SOWPIF230

UNIT 1
LEARNING OUTCOME

Understand the
definition of social work,
social functioning &
Social Casework

Trace the origin of

casework
The Social Work
Profession
WHAT IS SOCIAL
WORK?

How it is defined
by different
institutions &
practitioners in the
global setting?
Social work addresses
the barriers, inequalities
& injustices that exist in
society. We respond to
crises & emergencies,
as well as to everyday
personal & social
problems
SOCIAL WORK AS A PROFESSION
concerned with the
person-in-life
situation or the
individual’s social
functioning
Social functioning
results from the
individuals
performance of
diversity of roles in
society
SOCIAL WORK AS A PROFESSION

Causes of
dysfunctioning:

*Factors inherent in the

person
*Factors in the
situation/environment
*Both inherent in the
person or environment
 PROBLEMS IS SOCIAL
FUNCTIONING
Occurs when the demands
of a role do not match a
person’s capacities

When one’s role

performance is in conflict
with those of others

Factors in the environment

 Causes Intervention

• factors inherent in the person

• factors in the situation/environment
• both
METHODS IN THE
PRACTICE OF THE
PROFESSION
SOCIAL WORK METHODS
PRIMARY METHODS SECONDARY METHODS
1. SOCIALCASEWORK 1. SOCIAL ACTION
2. SOCIAL 2. SOCIAL RESEARCH
GROUPWORK 3. SOCIAL
ADMINISTRATION
3. COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION

GENERALIST
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SOCIAL CASEWORK
“celebrating the dignity & worth of every individual”

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 other CONCEPTS OF
SOCIAL CASEWORK
IS A METHOD OF SOCIAL WORK WHICH
INTERVENES IN THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL ASPECTS OF A
PERSON’S LIFE TO IMPROVE, TO RESTORE,
MAINTAIN OR DEVELOP HIS SOCIAL FUNCTIONING
BY IMPROVING HIS ROLE PERFORMANCE

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 Definitions from different authors

“Social Case work is a process

used by certain human welfare
agencies to help individuals to
cope more effectively with their
problems in social functioning.”

Perlman (1957)
 Definitions from different authors

“Social case work is the art of

bringing about better
adjustments in the social
relationship of individual men or
women or children.

Mary Richmond (1917)

 Definitions from different authors

“Social case work is

the art of bringing an
individual who is in a condition of
social disorder into the best
possible relation with all parts
of his environment.”

Jarrett (1919)
 Definitions from different authors

“Social Case Work is a method

employed by a social worker to help
individuals find a solution to their
problem of social adjustment
which they are unable to handle
in a satisfactory way by their
own effort.”

Safrad
Purpose of Social Casework

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Watch the following videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeqbxwDheJI
Short History of Social Work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aQk1a7xQ6
w&t=379s
Historical Development of Casework Casework

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GOOD DAY
EVERYONE

MUCHOS
GRACIAS

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