Notre Dame of Tacurong College

City of Tacurong
SW 321 - Knowledge and Philosophical Foundation of Social Work

Name: Farhana E. Limba Date: August 18, 2021

Activity 1

Instruction:
• Answer the following questions below based on your understanding.
• Use Arial or Times New Roman as a format or may opt to use this font instead
• Convert to a PDF format

Part I.
Discuss your answer based on what you have understood, briefly and concisely.
1. Differentiate the following: Social welfare, Social Services, and Social Work. Provide
illustrative examples of each.
-Social welfare and social work are quite similar because they both involves
helping individuals living in poverty. Work that you do for people who are in need of
assistance is referred to as social work. The word "social welfare" describes services
that help people improve their quality of life. Social services are usually supplied by the
government or private groups, but they can also be given by individuals. Any effort done
by an individual to improve the quality of life of others, on the other hand, is considered
social service.
2. Differentiate a “need” from a “problem”. Think of the community where you live. What
human needs exist; what human problems are there? How do people meet their needs?
How do they and/or the society respond to their problems?
- A need requires satisfaction, although a problem does not always need to be
solved. Food and housing are human needs in our community since there are certain
families in our community who do not have access for both. They can meet their needs
by getting a wonderful job that will allow them to meet their basic necessities, such as
food and shelter. Any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
Problems can arise in any part of a community and come from any aspect of community
life. There are many problems may arise in a certain community examples are
Adolescent pregnancy, access to clean drinking water, child abuse and neglect, crime,
domestic violence, drug use, pollution, mismanagement of resources, lack of funding for
schools and services, ethnic conflict, health disparities, HIV/ AIDS, hunger, inadequate
emergency services, inequality, jobs, lack of affordable housing, poverty,
transportation, violence, racism and police brutality. Problems are part of life. We all
deal with individual problems, families have family issues, and communities have
community problems. Communities must come together to solve their problems, just like
families.
When communities try to solve problems, they start just like individuals do. They must
reflect and analyze the issue to help come to a solution. But, before discussing
solutions, problems must be identified.

Part II.
Think of a social welfare agency that you know or familiar with. What social services
does it provide? Who are the beneficiaries of these social services?
-The Social Welfare agency that I know or familiar with is Department of Social
Welfare and Development which is DSWD. Victims must be provided with temporary
housing, counseling, psychosocial treatment, and/or a recovery, rehabilitation, and
livelihood help program by the DSWD and local governments. The beneficiaries are
poor, marginalized, and vulnerable individuals, groups, families, and communities who
take use of any of Social Welfare and Development Agencies (SWDA's) services.