PPT Courtesy:
Sir Chrisler A. Go
An Introduction
(Sheafor:2006)
Has recognized
professional
preparation
S W
O O
Sanctioned by
C R
society to
I K
provide
A E
services to
L R
vulnerable
populations
Has the purpose of helping
others meet social needs
Profession’s area of EXPERTISE
Professional TURF
SOCIAL SOCIAL WORK
-focuses on WORK -refers to be
people’s -helping orderly,
people
interactions address responsible &
social disciplined
problems in
a disciplined
manner
Title attributed to JEFFREY
BRACKET:1900s
macr
o PERSON
S ENVIRONMENT
C
O
P SOCIAL WORKER
E Government or Private
S-A-N-C-T-I-O-N
mezz
o
S
C
O *social care Scientific *environmental
P *social treatment Problem manipulation
E *social Solving *prevention
enhancement Skills
micr
o IMPROVED IMPROVED
SOCIAL SOCIAL
FUNCTIONIN CONDITIONS
G Person-in-Environment
F-O-C-U-S
BASIC NEEDS: POSITIVE SOCIAL
food, shelter, FUNCTIONING
and medical “Is a person’s
care, protection,
finding social
ability to
acceptance, accomplish those
support, tasks and activities
meaning necessary to meet
and others his BASIC NEEDS
and perform his MAJOR ROLES:
parent, spouse,
MAJOR ROLES, as student, patient,
required by a employee,
particular neighbor or
subculture of a citizen
community.”
INDIVIDUAL Social Workers Job ENVIRONMENT
-coping capacities- Assignment -demands-
PHYSICAL MEDIATING (Schwartz) OPPRESSIVE SOCIAL
CONDITION MATCHING (Gordon) STRUCTURE
VALUES STRIKING A BALANCE LACK OF
ATTITUDES (Bartlett) OPPORTUNITIES
IGNORANCE -----strategies---- SITUATIONAL
PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL DEMANDS
REALITY
“It focuses on the match or
fit between an individual’s
capacities and actions and
the demands, expectations,
resources, and
opportunities within his
social and economic
environment.”
PERSON
S S
W W
Care
s, Tr
eats
, Enh
ance
s
IMPROVED
SOCIAL
FUNCTIONIN
G
PERSON
S S
W W
1. SO
C
and e IAL CARE
aC
fforts
ccaerse to pro refers to a
s sto
,T re vi d ct i o n s
ba cstso,f l e in need
sia
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eh
ance
w i th
s
IMPROVED
SOCIAL
FUNCTIONIN
G
PERSON
S S
W W
2. SO
C
action IAL TREA
s T
Cdairveidu to modify MENT involv
in
dysfu s, aTl’rse or co
rrect
es
nctio ats or an
thoug na l , E n f
ht, fe
eling pata
h tenrc
a m ily’s
& b eh nes s
avior of
.
IMPROVED
SOCIAL
FUNCTIONIN
G
PERSON
S S
W W
3.
S
servic OCIAL
es e
dC aere
ev m p ha E N H A N C E
partic s,m
lop e s iz ME
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eta of es growt NT
witho lar ares
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ance in a
ident t a probl of fu
ified em h nctsioning
aving
been
IMPROVED
SOCIAL
FUNCTIONIN
G
SOCIAL Social and economic
policies must recognize
JUSTICE that all people have
“It refers to basic human rights
FAIRNESS and
MORAL
RIGHTNESS in how
social institutions Right to have food, shelter, basic medical care and essential social
(governments, services
Right to be protected from abuse and exploitation
corporations, and Right to work and earn a sufficient wage to secure basic resources
powerful groups) and live with dignity
Right to marry, to have a family and to be with one’s family
recognize and Right to basic education
support the basic Right to own property
Right to be protected from avoidable harm and injury in the
human rights. workplace
Right to worship as one chooses
Right to privacy
Right to travel and associate
Right to information about one’s community and government
Right to participate in and influence the decisions of one’s
government
Injustice develop
when people are
concerned only
about their own
rights
A sense of
responsibility
for others and
society in
general
ENVIRONMENT
near distant
S S
W W
Modifies & Prevents
IMPROVED
SOCIAL
CONDITIONS
ENVIRONMENT
S S
W W
ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION –
the changes brought by social
workers as they serve as voice if
the rights are ignored or abused
by calling the others to recognize
the basic rights of all people to
act responsibly, with fairness and
justice IMPROVED
SOCIAL
CONDITIONS
ENVIRONMENT
S S
W W
PREVENTION consists of actions
taken to eliminate social,
economic, psychological, and
other conditions known to cause
or contribute to the formation of
human problems
IMPROVED
SOCIAL
CONDITIONS
ENVIRONMENT
S S Prevention
Primary
W W
Secondary Prevention
IMPROVED
SOCIAL
Tertiary Prevention CONDITIONS
Person Social ENVIRONMEN
Workers
PHYSICAL Job T
CONDITION Assignment demands
VALUES MEDIATING
-surroundings, physical,
(Schwartz)
capacities MATCHING social structures,
-biological, intellectual, forces and processes
emotional, social,
(Gordon) -demands-
spiritual, economic, STRIKING A OPPRESSIVE SOCIAL
communal etc. BALANCE STRUCTURE
PHYSICAL CONDITION
VALUES
(Bartlett) LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES
ATTITUDES ----- SITUATIONAL DEMANDS
IGNORANCE strategies----
PERCEPTIONS OF REALITY
SOCIAL Immediate & Distant
Focus both the person and the person’s
environment (Uniqueness)
Social worker attend to several dimensions
of a person (whole)
Social workers devote attention to clients’
efforts to improve interactions with their
social environment
1. Microlevel – individuals and their families
2. Midlevel / Mesolevel – formal groups and
organizations
*formal groups-teams, work groups, task-
oriented groups, community service clubs
and self-help groups
3. Macrolevel – neighborhoods, communities
and societies
1. Microlevel –
individuals and
their families
2. Midlevel / Mesolevel –
formal groups and
organizations
*formal groups-teams, work
groups, task-oriented
groups, community service
clubs and self-help groups
3. Macrolevel –
neighborhoods,
communities
and societies
Sanction is the authorization, approval or
permission needed to perform certain
professional tasks or activities
Four (4) major sources
1. Government agencies
2. Private organizations/NGO
3. NASWEI – National Association of Social
Work Education Inc.
4. Willingness of clients to seek out and use
services offered by social workers
macr
o PERSON
S ENVIRONMENT
C
O
P SOCIAL WORKER
E Government or Private
S-A-N-C-T-I-O-N
mezz
o
S
C
O *social care Scientific *environmental
P *social treatment Problem manipulation
E *social Solving *prevention
enhancement Skills
micr
o IMPROVED IMPROVED
SOCIAL SOCIAL
FUNCTIONIN CONDITIONS
G Person-in-Environment
F-O-C-U-S
