FUNCTIONS OF
SOCIAL WORK
• Social work operates to assist individuals in adjusting to the
institutional framework of the society and attempts to modify
the institutional framework itself in appropriate areas.
• The function of social work means the innate activity of social
work or the declaration of the approach to be taken when
conducting social work.
DIVISIONS OF SOCIAL WORK
FUNCTIONING
• There are four major categories of social
work functions:
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CURATIVE FUNCTIONS
• The services offered under curative functions include
medical and health services, psychiatric services, child
guidance services, child welfare services, and services
for the disabled in the form of protection and
rehabilitation. Such services seek to treat the bodily,
relational, tangible, and mental ailments of people in
society.
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PREVENTIVE
• Prevention in social care is about encouraging people to
be more proactive about their health and wellbeing. It
can increase independence and reduce or delay the need
for care and support services.
• It covers services like as life insurance, public assistance,
social legislation, adult education, and disease
prevention, among others. Also, the services linked to the
prevention of issues such as insecurity, illegality,
ignorance, and illness, among others. It aims to eliminate
those aspects of the social environment or personality
flaws that prohibit an individual from attaining a
REHABILITATIVE /DEVELOPMENTAL
• The social workers will be responsible for doing a
thorough assessment of each client's needs and
problems. The social worker and the client will jointly
draw up an individual treatment plan addressing the
client's specific needs. Rehabilitative aspect tries to put
back the person to a normal or healthy state of social
functioning. This aspect could involve helping
individuals avail opportunities for education, skills
training, and legitimate employment.
BASIC FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL WORK
• The basic functions of social work can be
categorized into three broad areas of need, which
are interdependent and interactive nowadays.
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RESTORATION OF SOCIAL
FUNCTIONING
• The practice of impaired social functioning is the social
work profession’s oldest and most known function.
• Curative and rehabilitative functions fall under this
category.
• The curative aspects are to remove any conditions that
compelled the breakdown of the
social functioning of individuals, groups, or communities,
and the role of the rehabilitative aspects is to identify
and reconstruct social communications in society.
PROVISION OF RESOURCES
• Resources are categorized into developmental and
educational areas. The developmental aspects are
intended to optimize existing social, human, or material
resources or achieve full personal potential for
increased social contacts.
• The educational functions are planned to disclose to
the public certain needs for new or changed educational
resources and modes of action.
PREVENTION OF SOCIAL
DYSFUNTIONING
• The prevention of social dysfunction is a process of
prevention of conditions and situations that may hinder
the effectiveness of the social function.
• Its main two divisions are the preventing problems
concerning individuals and groups in human interaction
and the preventing social evils. While it is one of the
most critical functions of social work, it is the most
overlooked in most circumstances.
