Clientele and Audiences in

Social Work
“Hapag ng Pag-asa” by: Jose Abad
 Types of Social Work

• the INDIVIDUAL
• the GROUP
• the COMMUNITY
 The Individual as Client of
Social Work
• the individual level is generally work on an
individual who has to be assisted to fit in a
larger environment .
• or someone has been deprived space by
the larger environment calling for change
or improving one’s ability to cope with it.
 The Group & Organization as
Client of Social Work
• groups are people existing with similar or
common identity.
• gay men and lesbians, migrants, women,
abused or neglected children, elderly,
pensioners, veterans, military service men
& women, people in conflict with the law,
unemployed, people with substance abuse
and addiction.
 The Community as Client of
Social Work
• community has the largest share in the clientele
and audience of social work because individuals
and families are essentially members of the
community.
• a community may exist as a marginalized sector.
• social work may focus on community
transformation to cause environmental change
so as to make it possible for individuals and
groups to achieve social well-being or social
justice and respect for the rights.
Characteristics & Needs of
Clientele and Audiences in
Social Work
Characteristics of Clientele and
Audiences of Social Work
• experiencing being left out
• having some personal social problems like loss
of job, getting sick especially becoming
terminally ill
• homeless –elderly and street children
• divorced woman
• neglected child
• sexually, physically, or mentally abused child
• suffering discrimination
 Needs of Clientele and
Audiences of Social Work
• wanting to be empowered.
• to be socially included by way of insuring
that one receives what is legally due
him/her and that one receives the
necessary care he/she deserves.
• some people need their right respected
• some need justice
• some need social welfare help to put them
on their feet.
 Needs of the following clienteles
• 1. Abandon babies – foster parents, adoptive home
• 2. Homeless elderly – Adoptive home, medical care,
nutritional needs
• 3. Substance dependent – rehabilitation, counselling,
proper education
• 4. Battered women – protection, counselling,
empowerment
• 5. People with disability – nutritional needs, training
and equipping for employment, recognition