Professionals and

Practitioners in Social
Work
 ROLES OF SOCIAL WORKERS

Mendoza (2002) coined the term

INTERVENTIVE ROLES which refer to the
combination of tasks expected to be performed
by the social worker to accomplish his goals.

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 ROLES OF SOCIAL WORKERS

✘ RESOURCE ✘ SOCIAL
✘ M E DI ATOR
BROKER BROKER

direct provision negotiating the

conciliator
"service jungle"
of material aid
establishing a between
and other network by
resources to the persons/groups
maintaining
client being relationship with resolve disputes
assisted. other
between client
communities to
gain additional and other parties
resources

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 ROLES OF SOCIAL WORKERS

✘ ADVOCATE ✘ ENABLER ✘ COUNSELOR/

THERAPIST
involves taking supportive and
interest and empowering intends to
infl uencing the function; restore,
client and activities the maintain, or
another party social worker enhance
for the interest engages to help clients'
of the client clients cope capacity to
with their adapt to
situation reality

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 ROLES OF SOCIAL WORKERS

✘ MOBILIZER OF ✘ POLICY/
✘ DOCUMENTER
COMMUNITY
/SOCIAL PROGRAM
ELITE
CRITIQUE CHANGE
informing and ADVOCATE

interpreting documenting
change policies
the needs for
different suffi cient and programs
sectors of the policies and for the benefi t
community programs
of a particular
population
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 FUNCTIONS
OF
SOCIAL WORK

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 FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL WORK
(Mendoza 2002)
✘ REHABILITATIVE ✘ DEVELOPMENTAL

refers to strengthens the

restorative, curative potential for the full
use of his/her
and remedial
potentials and
actions; settle or capacities to
reduce the problem enhance o n e 's
effectiveness

✘ PREVENTIVE
detects impending balance ;
early detection, control, and
eradication of situation

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FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL WORK DuBois
and Miley 2008
✘ EDUCATION
✘ RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Refers to the
refers to the act of coordination, provision of
systematizing and integrating knowledge and
resources and services to support critical
social functioning, meeting needs information for
and resolving problems empowerment
practice that
✘ C O N S U LTA N C Y facilitates
decision-making,
refers to professional activities increased
abilities and
such as planning, initiating and
access to
pursuing actions towards opportunities
change

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COMP E TENCIES OF SOCIAL W ORKERS

1. Think critically
2. Build and sustain relationships
3. Execute empowering process
4. Use practical methods
5. Analyze policies
6. Communicate effectively
7. Strong cultural and intercultural competence
8. Good computer literacy
9. Conduct research
10. Perform crisis intervention
11. Sound time management
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 AR EAS OF S P E CI AL I Z ATI ON
(Elrick 2014)

✘ C H I L D , F A M I LY ✘ M E N TA L H E A LT H
AND SCHOOL A N D S U B S TA N C E
ABUSE
✘HOSPICE AND
PA L L I AT I V E C A R E

✘MEDICAL AND
H E A LT H
✘COMMUNITY

✘ MI L I TA RY A N D
VETERANS ✘ P SY CHIAT RIC

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A R E A S O F S P E C I A L I Z AT I O N ( M e n d o z a
2002)

✘ CHILD WELFARE ✘ OLDER PERSONS ✘ CORRECTIONS

✘ ADOPTION ✘ PERSON WITH ✘ PROBATIONS

DISABILITY
✘ PAROLE
✘ LEGAL
✘ COMMUNITY
GUARDIANSHIP
WELFARE ✘ SCHOOL

✘ FOSTER CARE ✘ CULTURAL ✘ DRUG DEPENDENTS

COMMUNITIES
✘ RESIDENTIAL CARE ✘ SOCIAL
✘ INDUSTRY AND DISADVANTAGED
✘ FAMILY WELFARE LABOR WOMEN

✘ HEALTH ✘ EDUCATION AND ✘ PATIENTS OF

TRAINING PSYCHIATRIC
INSTITUTIONS
✘ INTERNATIONAL
SOCIAL WORK
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SOCIAL WORKERS
1. Social Work in Health Care
2. Social Work in Schools
3. Occupational Social Work
4. Clinical Social Work
5. Forensic Social Work
6. Adoption Social Work
7. Management and Supervision
8. Social Policy and Planning
9. Charity Social Work
10. Social Work Education

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 Rights, Responsibilities,
Accountabilities, and Code of Ethics
 
✘ The National Association of Social

Workers (NASW) drafted the ethical

s t a n d a r d s o f a s o c i a l w o r k e r.

✘ It is divided into six areas: responsibility

to clients, colleagues, practice setting,

as professionals, to social work

profession and to broader society.

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ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO CLIENTS

✗ COMMITMENT TO CLIENTS

✗ SE LF- DE TERM INATION

✗ INFORMED CONSENT

✗ COMPETENCE

✗ C U LT U R A L C O M P E T E N C E A N D S O C I A L
DIVERSITY

✗ CONFLICT OF INTEREST

✗ PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

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ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO CLIENTS

✗ ACCESS TO RECORDS
✗ SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
✗ PHYSICAL CONTACT
✗ SEXUAL HARASSMENT
✗ DEROGATORY LANGUAGE
✗ PAY M E N T T O S E R V I C E S
✗ INTERRUPTION OF SERVICES
✗ TERMINATION OF SERVICES
✗ CLIENTS WHO LACK DECISION
M A K I N G C A PA C I T Y
✗ CONFIDENTIALITY

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ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO
COLLEAGUES
✘ RESPECT
✘ CONFIDENTIALITY
✘ INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION
✘ CONSULTATION
✘ DISPUTE INVOLVING COLLEAGUES
✘ REFERRAL SERVICES
✘ SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
✘ SEXUAL HARASSMENT
✘ IMPAIRMENT OF COLLEAGUES
✘ INCOMPETENCE OF COLLEAGUES
✘ UNETHICAL CONDUCT OF COLLEAGUES

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ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN PRACTICE
SETTING
✗ S U P E RV I S I O N A N D C O N S U LTAT I O N
✗ E D U C AT I O N A N D T R A I N I N G
✗ P E R F O R M A N C E E VA L U AT I O N
✗ CLIENT RECORD
✗ BILING
✗ CLIENT TRANSFER
✗ A D M I N I S T R AT I O N
✗ C O N T I N U I N G E D U C AT I O N A N D
S TA F F D E V E L O P M E N T
✗ COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYER
✗ LABOR MANAGEMENT DISPUTES

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 ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY AS
PROFESSIONAL
✗C O M P E T E N C E

✗D I S C R I M I N A T I O N

✗P R I V A T E C O N D U C T

✗D I S H O N E S T Y , F R A U D , D E C E I T

✗I M P A I R M E N T

✗M I S R E P R E S E N T A T I O N

✗S O L I C I T A T I O N S

✗A C K N O W L E D G I N G C R E D I T

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 ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO SOCIAL
WORK PROFESSION

✘ INTEGRITY OF ✘ EVALUATION
PROFESSION AND RESEARCH

Work towards monitor and evaluate

maintenance and policies, promote,
promotion of high facilitate and engage
standards of practice; in evaluation and
uphold values, ethics, research through
knowledge and appropriate methods;
mission of the examine emerging
profession knowledge,

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E THICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO THE BROADER
SOCIETY

✘ SOCIAL WELFARE
✘ PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
✘ PUBLIC EMERGENCIES
✘ SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTION

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GROUP 1: WeCare (Social Work)

REPORTERS:
Dorosan
Amucan

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