COMMUNITY WELFARE

 Community welfare as a field of social work practice en-compasses

a variety of programs and services which have for their main goal
the well-being of entire communities.

 Social welfare in this field work individuals, families, and small groups
and their concern is the provision of opportunities that would enable
people in the community to work together towards common goals.
Community Development

 Defined by the United Nations as the process by which the efforts of

the people themselves are united with those of government to
improve the economic, social, and cultural conditions of the
community, the aim of which is to integrate the community into the
life of nation and to enable it to contribute fully to nation progress.

 A more recent and broader definition is that community

development is “ a process designed to create conditions of
economic and social progress for the whole community with its
active participation and the fullest possible reliance in the
community initiative.”
 The government (through local government units which employ
social workers) and many private agencies and organization
today engaged in community development work. The PRRM
emphasizes peoples participation in an integrated program of
livelihood, health and nutrition, education and training and self-
government, to help communities with their problems of poverty.
TWO ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS
 1. The participation of the people themselves in efforts to improve
their level of living with as much reliance as possible on their own
initiative.

 2.The provision of technical and other services in a ways which

encourage initiative and self-help and make these more effective.
Community welfare services or
social welfare provision
 refers to any program which seeks to provide a minimum level of
income, service or other support for disadvantaged peoples such as
the poor, elderly, disabled, students, unpaid workers such as
mothers and other caregivers, and underprivileged groups. Social
welfare programs are undertaken by governments as well as non-
governmental organizations (NGO's). Social welfare payments and
services are typically provided free of charge or at a nominal fee,
and are funded by the state, benefactors or by compulsory
enrollment of the poor themselves.
Examples of social welfare services
include the following:
 Compulsory superannuation savings programs.
 Compulsory social insurance programs, often based on income, to pay for
the social welfare service being provided. These are often incorporated into
the taxation system and may be inseparable from income tax.
 Pensions or other financial aid, including social security and tax relief, to
those with low incomes or inability to meet basic living costs, especially
those who are raising children, elderly, unemployed, injured, sick or
disabled.
 Free or low cost nursing, medical and hospital care for those who are sick,
injured or unable to care for themselves. This may also include free
antenatal and postnatal care. Services may be provided in the community
or a medical facility.
 Free or low cost public education for all children, and financial aid,
sometimes as a scholarship or pension, sometimes in the form of a
suspensory loan, to students attending academic institutions or
undertaking vocational training.
 The state may also fund or operate social work and community based
organizations that provide services that benefit disadvantaged people in
the community.
 Welfare money paid to persons, from a government, who are in need of
financial assistance but who are unable to work for pay.
Social welfare programs are often identified as
having a welfare state. In such countries, access
to social welfare services is often considered a
basic and inalienable right to those in need.
Activities of Social workers in tenement housing projects

 A. discussing and identifying community needs and problems

 B. defining, together with the people, the community-based
programs needed
 C. stimulating the active participation of all elements in the
community
 D. identifying, training and developing local leaders
 E. assisting the community in organizing/undertaking services not
offered by existing agencies
 F. administering and supervising specific community projects
 G. linking up the community with available outside resources:
and the private sector
 The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) founded in
1952 by Dr. Y. C. James Yen, has established a name for its efforts to
improve the living conditions of people in rural community.
 The PRRM emphasizes people’s participation in an integrated
program of livelihood, health and nutrition, education and training
and self-government, to help communities with their problems of
poverty, ill- health, ignorance and apathy.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY
 Community development agency is the Philippine Business for Social
Progress, which is private enterprise’s implementing arm for social
development. Social workers administers and supervise PBSP
projects, in addition to being involved in staff training and
evaluation.
SOCIAL WORK TASKS IN THE FIELD OF
HOUSING RELOCATION AND
RESETTLEMENT
 A. Helping families prepare for relocation

 B. Helping families cope with and adjust to the changes that go

with relocation and resettlements
 C. Involving the people in the efforts to develop their conditions in
the resettlement sites
 D. Identifying and developing local leaders
 E. Helping development local organization

 F. Promoting and facilitating the coordination of community

groups and organization which are all trying to work for the well-
being of the relocated families

 G. Provision of certain social services needed y the relocated

families, such s food, and transportation assistance, day care
services, counselling services, family planning services, skills
training and job placement, and the like
Social work practice in tenement housing project ( which are also
considered “Communities” ) usually involves the administration and
implementation of programs which will preserve and promote family
cohesiveness and stability as well as community consciousness, self-
reliance, and social responsibility.

The goal is to attain the maximum possible physical, economic, and

social development of families and of the entire community, using
their own as well as outside resources.

The venue of this line of work is usually the community certain which
is designed to provide certain community services and facilities to
meet the needs of a disorganized community like a tenement
housing project, and to facilitate efforts for the development of
community interest and responsibility.