Clientele and audience in social work_20250126_163729_0000.pdf

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1. CLIENTELE
AND
AUDIENCE
IN SOCIAL
WORK

2. Kristine, Leo, Robert, and Michael are all graduates of social
work. After K graduation. the friends pursued different careers
in social work. Karen and Leo worked in a secondary technical
school, which caters to students coming from indigent families.
Robert opted to work in a nongovernmental organization, which
caters to urban poor communities in need of housing
assistance. Michael went back to his hometown and became a
staff of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office.
Kristine, who had her fieldwork during her senior year at the
Social Services Unit of the National Kidney and Transplant
Institute, eventually decided to join the ranks of social workers
there.

3. Social work and clientele and
audience
Social work professionals assist diverse individuals,
organizations, and communities to improve their social
functioning and achieve their full potential. Guided by
principles of empowerment, liberation, social justice, and
human rights, they provide services to a wide range of clients
in various settings. The work focuses on individuals, families,
and small groups, considering factors like genetics, prenatal
health, income, lifestyle, ethnicity, and developmental stage.

4. Individuals
Individuals discusses the practice of micro-social work, which focuses on
individual clients. It highlights the wide range of clients served, including
children, youth, adults with various challenges (mental health issues,
substance abuse, disabilities), and the elderly. It emphasizes that client
needs vary greatly depending on circumstances, with children facing issues
like maltreatment and exploitation. Interventions often involve families,
encompassing child protection, family preservation, and substitute services
(foster care, shelters, independent living).

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The social work profession shows a bias toward assisting vulnerable populations
(poor, oppressed, marginalized) across various demographics (age, race, gender,
class, ethnicity). The ultimate goal is to improve social functioning and empower
vulnerable groups to exercise their rights and improve their quality of life. Finally, it
mentions that DuBois and Miley (2014) identified determinants of social functioning to
consider when working with individuals, families, and small groups.
Individuals

6. Social workers use groups as a form of social organization to
enhance individuals' personal functioning and social skills.
There are two main types of groups: task groups and
treatment groups. Task groups focus on achieving specific
objectives and collaboration with professionals, while
treatment groups are more flexible and encourage open
communication. Treatment groups include support,
educational, growth, and therapy groups, each designed to
address specific needs and facilitate personal growth or
recovery. Socialization groups help transitions across
developmental stages by enhancing interpersonal
relationships or social skills. Recreation groups provide
entertainment, enjoyment, and shared interaction, while self-
help groups focus on coping with addiction, cancer, or
obesity. These groups are facilitated by nonprofessionals
with personal experience on the issue being addressed.
GROUPS

7. Support groups help members deal with life
stresses by building coping skills for future
challenges, like cancer patients sharing their
experiences.

8. Educational groups focus on helping members
understand themselves and society, such as
adolescent sexuality discussions.

9. Growth groups, or encounter groups, aim for self-
development and personal change, particularly
for those with low self-esteem.

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Therapy groups assist in overcoming
maladaptive behaviors and personal issues,
emphasizing support and rehabilitation.

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Socialization groups help individuals transition between
developmental stages by enhancing social skills and
relationships through structured activities and exercises.

12. THANK YOU
Social workers provide services to communities by identifying and
addressing issues that cause dysfunction. They study power and
social structures within communities. Community organization,
defined by Caragay (2014), is the process of working together to
solve problems and empower people. Successful community
efforts require representation from community groups. This belief
emphasizes that collaboration can improve lives. Social workers
enhance cooperation by developing awareness, identifying
leaders, forming alliances, and building capacity for sustainable
development. Examples of community projects include coastal
resource management and rehabilitation programs. Rothman
proposed three models of community work: social action, locality
development, and social planning.
COMMUNITY

13. Locality development or community development is a process designed to create
conditions of economic and social progress for the whole community with its active
participation and the fullest possible reliance on the community's initiative. It
emphasizes democratic procedures, voluntary cooperation, self-help, develop- ment of
indigenous leadership and educational objectives.

14. Social action presupposes a disadvantaged segment of the population that
needs to be organized, perhaps in alliance with others, to make adequate
demands on the larger community for increased resources or treatment more
in accordance with social justice or democracy, aims at making basic
changes in major institutions or community practices. It seeks redistribution
of power, resources, or decision- making in the community and/or changing
basic policies of formal organizations.

15. Social planning emphasizes a technical process of problem-solving with regard
to substantive social problems. Rational, deliberately planned, and controlled
changes are central. It includes the ability to manipulate large bureaucratic
organizations. It is concerned with establishing, arranging, and delivering goods
and service to people who need them.

16. Social work practitioners in communities also take part in
government-initiated programs or that of civil society organizations'
programs and services. An example of a government-initiated
program in which social workers are involved is the Kapit Bisig Laban
sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social
Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), which is a poverty alleviation program of the
National Govern- ment implemented by the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD). Community needs addressed by
social workers are mainly on health, welfare, and livelihood. Social
workers also help in improving local economies and in bridging
individuals, groups, and organizations with institutions, systems, and
processes. They also advocate reforms to address policies and other
factors that perpetuate marginaliza- tion and victimization of
community members.