Republic of the Philippines

MUNICIPALITY OF KAPATAGAN
Province Lanao del Norte
COLEGIO DE KAPATAGAN

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

SYLLABUS

SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES

Quality Education by All Means is Necessary

A. VISION - MISSION

School Colegio de Kapatagan envisions to be the Center of Excellence founded on a state-of-the-art infrastructure system in providing relevant
Vision and responsive education in forming a progressive, productive, eco-friendly, entrepreneurially inclined and value laden graduates.
School To provide access to relevant, quality, responsive education and advocate sustainable development.
Mission To inculcate socio-cultural, political, moral and spiritual values.
To undertake community extension services relevant to the changing needs of the community.

B. COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code SW 111

Course Title Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families
Course Credits 3 units

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Course 3 hours every week for 18 weeks/ 54 hours per semester
Component
Course
Description
Learning At the end of this course, students should be able to:
Outcomes 1. Cognitive
1.1 Discuss basic theories of social casework, such as the person in his/her social environment, casework relationship, selected practice framework
as they apply to the process of helping individuals and their families.
1.2 Explain the SW process of helping individuals and families and corresponding skills of the social worker from Intake to Termination.
1. Differentiate between case management and social casework processes of working with individuals and their families experiencing difficulty
because of gender bias, calamitous events, culture-based violence, and others
2. Affective
2.1 Discriminately apply values, principles of casework in the helping relationship between clients and the social worker.
2.2 Utilize appropriately the professional self in the helping relationship.
3. Psychomotor
3.1 Demonstrate ability to engage clients in the helping relationship particularly in defining and assessing the difficulty through the Intake interview.
3.2 Exhibit beginning competency in the use of selected practice frameworks, models and approaches to respond adequately to emerging problems of
individual clients and their families such as gender based-violence, family conflict, role reversal, older persons abuse, and similar situations.
3.3 Demonstrate reflexivity in process recording, journal writing, and preparation of case studies.

Prerequisite None
Reference(s)/ 1. CASEWORK METHOD: PERLMAN (1957). Social Casework
Course Materials 2. Additional readings, assignments, and content available in websites and other textbooks.
Instructor Name: MA. DULCE AMAD CALAGO
Class Schedule: MWF, 2:00PM-3:00PM
Room Number: 3A
Consultation Hours: 2:00PM-3:00PM
Room Number: 3A

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B. COURSE OUTLINE

Time Frame
Outline
Week Hours
Midterm Coverage
Case Work Method 1 3
The Client Person 2 3

The Individual Personality 3 3

Capacity 4 3
Types of Clients 5 3
Problem Typology 6-7 6

Some Problem Conditions 8 3

Agency 9 3

Final Coverage
Case Study 10 3

Diagnose Assessment 11 3
Social Work Treatment 12 3

Client Worker Relationship 13-14 6

Generalist Social Work Practice Framework, Characteristics, Elements 15 3

Legal Bases of Social Work 16 3

Social Work Interventions 17 3

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Social workers in Practice 18 3

Total 18 54

B. LEARNING PLAN

MIDTERM
Time Learning Outcome Course Topic Suggested Teaching/Learning Activities Assessment Task (ATs) Resources
Frame (TLAs) (Materials)
Review the generalist Generalist SW Practice Lecture/Discussion and Library work Assignment LCD and laptop
Week perspective in the to research Annotated computer
1-2 process of helping bibliography on
clients as a context in Generalist SW and
working with Social
individuals and their Casework
families.

History of SW Historical timeline on the evolution of Pictures of prominent

3 Review the
Historical foundation of casework: Highlighting casework theories and perspective personalities in the
development of SW and
contributions of women and men form US to the Philippines. history of social
its facet on social
casework Gallery walk casework

-Definition of casework
Definition of case management in relation to Interactive discussion
4-6 Define concepts in
casework/working with individuals and families
working with Copies of interview
-Person, Place, Problem, Process
individuals and families Quiz guide/ letter request
-Social Functioning

-Professional use of Self Interview a Social Worker handling

-Ethics, values, principles of casework individual and families to determine
Illustrate proper how they establish a working
application of the -Casework Relationship: Characteristics;
Components; Reality, Transference, Counter relationship with their clients. Written report on the
values and principles of Self-reflection interview
working with transference
Conducted by the
individuals and
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 families. students.

Library work
7-8 Theories, Practice framework and perspectives
Discuss the different relevant to assessment and working with individuals Creative Reporting (by groups)
theories and practice and families
framework and -strengths-based
perspectives relevant to -ecosystems Interactive Discussion Submission of reports
assessment and -Family systems
interventions in -socio-behavioral
working with -Psychological Theories anti-oppressive and/ anti-
individuals and discriminatory practice
families. -Gender-based perspective
-Culture/Ethnic-sensitive perspective

9-10 Explain the meaning of Helping process: Philippine context Interactive discussion
helping in the - Definition
Philippine context - Pagdamay/Bayanihan and KagandahangLoob Situational case or Film Analysis Situations/pictures from
The local scene
Review Philippine - Common problems and issues faced by
realities as they affect individuals and their families in Philippine
individuals and families context.

Considerations: Examination (Oral or

- Cultural orientation written)
Religious affiliation:
Gender
Economic/Social status
FINAL

Week Deliberate on the Helping process in social work in working with Lecture discussion Presentation of case LCD and laptop
11-15 helping process as it individuals and families review computer
applies to various cases Case study review (if allowed by class Blackboard, chalk,
such as children A. Engagement agencies) whiteboard, whiteboard
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 survivors of calamities
and other emergencies,
women in especially
difficult situations,
elderly. OFW and
special cases
(LGBTQR)
- Intake, relationship building, defining the Group reporting of cases taken from marker
problem, negotiating contract welfare agencies/cases of previous
students on file Class assessment of
group Sample cases
presentation
Alternative Methodology:

Examine selected cases B. Assessment Actual Handling of cases in selected

of gender-based - Tools (appropriate use of theoretical welfare agencies
violence committed foundation to explain the dynamics of *Individuals
against women and individual behavior and his/her social -LGBTQI (SOGIE)
environment; genogram, eco-map, rapid Reflection paper Rubrics for individual
children with focus on -PWD
assessment instrument gender-based reflection
assessment to lay the -Survivors of Gender based violence
assessment.) Documentation of Documentation/logbook
groundwork for a more -Women &Children in
experiences of field experiences in
responsive gender- Prostitution/Human Trafficking
handling cases
based case -Elderly
management. C. Goal setting and Intervention Planning Letter of requests to
*Family
- Goal formulation (consider desirable goals agencies
Demonstrate beginning Supervised actual working with
vis-à-vis feasible goals) individuals and families
competencies in - Objective setting
applying selected
models/approaches, use Processing of learning experiences
16 D. Intervention Planning
of agency programs and
services and community Preparing a diagram on the sequential
*Functional Approach steps of the helping process
resources to respond to *Helping Models & Approaches
common and emerging *Problem-solving Model
problems of the Filipino *Task-centered Approach
family *Crisis Intervention
*Psychosocial Approach
Show respect to *Total family Approach
17 feelings and behavior of *Gender responsive Case Management Video clips/Film Analysis on the skills
clients with gender- - Types of Violence committed against women of the social worker.
based issues. - Methods and Tools in GRCM

Simulation exercises on the different Submission of the

roles of the social worker with diagram
E. Evaluation
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 critiquing
F. Termination (Coping with disengagement) Quiz or a major
examination

Roles and Functions, skills and techniques applied by LCD projector

18 Identify the skills and the social worker in working with individuals and Group
techniques used by the families. insight/reflection
social worker in paper
specific phases of the
helping process.
Specific skills used in case management.
Identify the roles & Prepared examination
functions of social Final examination or or guidelines for the
workers. final final requirement
Synthesis of the course requirement
Evaluate the course in Processing and evaluation of the course
terms of content and
methodology.

Basic Readings/References 1. Allen Mears, P. (2010) Social Work Service in Schools, 6th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon
2. Jenson, J.M. (2010), Social Policy for Children and Families: A risk and Resilience Perspective, CA: Sage Publishing
3. Markward, M&Yagedis, B. (2011). Evidence-Based Practice With Women: Toward Effective Social Work Practice with
Low-Income Women. Los Angeles:SAGE

Extended Readings/Other Materials
1. Secombe, K. (2012) Families and Their Social Worlds, 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon
2. Zastrow, C. (2007) The Practice of Social Work: A comprehensive worktext. Belmont, USA: Thomson Brooks/Cole
3. Bloom, Owen & Covington. (2003) Gender Responsive Strategies; National Institute of Corrections and US Department of
Justice
4. Manual on Gender Responsive Case Management by DSWD and UNFPA

Grading System Grading System (Sec. 10, Title 2 of Student Handbook 2019)

1. The grading system is the CARREON Method. There shall be two (2) grading periods in a regular semester: Midterm,
and Final periods. In each period, a weight of 50% for midterm and 50% for final is given.
2. There shall be one (1) grading period in summer only final.
3. Grades for each period are based on the following:

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Consultations Schedule
Written Task 30%
Performance Task 40%
Major Examinations 30%
Total 100%
Faculty Member: MA. DULCE AMAD CALAGO
Contact Number: 09361294238
Email Address: madulcecalago018@gmail.com
Consultation Hours: 1hour
Day: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Time and Venue: 2:00-3:00 PM @ virtual classroom

Course Title Prepared by Noted by Approved by Page/s

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Fields Of Social Work MA. DULCE AMAD SITTIE JAMERAH M. MOHAMMAD, MSSW DR. RICARDO R. QUIDATO
CALAGO,RSW Program Head School President
Instructor

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