DISCIPLINES AND

IDEAS IN APPLIED
SOCIAL SCIENCES
LIZA R. MALATE
Teacher II
PRAYER
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM
DEPED HYMN
ENERGIZER
ATTENDANCE CHECK
 REVIEW:
What is counseling?
 Think of your community and its
societal issues and problems. Cite
one situation/scenario in which
you believe that needs to be
addressed on.
What can you say about
the picture?
How do you feel about the
picture?
Module 3: Social Work
Lesson 1: The Discipline of
Social Work
MELC: The learners identify the goals of social work.
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Scenarios in Relation to
Social Work: Typhoon
Victims
What can
you say
about the
picture?
Scenarios in Relation to
Social Work: Community
Immersion
What
makes it
social
work?
Definitions of Social Work

The United Nations of Economic Social

and Cultural Organization (UNESCO, 2000),
considers social work as a field within
human services and a part of services of
the government.
Definitions of Social Work

 The National Association of Social Workers

(NASW, n.d.), defined social work as the
professional activity of helping individuals,
groups or communities enhance or restore
their capacity of their personal interaction
with their environment and creating societal
conditions beneficial to the mission.
 Goals of
Social Work
THE GOAL ON CARING
 Caring refers to the heart of social work and it
centers on the well-being or the welfare and
comfort of the individual and community.
THE GOAL ON CURING
 Curing refers to the aspect of treating people
with problems in their social environment
(EXAMPLE. Counselling and therapy) .
THE GOAL ON CHANGING
 Changing refers to the active participation of
the social workers in social reforms (EXAMPLE:
promoting social change and justice).
JOURNAL WRITING
Direction: Write your journal output in your
journal notebook.

• Do you see yourself as a social worker by

profession in the future?
• What are the goals of social work that
you want to attain? Why?
RUBRICS
VALUING

• Have you experienced being helped by

someone that you do not know?
• How did you feel?
 ASSESSMENT
Direction: Identify the goals of social work as to care, cure and
change.
1. Embrace a world view of human issues and solutions to
problems.
2. Empower people, individually and collectively, to utilize their
own problem -solving and coping capabilities more effectively.
3. Uphold the integrity of the profession in all aspects of social
work.
4. Promote social justice and equality of all people with regard to
full participation in society.
5. Contribute to the development of knowledge for social work
profession through research and evaluation.
 ASSIGNMENT
Search for one article from the internet that shows the
act of social work. Screenshot or copy it and print it in a
one A4 bond paper. Make sure to properly cite your
reference to avoid plagiarism.
 Alone we can do little,
together we can do so much.

- Helen Keller
Thank you for listening!
Have a good day!