SHS

Disciplines and Ideas in the

Applied Social Science
Module 14

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HUMMS – Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Science
Module 14
First Edition, 2020

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La Union Schools Division
Region I

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Disciplines and Ideas in
the Applied Social
Science
Module 14

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 Target

Being a social worker is an inspiring and valuable career. A social worker is

one who helps individuals and other groups of people in finding solutions to the
problems they are encountering. An aspect of this is teaching the skills and to
overcome the situations that disrupt their family life. Moreover, developing
technique like guidance counseling to guide them to continue living amidst life’s-
obstacles.

In your previous lesson, you have learned the various roles, functions and
competencies.

This learning material consists of discussions and worksheets that will help
you understand the working areas of social workers.

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

 identify specific work areas in which social workers work (HUMSS_DIASS
12-If-20)

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 Jumpstart

Get Ready! Answer the following activities.

Have fun and good luck!

Activity 1: JUMBLED WORDS

Directions: Arrange the jumbled words in Column A to define the given statements
in Column B. (5pts)

Column A Column B
YILAMF REAFWEL 1. This includes services to situations that seriously
_______________________ disrupt family life.
ALTHEH 2. This work of specialization helps patients and
_______________________ their families in clinics, hospitals, and other
health care facilities.
NEMALT EALTHH 3. This area provides aid to people suffering from
mental and emotional stress.
_______________________
SREKROW OOLHSC 4. They assist students who have learning difficulties
______________________ and help them discover and develop their potentials.
DLIHC LEWAFRE 5. Their concern is to help a child who experienced
SROWREK trauma or a victim of child abuse.
________________________

Discover

Areas of Specialization of Social Work

It is necessary to have full professional training like finishing a college

degree, master’s degree or even a doctor’s degree in professional social work. The
following covers the five major fields of social work.

1. Family and Child Welfare. A social worker deals with some situations to
help a child who experienced trauma or a victim of child abuse and help
parents find the right means to help their child who is experiencing from

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 severe and serious mental illness. They also render services to families in
situations that seriously obstruct family life that includes the following:
a. In support of improving client’s family life, physical or mental
illness, unemployment and divorce
b. Child welfare programs or services like adaption, daycare, foster
child care and care for children with disabilities and helping
children and their families who are physically and mentally
abused
2. Health. Their concern is to help patients and their families in clinics,
hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The other area of specialization
also includes the following:
a. They provide physicians information about the social and
economic background of patients and counseling in maternal
and child care
b. They also help patients/clients and their families to deal with the
impact of illness and death and counsel patients who have been
discharged to cope up and return to everyday life.
3. Mental. They deal with disturbed children and adolescents who have a
behavioral and learning problems. And they make an assessment of the
factors that contribute to the problems and provide aid to other people
who are also suffering from mental and emotional stress and conduct
family and other kinds of mental health interventions.
4. Correction. Their primary concerned is in the program with the
prevention of crime and the rehabilitation of criminals and provide
advises and counsel to people who are on probation or parole.
5. School. This area of specialization of school social workers includes the
following:
a. Vocational counseling
b. School adjustment counseling
c. Help with behavioral management
d. Personal problems
e. Assist students who have difficulties in learning and motivate
them to work on their potentials.

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 Explore

The following are some enrichment activities for you to work and strengthen your
learning from this lesson.

Enrichment Activity 1. Draw Me!

Direction: Draw one (1) example of services given by each of the following areas of
specialization of social workers.

a) Family and Child Welfare Workers

b) Mental Workers
c) Health Workers
d) Social Workers in Corrections
e) School Social Workers

Things Needed:

Separate sheets of bond paper

Pencil
Crayons

RUBRICS FOR SCORING THE OUTPUT

SCORE 10 15 20
Drawing helps Drawing helps Drawing helps
explain the a few explain the explain all the
CONTENT details of the majority of the details of the
content. details of the content
content
Drawing is illegible Drawing is legible Drawing is clearly
and details are in and details are legible and details
CLARITY and small size. visible, hence some are large and clear
SIZE
details are vague. enough.

Mistakes/Erasures Mistakes/Erasures Mistakes/Erasures

of the drawing are of the drawing is of the drawing is
NEATNESS untidily done. neat but small dirt neat and the colors
are seen. are nearly done/

TOTAL- 45 POINTS

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Assessment 1. Fill Me

Directions: Fill in the blanks. Choose your answer from the box below. Use a
separate sheet of paper for your answers.

Social Workers corrections terminally ill

family welfare trauma in school

1. ______________ provide vocational counseling, school adjustment counseling,

and help with behavioral management and personal problems.
2. Social health workers help or care for someone who is seriously or
___________.
3. Family and Child Welfare Workers' deal with all sorts of situations such as
helping a child who has experienced __________.
4. Social workers ___________ are involved with programs concerned with the
prevention of crime and the rehabilitation of criminals.
5. _________ includes services to families in situations that seriously disrupt
family life.

Enrichment Activity 2. Take A Note

Directions: Briefly discuss the working area of each social worker.

Family and Child

Welfare Social Workers

Social Workers in
School

Mental Social Workers

Social Workers in
Corrections

Health Social Workers

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 Rubrics for Scoring the Output

SCORE 5 10 15
The answer is not The answer talks The answer
connected to what about what is directly talks
is being asked in being asked in about what is
each item. each item, hence being asked in
CONTENT
there are each item all
information information are
included that are necessary.
unnecessary.
The answer The answer The answer
provided does not provided gives provided gives
CLARITY
give clear points. some clear points. clear and exact
points.
Output is written Output is written Output is written
NEATNESS illegibly and has a legibly, but with legibly and has no
lot of erasures. few erasures. erasure.
TOTAL- 30pts

Assessment 2. Word Hunt

Directions: Search the following words from the puzzle below. Use the attached
copy for your answer.

A. CORRECTIONS C. MENTAL E. SOCIAL

B. HEALTH D. TRAUMA

S G M E N T A L H I O
H A R U K H W A P F Y
E X T P F K Q I Y D T
A Q F Q R L S C G X F
L T C W W W D O B F W
T R A U M A F S N W D
H Y V Z R D V P M R G
Z K W A T A T Y W S A
R L D W Y Z O W Q X S
S N I O T C E R R O C

Good Job! You are almost done with this module. Now, are you ready to proceed?

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 Deepen

Enrichment Activity 3: You can do it!

At this point, if you were to be a social worker, what working area would you
choose? Why would you choose it? Write your answer in a form of the following:

NOTE: Choose one among the given choices. You will be graded based on the
following rubric.

1. Poem that compose of four lines and four stanzas.

2. Song (Long bond paper)
3. Essay in 10 sentences only
4. Comic strip (Long bond paper)
5. Poster Slogan (¼ illustration board)

CRITERIA 5 10 15
The content of The content of The content of
the output is the output is the output is
from the based from the originally made
Originality
internet and internet, but is by the learner.
has no paraphrased.
paraphrasing.
The content of The content of The content of
the output has the output has the output
no clear relation to the talks about the
Content connection topic given topic given.
between the hence some
topic given. information is
misleading.
There are a lot There are There are no
of grammatical minimal grammatical
Grammar,
errors and grammatical errors and
spelling,
spelling errors errors and spelling errors
punctuation
in the output. spelling errors in the output.
in the output.
Total 30

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 Gauge

Assessment 3

A. Directions: Fill in the chart by briefly identifying the following areas of

specialization of social workers.

Social Workers Areas of Specializations

1. Family and Child Welfare

2. School

3. Mental

4. Social Worker In Correction

5. Health

Good Job! You are almost done with this learning material.

B. Directions: Read the following questions and encircle the letter of your answer
from the given topic.

1) What social work specialization covers services to families in situations

which seriously disrupt family life?
a) Family and Child Welfare
b) Health
c) Mental Health
d) Schools
2) Which of the following social work specialization helps patients and their
families in clinics, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities?
a) Family and Child Welfare
b) Health
c) Mental Health
d) Schools
3) All of these are the responsibilities in the area of specialization of mental
health workers EXCEPT?
a) Provide counseling in material and child care
b) Provide physicians information about the social and economic
background of patients.
c) Help patients and their families deal with the impact of illness
and death and counsel patients who have been
d) Assist students who have learning difficulties and help them work
their potential
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4) What social work specialization provides aid to people suffering from mental
and emotional stress?
a) Corrections
b) Family and Child Welfare
c) Health
d) Mental Health
5) What area of specialization of social workers assists students who have
learning difficulties and help them work their potential?
a) Corrections
b) Family and Child Welfare
c) Mental Health
d) School
6) Which of the following is NOT an area of specialization of school social
worker?
a) Vocational counseling
b) School adjustment counseling
c) Help with behavioral management
d) Child welfare program like adaption
7) Who are responsible in providing physicians information about the social
and economic background of patients?
a) Health Social Workers
b) Family and Child Welfare Social Workers
c) Social Workers in Correction
d) School Social Workers
8) Which of the following are Child Welfare Programs?
a) Adaption
b) Daycare
c) A only
d) Both A and B
9) What are the primary concerns of social worker in corrections?
a) Rehabilitation of criminals
b) Help in the prevention of crimes
c) Provide advises and counsel to people under probation or parole
d) All of the Above
10) Which of the following is the area of specialization of Family and Child
Welfare social worker?
a) Helps a child who experienced trauma
b) Renders Child welfare programs or services like adaption, daycare
c) A only
d) Both A and B

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 Learner’s Copy

Name: _______________________________________________________ Score: ___________

Assessment 2. Word Hunt

Directions: Search the following words from the puzzle below. Use the attached
copy for your answer.

A. CORRECTIONS C. MENTAL E. SOCIAL

B. HEALTH D. TRAUMA

S G M E N T A L H I O

H A R U K H W A P F Y

E X T P F K Q I Y D T

A Q F Q R L S C G X F
L T C W W W D O B F W
T R A U M A F S N W D
H Y V Z R D V P M R G

Z K W A T A T Y W S A

R L D W Y Z O W Q X S

S N I O T C E R R O C

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 Learner’s Copy

Name: _______________________________________________________ Score: ___________

Direction: Fill the chart by briefly identifying the following areas of specialization of
social workers.

Social Workers Areas of Specializations

1. Family and Child Welfare

2. School

3. Mental

4. Social Workers In Correction

5. Health

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References

Printed Materials:

Sampa, Elias M. (First Edition) Areas of Specialization of Social Work (pp.78-79),

Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences: Rex Bookstore, Inc.

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https://www.slideshare.net/angievibar/areas-of-specialization-and-career-
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