Goals and Scope of Social Work Flashcards
(12 cards)
_______-identified four areas of
consideration:
1. In each helping situation, the social worker is concerned
with enabling or facilitating change. Interventions to
improve the quality of life may appropriately occur as
part of the social work practice.
2. The social worker is in the business of helping people or
social institutions, such as family, change to enhance social
functioning. It is not to focus on the whole person but on
social relationships.
3. Applying the social systems theory, social work
can be viewed as a profession that helps people
interact more effectively with their social
environment. The focus is placed on the “interface
or the meeting place or the transaction of person
and the environment” (William Gordon, as cited by
Morales and Sheafor, 1983).
4. In helping to achieve their goals of improved
social functioning, the social worker must have
handles in fortifying and securing the necessary
resources to attain the goals of the clients.
Morales and Sheafor (1983)
Morales and Sheafor (1983)- identified four areas of consideration
- In each helping situation, the social worker is concerned
with enabling or facilitating change. Interventions to
improve the quality of life may appropriately occur as
part of the social work practice. - The social worker is in the business of helping people or
social institutions, such as family, change to enhance social
functioning. It is not to focus on the whole person but on
social relationships. - Applying the social systems theory, social work
can be viewed as a profession that helps people
interact more effectively with their social
environment. The focus is placed on the “interface
or the meeting place or the transaction of person
and the environment” (William Gordon, as cited by
Morales and Sheafor, 1983). - In helping to achieve their goals of improved
social functioning, the social worker must have
handles in fortifying and securing the necessary
resources to attain the goals of the clients.
Goal of Social Work
improve a society’s overall well-being, especially for
the most vulnerable populations.
Morales and Sheafor (1983) specified three (3) distinguishing goals of social work
namely: caring, curing, and changing. These goals are outlined and described below:
The Goal on Caring
“ Curing
“ Changing
refers to the heart of social work and it focuses on the well-being or the
welfare and comfort of the individual and community.
Caring
refers to the aspect of treating people with problems in social functioning
Curing
refers to the active participation of the social workers in social reforms.
Changing
the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, andmanne experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
Empathy
is a general belief that you have about the way you
should behave, which influences your behavior
Principle
science in the sense that the knowledge taken from
different disciplines form the body of knowledge for a social worker and
she/he uses this theoretical base for helping people i.e., for practice. What
theory postulates has to be put into practice.
Social work
The required capacity to do it is known as
Skill
According to Morales and Sheafor (1983) Fields included in Social Work
- 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
b. Foster Care - Removing children from homes and placing them
to foster homes temporarily - Works with the parents, child and
court to administer court decisions to remove a child due to
detrimental situations
c. Residential Care - Group care home or a residential
treatment center - These are for children exhibiting anti-
social behaviors that require intensive treatment
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.
e. Protective Services - Protecting the child from abuse,
maltreatment, exploitation by parents - Seeks to protect the
child without infringing the rights of parents
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
- 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
d. Schools, facilitate the provision of direct
educational and social services and provide direct
social case work and group work to selected
students
- Act as pupil advocate focusing on the urgent
needs of the selected students
- Consult with school administrators’ major
problems toward a planned service approach
- 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 - 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
- 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 employment
c. Medical and Health care, attend to the social and
psychological factors contributing to the medical
condition of the patients. - 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 employment
c. Medical and Health care, attend to the social and
psychological factors contributing to the medical
condition of the patients.
d. Schools, facilitate the provision of direct
educational and social services and provide direct
social case work and group work to selected
students
- Act as pupil advocate focusing on the urgent
needs of the selected students
- Consult with school administrators’ major
problems toward a planned service approach
- 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
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
