Course Outline

Course Title: Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families

Course Number: SW 9

Course Description:
Examines the integration of cardinal values and knowledge base into the
practice of social casework as a primary method of social work. Specifically,
it will deal on the SW principles, process, practice framework, models and
approaches, skills and techniques necessary in applying the methods of
individuals and their families.

Total Learning Time: 54 hours (18 weeks)

Learning Outcomes
At the end of the semester, the students will be able to:
1. Discuss 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.

2. Explain the SW process of helping individuals and families and

corresponding skills of the social worker from intake to termination

3. Differentiate between case management and casework as a process of

working with individuals and their families experiencing difficulty
because of gender bias, calamitous events, culture-based violence, and
others.

Content:
Topics Time Frame
Orientation:
 Introduction of Vision, Mission and Goals.
 Getting to know each other Week 1
Presentation of Course Syllabus, (3 hours)
Course requirements and grading system.

Lesson 1:
 Generalist SW Practice Week 2-3
(6 hours)
Lesson 2:
 History of SW Week 4
 Historical foundation of casework: highlighting (3 hours)
contributions of women and men
Lesson 3:
 Definition of casework
Definition of case management in relation to
casework/ working with individuals and families
Person, place, problem, process Week 4-6
Social Functioning (9 hours)
Professional use of self
Ethics, values, principles of casework
 Casework relationship: transference, counter
transference
Lesson 4:
Theories, Practice framework and perspectives
relevant to assessment and interventions in
working with individuals and families
Strengths-base
Week 7-8
Ecosystems
/Family system (6 hours)
Psychological theory; anti-oppressive/anti-
discriminatory practice
Gender base perspective
o Cultural/ ethnic-sensitive perspective
Lesson 5:
Helping process:
Philippine Context

Definition:
Pagdamay, bayanihan, and kagandahang loob
Week 9-10
Common problems and issues faced by individuals
and their families in Philippine context.
Cultural orientation
Religious affiliation
Gender
Economic/ social status
Lesson 6: Week 11-15
Helping process in social work in working with
individuals and families
Engagement
Intake, relationship building, defining the problem,
negotiating contract
Assessment
Tools (appropriate use of theoretical foundation to
explain the dynamics of individual behavior and
his/her social environment instrument; genogram,
eco-map. Rapid assessment instrument, gender
based assessment.)
Goal setting and intervention Planning
-goal formulation
-objective setting
-intervention planning
Case management
 -Types of violence committed against women
-Methods and tools in GRCM
Lesson 7:
Roles and functions, skills and techniques applied
by the social worker in working with individual Week 16
and families. (3 hours)

Lesson 8:
Week 17-18
 Specific skills used in case management
(6 hours)
Synthesis of the course processing and evaluation of
the course

CATHY JOY C BARGO. MSSW

Course facilitator