Social Work: Goals, Scope, and Ethics
Social Work: Goals, Scope, and Ethics
Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
Manila Education Center Arroceros Forest Park
Antonio J. Villegas St. Ermita, Manila
Quarter 1- Week 5
Module 5
Most Essential Learning Competency:
1. Identi fy the goals and scope of social wor k .
2. Explain the pr inciples and cor e values of social wor k .
3. Explain the r oles and funct ions of social wor k er s.
4. Identi fy specific wor k ar eas in which social wor k er s
wor k .
5. Value r ights, r esponsibilities, and account abil ities.
6. Distinguish between ethical and unethical behavior s
among pr actitioner s.
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HOW TO USE THIS MODULE
Before starting the module, I want you to set aside other tasks that will disturb
you while enjoying the lessons. Read the simple instructions below to successfully
enjoy the objectives of this kit. Have fun!
1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every page of
this module.
2. Write on your notebook the concepts about the lessons. Writing enhances
learning, that is important to develop and keep in mind.
3. Perform all the provided activities in the module.
4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers using the answer key card.
5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.
6. Enjoy studying!
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EXPECTATIONS
You will understand the basic concept of social work.
Specifically, this module will help you to
identify and define the social work and its goals and scope.
comprehend the principles, roles and functions of social work and discuss its
core values
put into practice and be able to live the life as a social worker do.
Let us start your journey in learning more on the Discipline of
social work. I am sure you are ready and excited to answer
the Pretest. Smile and cheer up!
PRETEST
Directions: Write check mark () if you agree and an ex mark (×) if you disagree in
each statement indicated below.
_____ 1. Only social worker can do social work.
_____ 2. Not all can be a Social Worker.
_____ 3. Social work is a noble profession.
_____ 4. The goals, scope and principles of social work is the backbone of their
discipline.
_____ 5. As a profession, social work is concerned with the persons personal
problems and disregard the individuals social functioning to resolve the conflicts.
1. The _____________ process entails good listening skills and ability to demonstrate
care and empathy.
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3. The approach of _____________ in counselling and psychotherapy focuses on the
role of cognition in psychological functioning.
7-9. The _____________, _____________, and _____________ are the approaches and
methods in counselling in the theoretical orientation of cognitive-behavioral
theories: rational emotive behavior and transaction analysis.
10. The _____________ counselling approach focuses on the here and now.
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
From the typhoon, earthquake, fires, floods, volcano eruption among other
disasters, we had been able to surpass these. We had one another to make it
through. The innate nature of being a Filipino is to be both emphatic and
sympathetic to the difficulties of our fellowmen. And in this time of pandemic, no
one is left unaffected, yet everyone wants to help one another. Because as a
member of our community, we are bound to support those who are in need in our
society even if these include ourselves.
DISCUSSIONS
Lesson
The Discipline of Social Work
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Even in our small way we find means to support those who are in need.
Anyone is capable to help. But a hands-on profession that do good and of help to
underprivileged member of our society that undergoes the field of training and
study is called Social Work. According to the International Federation of Social
Workers, “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. The above definition may be amplified at
national and/or regional levels”. Thus, it is an academic discipline and profession
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that concerns individual adjustment to his/her environment referred as social
functioning.
The Goal on Caring- this is to develop a sense of personal and societal safety
and security by offering public service through social welfare programs.
o Link people with Systems That Provide Them with Resources,
Services, and Opportunities
o Promote the effectiveness and Humane Operation of Systems That
provide People with Resources and Services
o Promote Human and Community Well-Being
The Goal on Curing- this is to have a holistic development for physiological,
psychological, emotional and intellectual growth for the deprived members of
the community
o Enhance the Problem-Solving, Coping and Developmental Capabilities
of people
The Goal on Changing – This is to ensure that social justice and human
rights are being honored by the individual, the society and the government
and be able to design social welfare program to meet its need.
o Develop and Improve Social Policy
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PRINCIPLES AND CORE VALUES OF SOCIAL WORK
These serves as a guiding value on how the member of the organization
shaped their behavior and action in interacting with their clients and other people.
As mentioned by Dela Cruz (2016) the Council on Social work Education identified
and described six (6) values that are shared by the profession of Social Work. (1)
Right to self-fulfillment (2) Responsibility to Common Good (3) Responsibility of the
Society (4) Right to Satisfy basic Needs (5) Social organizations required to facilitate
individual’s effort at self-realization (6) Self-Realization and Contribution to Society.
While he stated, seven principles adhered by the social workers (1) Acceptance (2)
Client’s Participation in Problem Solving (3) Self-determination (4) Individualization
(5) Confidentiality (6) Workers Self-Awareness (7) Client-Worker Relationship
ROLES FUNCTIONS
(tasks that are expected to (responsibilities)
perform)
Rehabilitative-assisting people to determine
Broker, Counselor, Mediator, and settle or reduce problem form the
individual and the environment
Preventive- covers early detection, control and
Educator, facilitator elimination of situations that has a
damaging effect on the social functioning
Developmental- seeks to help individual make
full potential and capacities to enhance
Advocate, Organizer, Researcher
effectiveness of social and community
resources.
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ACTIVITIES
Activity 1.1 Picto-Analysis (Critical Thinking, Character Building,
Communication))
Direction: Analyze the picture given in each number. Fill out the box of the data
being asked. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
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ACTIVITIES
Activity 1.2 What If! (Critical Thinking, Character, Creativity)
Direction: Pretend that you are a Social Worker confronted with the following
cases How will you handle the case? How will you manage the situation, applying
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the core values and principles of a social work? Answer the questions on a sheet of
paper.
CASE 1: Ana is a senior high school student who as like everybody is affected by
the COVID-19 pandemic. She graduated with honor, but virtual graduation was
held. Supposed to be her OFW father, for 5 years not seeing the family will be back
home for that ceremony but of course that didn’t happen because of the pandemic.
Her mother is a typical housewife that do a buy and sell for their additional income.
But then again, her mother is considered to be a PUI of the virus and had to be
quarantined and later has been hospitalized. Leaving all alone in the house being
the only child, with all these circumstances she feels that her world is falling apart
and having this idea that it is a curse. She also started to disconnect even to her
friends. She feels that they might be affected to her misery and misfortune.
CASE 2: Due to pandemic, the government imposed the quarantine. And resulted
for the increase of domestic violence. One of them is Maria, who is a 15-year-old
child that plays also a mother to her siblings of eight because her mother has just
passed away. Her father is the one who only makes for their living as a cook in the
school canteen. But due to the situation her father lost his job and there is no
income for the family. What make Maria suffers the most is when they are all
beaten up by their father. Such as when he is under the influence of alcohol, when
she cannot give a single penny to him, and there is no food to eat.
ACTIVITIES
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CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
My Social Work
(Critical Thinking, Character, Creativity)
Direction: Think and list of the ways as part of your social work in your
community and surroundings Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper
using this semantic web
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REMEMBER
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.
The scope of social work is the wide range of services that this profession
provides to preserve the integrity and uphold its core values. Roles and
functions are likewise varied.
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POST TEST
Directions: Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen
letter on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Social work is demonstrated as a primary discipline in terms of these child
welfare services
a. Medical facilities c. Foster Care
b. School Programs d. None of the Above
6. Each person has the responsibility as a member of the society to seek ways
to contribute for the goodness of all
a. Responsibility to Society c. Responsibility to Self-Fulfillment
b. Responsibility to Common Good d. None of the Above
7. This involves respecting the clients as they are under any circumstances and
understanding the client’s behavior
a. Self Determination c. Individualization
b. Acceptance d. Confidentiality
9. The idea behind this principle is that the clients have the right to determine
their needs and how should they be met.
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a. Self Determination c. Individualization
b. Acceptance d. Confidentiality
Lesson
Professionals and
2 Practitioners of Social Work
EXPECTATIONS
You will understand the basic concept of social work.
Specifically, this module will help you to
identify specific work areas and career opportunities for social work
comprehend the rights, responsibilities, accountabilities, and code of ethics
ethical and unethical behaviors among professionals and practitioners in
social work.
PRETEST
Directions: Write FACT if the statement is correct, and BLUFF if it is not. You may
use separate sheet in answering this.
_____ 1. Being respectful, is a sign of social worker’s identity.
_____ 2. A core value of social work is competence.
_____ 3. There is a limited area of specialization in social work.
_____ 4. Social work has no code of ethics.
_____ 5. One goal of social work is to provide basic service.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. This is to have a holistic development for A. DEVELOPMENTAL
physiological, psychological, emotional and intellectual FUNCTION
growth for the deprived members of the community.
2. Covers early detection, control and elimination of B. GOAL ON
situations that has a damaging effect on the social CHANGING
functioning.
3. This is to ensure that social justice and human rights C. SOCIAL WORK AS
are being honored by the individual, society and EQUAL PARTNER
government and be able to design social welfare
program to meet its need.
4. Seeks to help individual make full potential and D. PREVENTIVE
capacities to enhance effectiveness of social and FUNCTION
community resources.
5. Support for people in long-term care facilities E. GOAL ON CURING
program such as nursing homes or other group living
facilities.
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Looking around, you may not notice them, but social workers are everywhere.
Just like the variety of individuals, families and communities so as the field of
social work. They can be found in every angle of our community life because it
includes a variety of specialization areas. Social work career paths look different, it
includes a variety of disciplines and workplace settings depending on the type of
social work professionals want to conduct.
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DISCUSSIONS
Going all through these world health issue, we can see the front liners are
everywhere. Not only to classify them as doctors, nurses and army/policemen. But
those who are as well fighting to defeat this pandemic. And of course, these also
includes the social workers. Social works that can be found in many faces and area
of specialization. That indeed still bounded by the values, rights, responsibilities
and accountabilities in which these determine their ethical behavior towards their
clients.
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Cultural Work closely with individuals and groups in the marginalized
Communities sector to minimize or eliminate discrimination.
Industry and Services on these field is for the welfare of employees and
Labor family
Education and Involves the transfer of social work knowledge and skills.
Training
International The international professional practice and capacity for
Social Work international action by the profession. Its dimension are
internationally domestic practice and advocacy, professional
exchange, international practice, and international policy
development and advocacy (Healy, 2001, as cited in Cox &
Pawar, 2006,19).
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the social work
profession
Ethical Social welfare, public participation, public emergencies, social
responsibility to and political actions
the broader
society
ACTIVITIES
Activity 2.1 My ideal Social Work (Critical Thinking, Character,
Creativity)
Direction: Cut an outlined man in a sheet of paper. Recall one role and function of
social worker and identify specific work areas does he/she belongs. What ethical
standards that you believe he/she must possess. Write your answer on the front
side of the cut out and explain your answer on the back part of it.
ROLE:
WORK AREA:
ETHICAL
STANDARD:
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ACTIVITIES
Activity 2.2 “CONTACT TRACING”
(Critical Thinking, Character, Communication)
Direction: In this time of pandemic, enumerate how are you affected with it and
your family? In which area of specialization of social work will you seek for
assistance? How does it help you? Write your answer on a separate sheet.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
ACTIVITIES
Activity 2.3 ETHICS (Critical Thinking, Character)
Direction: Give a situation in which you think there is ethical and unethical
standard of behavior among the social work. And answer why did you think so?
Answer on a separate answer sheet
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
Map it Out
(Critical Thinking, Character)
Directions: Using the concept map. How far have you learned from the lesson?
Filled up the boxes. Use another sheet of paper in answering.
SOCIAL WORK
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REMEMBER
A social worker is a practitioner who by accepted standards of training and
social work professional experiences, possess the skill to achieve the
objectives as defined and set by the social work profession using basic
methods of casework, group work, and community organization
There is a wide range of specialization area in social work which provides
different career opportunities for social workers. Such but not limited to
social work in health care, social work in school, occupational social work,
clinical social work, and in various agencies working for social welfare to
name a few. They can be found whether in private and government
institution institutions, non-government organizations, voluntary agencies,
and law enforcement agencies
The ethical standards usually define the rights, responsibilities and
accountabilities of the social work which guides the professionals to ensure
that there is a quality of service provided and guidelines of behavior.
POST TEST
Directions: Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen
letter on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Social worker may explore their careers in secondary settings that include the
following except:
a. Medical facilities c. Foster Care
b. School Programs d. None of the Above
2. The NASW identified the responsibility of social work profession and these are
the following
a. Integrity of Profession c. Evaluation of Research
b. None of the Above d. Both A and B
3. Privacy and confidentiality is an ethical standard in
a. responsibilities in colleague c. responsibilities as professionals
b. responsibilities to clients d. responsibilities in practice setting
4. The responsibility to the broader society that has been identified by NASW is
a. Public Emergencies c. payment to service
b. Derogatory language d. None of Above
5. It is a component in the ethical standard to colleagues that seek the advice and
counsel of co-worker
a. Sexual harassment c. Confidentiality
b. Consultation d. Referral Services
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6. Services on these field is for the welfare of employees and family can be found in
this specific work area.
a. Industry and labor c. Community Social Work
b. Mental Health d. Military and Veterans Social Work
7. Work closely with individuals and groups in the marginalized sector to minimize
or eliminate discrimination.
a. Industry and labor c. Psychiatric Social Work
b. International Social Work d. Cultural Communities
10. To provide relief from pain, improve quality of life, help to the people around of
an ill individual and in some cases, assist with trauma, sorrow and loss.
a. Hospice, and Palliative Care Social Work c. Community Social Work
b. Child, family, and school Social worker d. Community Social Work
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REFERENCES
Books
Dela Cruz, A., Fernandez, C., Valdez, V. (2016) “Discipline and Ideas in the Applied
Social Science”, Phoenix Publishing House
Naguit, J.,Gomez,R., Escasianas, J. “The Padayon Series Discipline and Ideas in
the Applied Social Science for SHS”, Mindshapers Co, Inc
Zastrow,C. (2009) “Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare Empowering
People 10th Edition” Brooks/Cole CENGAGE Learning
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REFLECTIVE LEARNING SHEET
Name ____________________________________________ Grade and Section ___________
School: ______________________ Date: _____________ Subj. Teacher: _______________
Journal Entry
We will look back at what we have covered, and we will synthesize your learnings
on those lessons.
1. How would you assess the services and assistance given by the Department
of Social Work and Development to the public in this COVID-19 crisis?
2. Aside from the Social Amelioration Program and relief packs provided by
DSWD, suggest some social works that can be of help in our present
condition.
3. Will you consider to be a social worker as your profession? Why or why not?
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ANSWER KEY
Lesson 1
PRETEST LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON POSTTEST
1. × 1. Counseling 1. C
2. 2. Freud 2. D
3. 3. Adler 3. A
4. 4. Jung 4. D
5. × 5-6. Rogers Person Centered Therapy 5. A
6. / Perls Gestalt Therapy 6. B
7. B
7-9. Ellies Rational Emotive Therapy
8. D
/ Beck’s Cognitive Therapy / Berne’s
9. A
Transactional Analysis
10. D
10. Gestalt
ANSWER KEY
Lesson 2
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PRETEST LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON POSTTEST
1. Fact 1. E 1. C
2. Fact 2. D 2. D
3. Bluff 3. B 3. B
4. Bluff 4.A 4. A
5. Fact 5. C 5. B
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. A
10.A
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