CREATED BY :

JANE PEARL D. MANGAYAN, RSW

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL WORK:

FA M I LY, G R O U P S , C O M M U N I T Y &
O R G A N I Z AT I O N S
SOCIAL
ENVIRONMENT
Can be in terms of physical and social
dimension
Physical environment - climate, land, and
its resources
Social environment
• groups, neighborhoods, workplaces,
policies created
• The interaction of individuals and
groups of individuals.
 SOCIAL
ENVIRONMENT
Involves conditions, circumstances, and
human interactions
Interaction - family, friends, work, groups,
and governments
Survive & Thrive - individual functions
well in the social environment

Surviving and thriving means, existing

and flourishing (succeeding).
 Environment and
Relationships among
Personality or Pagkatao Person
family members shapes
own sense of self-hood

INDIVIDUAL FAMILY
Group, Organizations,
Person's needs (sense of
Commmunity
belongingness) Person and
Environment
 SOCIAL WORK

Social work profession promotes:

social change
problem solving in human relationships
empowerment
enhance well-being
Social work intervenes:
points where people interact with their environments
 SOCIAL
FUNCTIONING
Expression of the interaction between
MAN & his SOCIAL
ENVIRONMENT

Product of his activity as he relates to

his surroundings
S O C I A L LY
FUNCTIONAL
• Effective in the performance
of tasks
• Responsible to others
• Derives social satisfaction
from performing a task
 SOCIAL
FUNCTIONI
NG
•PPersonal
ROB LEMS
Inadequacies
• Social Inadequacies
• Both Personal and Social
Inadequacies
 GROUP
ACTIVITY
THANK
YOU
I hope you can get
helpful knowledge from
this presentation. Good
luck!