Provision of Financial Assistance
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL
CASEWORK METHOD -substantial FA was also needed in order
to maintain families during the period of
- Scientific method of social work readjustment, retraining and
intervention, introduced in the rehabilitation.
Philippines during the 20th century
brought in by American residents.
- Associated Charities of Manila Inc. 1917- COMPONENTS OF CASEWORK
family welfare agency. They employed
“home visitors”.
PERSON
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES - Identity
- The Charity Organization Societies in US - SKILLS/TALENTS
founded in 1877 in Buffalo, NewYork state.
- They operated in the belief that poverty
was fault of individual, that it was the PROBLEM
result of his moral failure.
-Equilibrium
- Counselling is their objective
- Contributing factors
Social Reform
PROCESS
-awareness of the recognition of the
- Helping process consist of series of
environment effect to individual
action, changes, or functions that are
prompted the COS to engage in social
intended to bring about the goal, as
reform. Working with legislation.
agreed upon.
- it was decided by the friendly visitor to
continue working with individuals more
closely on a one-to-one basis. PLACE- Social Welfare Agency
-they included individual family members - provides or links the client with the
in their services thus introducing the resources that he needs.
beginnings of the family-centered
approach.
THE CLIENT -PERSON IMPLICATIONS FOR CASEWORK
TREATMENT
1. Nature and Nurture
SUPEREGO
- Conceiving the client as the
”CONSCIENCE” reciprocations of nature and nurture.
It aims to produce behavior which in The present and becoming
accordance with moral standards of the
society to which the individual belongs Being and becoming
Consists of the prohibitions, expectations, 2. Social Role
standards, values and ideals which govern
a person within himself in relation to - The sum total of the cultural pattern
other individuals. associated with specific behavior
and attitudes which a person
assumes in a specific situation in his
relationship with others.
The EGO
3. Stress
- Role is to mediate between instinctual
demands and the conditions When a person is unable to full fill a social
imposed by the objective worlds. role which he must perform satisfactorily
in order for the stress to go away.
-mediates between the wishes of the ID
A kind of pressured that affects a person
*reality testing or learning to distinguish in his daily life, most especially when he is
self and the environment facing a problem which he cannot handle
by himself.
*mediating between the person’s inner
drives, the ID and the superego
which embodies the critical and
moral aspects of the self. COMPONENTS ELEMENTS OF STRESS
4. Stress Factors
The ID - Are the threats which arise in the
person’s body, his physical
Pleasure principle environment, the functions of the
system and his social roles.
5. Values Threatened
Stress factors is likely to threaten some
value which the person holds or
subscribes to
Ex. The husband should be the bread
winner and has to maintain his status.
6. Reaction to Stress
- how the person reacts in certain ways to
the situation according to his nature.
Modes of Adaptation
It is important to know and understand
that a person’s present behavior is a
manifestation of his own mode of
adaptation to his present situation,
one which is causing him discomfort.
Fight
Physical or verbal projection of angry
feelings on others. Ex. Pagdadabog
Flight-
Physically moving away from the problem,
or resorting to drugs or alcohol or
substances.
Pairing
The entrance into relationship with
another person perceived as stronger and
able to help him handle the situation.
Ex. Barkada system
Apathetic
Resigned, mentally disoriented and
immobile or hyperactive.
