide support upon
release.
b. Industry – Support to both
managers and employees.
Serves as basis for
development

Discipline
c. Medical and Health care –
attend to the social and
psychological factors
contributing to the medical
condition of the patients.

Discipline
d. Schools
 Facilitate the provision of
direct educational and social
services and provide direct
social case work and group
work to selected students

Discipline
d. Schools
 Act as pupil advocate focusing
on the urgent needs of the
selected students
 Consult with school
administrators major
problems toward a planned
service approach

Discipline
d. Schools
 Consult with teachers about
techniques for creating a free
and motivating climate for
children by interpreting social
and cultural influences
 Use of peers to help a
troubled child

Discipline
d. Schools
 Organize parent and community
groups to channel concerns
 Develop and maintain liaison
between the school and social
work
 Provide leadership in coordination
of student services in guidance,
clinic staff, psychologists and
attendants

Core Values of Social Work
Council on Social Work Education
1. Right to Self- Fulfillment
2. Responsibility to Common Good
3. Responsibility of the Society
4. Right to Satisfy Basic Needs
5. Social Organizations required to
facilitate individual’s effort at self-
realization
6. Self-realization and contribution
to society

Core Values of Social Work
Concepts
Implied in
Values of
Social Work
Concept of Human
Potentials and
Capacities
Concept of
Equal
Opportunities
Concept of Social
Provision
Concept of
Social
Responsibility

Principles of Social Work
1. Acceptance
 Respecting clients under different
circumstances
 Understanding the meaning and
causes of clients behavior
 Recognizing people’s strength and
potentials, weakness and
limitation.

2. Client’s participation in Problem
Solving
 Client is expected to participate in
the process.
 Participates in planning ways in
resolving problem
 Identifying resources to solve
 Act through the available
resources

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
 Understanding client’s unique
characteristics and different
methods each client.

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
 Social worker consciously examines
her feelings, judgments, biases,
responses whether it is
professionally motivated.

7. Client Worker Relationship
 The client is in need of help in social
functioning and the worker is in the
position to help.

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