Knowledge and Philosophical Foundation of Social Work PDF

***[KNOWLEDGE AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF SOCIAL WORK]*** **WHAT IS SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WORKERS** -enhances human well being -help meet basic needs and complex needs of people -particular focus on vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty -focus on both the person and environment -dea...

***[KNOWLEDGE AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF SOCIAL WORK]*** **WHAT IS SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WORKERS** -enhances human well being -help meet basic needs and complex needs of people -particular focus on vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty -focus on both the person and environment -deals with external factors that impact a person situation and outlook -helps not deal only with how they feel about a situation but also with what they can do about it -provides direct service or therapy directly to clients -guide people to critical resources -counsel them on life changing decision -advocate for change to improve social conditions -strengthen the social net **WHAT DO SOCIAL WORKERS DO** -relieve peoples suffering -fight for social justice -improve lives and communities Help and cope with acute conditions and chronic illness -provide therapy and community health center -prevents students from dropping out of school -help prisoners as they re enter communities and provide rehabilitative support in drug and alcohol center -provide outreach and long term care in nursing home and homeless center -clinical therapist to member of the military and veterans -responder during natural disasters -executive directors of non profit organization -community organizers -professors -corporate leaders and members of congress **TYPES OF SOCIAL WORK** -found in various settings such as school, hospital, mental health clinics, senior centers, government etc. -assist clients facing diverse challenges -also engage in research, advocacy, system design, planning and policy development **ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT** -social work administrators lead in public sand private agencies providing services, this requires knowledge of: Social policy, future planning, human behavior and social work ethics and values **ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION** -advocacy is central to social work practice, social workers advocate for the rights of individuals and community and promote social justice **AGING** -social workers help other adults maintain independent and dignified lives also to address their physical, psychological ,social, economic aspects of daily living **ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUGS** -social workers help individuals, families and communities recover from substance use in this field they engage in case management, group and individual therapy etc. **CHILD WELFARE** -serve children, youth and families facing significant challenges -provide services and support children and youth who have experience abuse or neglect **DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES** -helps parents of children with developmental disabilities, understand their legal rights and become advocates for their children and assist parents in finding special services **HEALTH CARE** -help people address the personal and social factors that influence their health and well being -conducts research and develop programs and administer social work and other departments. **RA ACT 4373 (1965)** The profession which is primarily concerned with organized social service activity aimed at facilitating and strengthening basic social relationship and the mutual adjustment between individual and their social environment for the good of the individual and of society by the use of social work methods. Social Work is 1**. practice-based profession** and an 2. **academic discipline** that promotes 3. **social change and development,** **social cohesion**, and the 4. **empowerment** and 5. **liberation of people**, Principles of 6. **justice human** 7 **rights**, 8 **collected responsibility and respect** for 9, **diversities, are central to social work.** Underpinned by **theories of social work social sciences humanities and Indigenous knowledge**, social work engages **people and structures** to address **life challenges and enhance well-being** SOCIAL WELFARE WAS DEFINED AS: Gertude Wilson: an organized concern of all people for all people Walter Friedlader: organized system of social services and institution designed to aid individuals and groups to attain satisfying standard of life and health Elizabeth Wickeden: include more laws, programs, and benefits and services which assure or strengthen for meeting social needs recognize as basic to the well being of the population and the better functioning of the social order **SOCIAL FUNCTIONING** -defines nature and scope of social work -give meaning and reason for being to the social work profession -distingushes social work from all other profession -keeps workers focused on social work objectives and mission -clarifies workers focused on social work tasks and function -guide workers in identifying effective tools and methodologies SOCIAL FUNCTIONING PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BYANY OF TH FF. **Personal inadequacies**- due to physiological factors like poor physical conditions, wrong attitudes, poor or unrealistic perception of reality, ignorance and lack of skill **Situationa**l- lack of resources and opportunities in society (unjust or exploitative situation in workplace or in community. **Legal Bases of Social Work** **Republic Act 5416: \"Social Welfare Act of 1968\"** Section 2 it is the responsibility of the Government to provide a comprehensive program of social welfare services designed to ameliorate the living conditions of distressed Filipinos particularly those who are handicapped by reason of poverty, youth, physical and mental disability, illness and old age or who are victims of natural calamities including assistance to members of the cultural minorities to facilitate their integration into the body politic. A social work agency is a person, corporation or organization, private or governmental, that engages mainly and generally, or represents itself to engage in social welfare work, whether casework, group work, or community work, and obtains its finances, either totally or in part, from any agency or instrumentality of the government and/or from the community by direct or Indirect solicitations and/or fund drives and/or private endowment.