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The Setting, Processes, Methods, and

The document discusses different settings for social work practice including government, private sector, civil society, schools, and communities. In government settings, social workers provide services through agencies assisting children, health care, schools, corrections facilities, veterans, and the elderly. They help formulate policies and programs. In private sectors, occupational social work assists employees. Civil society ensures accountability in government services. School social work addresses issues like harassment and discrimination. Community social work involves generalist practice at micro and macro levels, conducting needs assessments, and monitoring/evaluating effectiveness.

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The Setting, Processes, Methods, and

The document discusses different settings for social work practice including government, private sector, civil society, schools, and communities. In government settings, social workers provide services through agencies assisting children, health care, schools, corrections facilities, veterans, and the elderly. They help formulate policies and programs. In private sectors, occupational social work assists employees. Civil society ensures accountability in government services. School social work addresses issues like harassment and discrimination. Community social work involves generalist practice at micro and macro levels, conducting needs assessments, and monitoring/evaluating effectiveness.

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THE SETTING,

PROCESSES,
METHODS, AND
TOOLS OF SOCIAL
WORK.
GOVERNMENT SETTING
• OFFERS THE WIDEST SPACE FOR A VARIETY OF
SOCIAL WORK SERVICES.
• THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS SOCIAL WELFACE
PROGRAMS, AS PROVIDER OF PENSIONS AND
IN ITS CAPACITY AS ENFORCER AND
MANAGER OF JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONAL
SYSTEM AND INSTITUTIONS.
THE RANGE OF GOVERNMENT SETTINGS IN WHICH SOCIAL WORKERS
PRACTICE INCLUDE:

• AGENCIES SERVING CHILDREN


• HEALTH CARE.
• SCHOOLS
• FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
• SETTINGS THAT SERVE OLDER ADULTS
• AGENCIES SERVING MILITARY VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY
PERSONNEL.
IN ALL THESE AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS, SOCIAL WORKERS PERFORM A VARIETY OF
PROFESSIONAL TASKS AND FUNCTION FOR THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

THEY PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN FORMULATING POLICIES AND DEVELOPING PROGRAM


STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE FOR FEDERAL PRORAMS.
PROFESSION A L SOCIA L WORK R=TEN D S TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WE LFA RE
FIE LD .

SOCIA L WORK IS U SED TO IM P LEM EN T GOVE RN M EN T IN ITIA TIVES TO PROVID E


PU BLIC WEL FA RE ASSISTA N CE.

D SWD D OE S A LOT OF WORK M OSTLY IN THE AREA S OF WOME N A N D CHILD


WE LFARE.
PRIVATE SECTORS SETTING

•In the private sectors


particularly corporate setting,
occupational social work is
practiced.
5 STRUCTURES OF SOCIAL WORK
• EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGAMS
• LABOR UNION SOCIAL SERVICES
• HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICES
• COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE
• ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.
CIVIL SOCIETY SETTING
• SEES ITSELF AS A CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE WIYH REGARD
TO ENSURING ACCOUNTABILTY IN GOVERNMENT
SERVICES.
• DELIVERS MOTIVATIONAL NEEDS,
SECURITY,BELONGINGNESS, SELF ESTEEM NEEDS.
• ORGANIZED BY THE SOCIAL SECTOR, REPRESENTING ANY
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUP.
SCHOOL SETTING
• IS A SOCIAL SERVICE AND WITHIN IT LIES SIMILAR
SITUATIONS THAT ARISE ELSEWHERE
• EX: Human rights, injustice, violence, sexual
harassment, discrimination. Etc
• School does also work with communities
• Community service where students and teachers wrk
with communities to give voluntary service.
COMMUNITY SETTING
• CONSISTS AND REPRESENT ALL KINDS OF SOCIAL WORK
SERVICES
• SOCIAL WORK IN COMMUNITY SETING IS ESSENTIALLY
DEFINED BY SOCIAL POLICY AND REALITIES
• PRIMARLLY CALLS FOR GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK
PRACTITIONER WHO POSSESS A BROAD RANGE OF TRAINING
• ORIENTS SOCIAL WORK TO A GENERALIST FRAMEWORK THAT
DIVIDES WOR INTO MICRO-PRACTICE AND MACRO-PRACTICE
CONDUCTING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS,
GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES

• SOCIAL WORK SERVICES ARE NOT LAUNCHED WITHOUT


CAREFUL AND PROPER PLANNING
• STEPS TAKEN TO SYSTEMATICALLY IDENTIFY THE ACTUAL
NEEDS
• DONE THROUGH INTERVIEWS, OBSERVATION, AND SURVEYS
THAT ARE DONE IN A SETTING
• THE RESULT WILL BE THE BASIS OF PLANNING
MONITORING AND EVALUATING
SOCIAL WORK EFFECTIVITY
• IMPLEMENTATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A DETAILED
PROCESS DOCUMENTATION TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN BOTH SIDES, THE SOCIAL WORK, AND ON
THE RECIPIENTS OF SERVICE
• AT THE END OF THE INTERVENTION A MORE
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACTS AND
INFLUENCE OF THE SERVICES ON THE RECIPIENTS IS DONE
TO DETERMINE THE EFFICACY OF THE PROGRAM

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