SOCIAL

WORK
SETTINGS

DAGDAG, CHARIZMA N. MRS BAUTISTA

EPICURUS OF SAMOS
SOCIAL WORK
IS PERFORMED AND EXISTED IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GOVERNMENT
DDEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITALS,
SOCIAL WELFARE UNITS, INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGED,
DISABLED, YOUTH, AND COREECTIONAL, PRIVTAE
INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS FAMILY AND MERRIAGE,
OFFENDERS OUTSIDE OF PRISON EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT, AND SOCIAL WORK IN CORPORATE AND
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
GOVERNMENT

BASICALLY , SOCIAL WORKERS ARE INVOLVED IN

RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, POLICY
ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING, STANDARDS
DEVELOPMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT INCLUDING CRISIS INTERVENTION AND
DISASTER RELIEF OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL
MARKETING AND SPECIAL PROJECTS SUCH AS PANTAWID
PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (4PS).
PRIVATE SECTORS

FOUND IN PRIVATE PRACTICE AND ARE OFFERING

VARIOUS KINDS OF SERVICE SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE FOLLOWING ADVOCACY, COUNSELING, MEDIATION,
POLICY AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH, CAPACITY BUILDING
ACTIVITIES, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY,
CONSULTANCY SERVICES, AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
CIVIL SOCIETY

ARE OFTEN EMPLOYED BY DIFFERENT CHILD CARING AND

CHILD PLACING SOCIAL WELFARE AGENCIES AFFERING
SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION, FOSTER CARE,
RESIDENTIAL CARE, INDEPENDENT LIVING ATC. OTHERS
ARE INVOLED IN MANAGING CASES CHILDREN IN CONFLICT
WITH THE LAW, CHILDREN IN NEED OF SPECIAL
PROTECTION, CHILDREN AFFECTED WITH HIV, CHILDREN IN
ARMED CONFLICT, ABUSED OR EXPLOITED CHILDREN,
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, TRAFFIKED CHILDREN
AMONG OTHRES.
schools

Are also hiring social workers to aid the

students in their adjustment in school as well
as guide them in their different scholastic
performance.
communtty
Social workers are also employed in different community
service centers. They are involved in counseling services
to individuals or families other are engaged in
community development work assisting groups or
communities to identify their needs and find means to
respond them. Some localities in the country employ
social workers at the barangay level and some
organizations deploy social workers to their adopted
communities to focus on community organizing and
provision of the organization programs and services
 Social
work
process
assesment

This involves the collection of necessary info.

: analysis and interpretation to reach an
understanding of the client, the problem and
the social context in which it exists
planning

The link between assesment and

intervention and its process translates
the content into a goal statement that
describes goals.
intervention

Has a lot terms in social literature which include

action, plan implementation , and treatment .
Intervention is concerned with the action that would
solve the clients problem.
evaluation

Defined as the collection of data about

outcomes of the program of action relative to
goals and objectivesv set in advance of the
implementatia on of that progarm. In social
work. It is continous process of gathering
information which ba utilized in an going
reassesment of objectives, intervention
plans, and even the problem definition which
is reffered to as ongoing evaluation.
termination
The helping process has a time limit therefore a social
worker is expected to discuss with the client expected
duration of the helping relationship .also the client
should be made aware that the client worker
relationship will not last long and that the interventions
and services will not stay for them forever.