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Social Welfare, Social Services, and Social

Work
Chapter I
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SOCIAL WELFARE

 Everything that men do for the good of the

society.
 An organized concern of all people for all
people (Wilson).
 The organized system of social services and
institutions designed to aid individuals and
groups to attain satisfying standards of life and
health (Friedlander).
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 Includes laws, programs, benefits and services

which assure or strengthen provisions for meeting
social needs recognized as basic to the well-being
of the population and the better functioning of the
social order (Wickenden).
a nation’s system of programs, benefits and
services that helps people meet those social,
economic, educational, and health needs that are
fundamental to the maintenance of society
(Ashman, 2007; Zastrow, 2010).
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Organized social arrangement which have

as their direct and primary objective the
well-being of people in a social context. It
includes programs and services affecting
various aspects of people’s lives such as
income, health, housing, education, cultural
traditions, etc (Int’l. Conf. on SWe).
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Ways through which the society responds
to needs and problems:

1. Individual and group efforts;

2. Major societal institutions which have
their designated roles and responsibilities
for meeting human needs. Ex: family,
church, gov’t., cooperative, labor unions,
etc.)
3. Social Agency
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Two (2) Views or Conception of Social
Welfare

1. Residual
- temporary, offered only during
emergency situations and
withdrawn once the social
system is working properly again.
2. Institutional
- “regular” proper, legitimate function of
modern society
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Views or Conception of
Social Welfare

3. Developmental – designed to promote the

well-being of the population as a whole in
conjunction with a dynamic process of
economic development (Midgley as cited in
Zastrow, 2010).
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1987 Phil. Constitution declares:

The State shall promote a just and

dynamic social order that will ensure the
prosperity and independence of the nation
and free the people from poverty through
policies that provide adequate social
services, promote full employment, a rising
standard of living, and an improved quality
of life for all.
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Categories of Social Welfare

1. Social Security – refers to the whole set of

compulsory measures instituted to protect the
individual and his family against the
consequences of unavoidable interruption or
serious diminution of the earned income
disposable for the maintenance of a reasonable
standard of living.
Ex: employer liability, provident
funds, and social
insurance.
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2. Personal and Social Services
- refers to service function which have
major bearing upon personal problems,
individual situations of stress, helping people in
need, the provision of direct services in
collaboration with workers from government
and voluntary agencies.
Ex: counseling, therapy and
rehabilitation, child protective services, and
programs for treatment of deviants.
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3. Public Assistance
- refers to material/concrete aids/ supports
provided, usually by government agencies, to
people who have no income or means of support
for themselves and their families for reasons such
as loss of employment, natural disasters, etc.
Ex: financial, burial, medical assistance,
relief and rehabilitation services, etc.
SOCIAL SERVICES

- Refers to the programs, services and other

activities provided under various auspices, to
concretely answer the needs and problems of
the members of society.
- Specific concrete provisions/forms of
help/assistance given to people based on their
needs (covers all aspects of living – physical,
mental, social, etc.
“At all times, everywhere, there
will always be people who have
needs and problems BEYOND
their own capacities for
solution”.
 Reasons/Goals for Social Services

1. Humanitarian and Social Justice Goal

- People have potential to realize themselves
except forces hinder them; it is only just and right
for a man to help man; target clients are abandoned,
neglected, disadvantaged, marginalized clients.
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2. Social Control Goal

- Deprived and needy individuals and groups may
strike out individually or collectively against what they
consider as alienating or offending society.
Reasons/Goals for Social Services

3. Economic Development Goal

- Programs to support increases in the

production of goods and services, and other
resources that would contribute to economic
development.
Reasons/Goals for Social Services
 Services which directly contribute to increased productivity:
counseling, rehabilitation of handicapped workers, skills
training for unemployed/underemployed, services for farmers,
labor welfare services, etc.
 Services
which prevent or relieve the burden of dependence on
adult workers of such dependents at the very young as well as
the very old, the sick, the disabled, etc. : day care centers,
home for the aged, health clinics
Reasons/Goals for Social Services
 Services which prevent or counteract the disruptive effects of
urbanization and industrialization on family and community
life such as family life services, leadership training programs,
and community services that which enhance or develop self-
reliance and therefore promote people’s own capacities for
problem-solving.
Social Work
Social work is a practice-based profession and an
academic discipline that promotes social change and
development, social cohesion, and the empowerment
and liberation of people. Principles of social justice,
human rights, collective responsibility and respect for
diversities are central to social work. Underpinned by
theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and
indigenous knowledge, social work engages people and
structures to address life challenges and enhance
wellbeing. (IFSW)
Social Work
- concerned with man’s adjustment to his environment; a
person (or groups) in relation to a person’s social
situation.

Social functioning
- the performance of one’s various roles in society.
 Reasons for ineffective social
functioning
1. Personal inadequacies
2. Situational inadequacies
3. Both personal and social inadequacies
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1. Specific concrete provisions/forms of
help/assistance given to people based on their
needs (covers all aspects of living – physical,
mental, social, etc.
2. This goal believes that people have potential to
realize themselves except forces hinder them.
3. This view/conception sees social welfare as “regular”
proper, legitimate function of modern society
4. In your understanding, what is social functioning?

5. Give an example of an ineffective social

functioning due to both personal and social
inadequacies.

6. Give one (1) example of service under economic

development goal.
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simultaneously with public assistance? Why and
why not?

9. Employer liability, provident funds, and social

insurance are example of what category of social
welfare?

10. What is your understanding of social welfare?