KNOWLEDGE AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION IN SOCIAL

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KNOWLEDGE AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION IN SOCIAL

WORK

UNIT 1

SOCIAL WELFARE, SOCIAL SERVICES AND SOCIAL WORK

OUTLINE

I.SOCIAL WELFARE

a.Definition b.Views or Conception Categories c.Goals d.Societal Response to Unmet Needs

II.SOCIAL SERVICE

a.Definition b.Needs for Social Service c.Motivations or Reasons for Providing Social Service

III.SOCIAL WORK

a.Definition of Social Work b.Definition of Social Worker c.Definition and Categories of Social Work Practice d.Generic Terms in Social Work SOCIAL WELFARE, SOCIAL SERVICE AND SOCIAL WORK (interralated)

SOCIAL WELFARE

•covers practically everything that men do for the good of the society.•is an organized concern of all people for all people (Gertrude) •the organized system of social services and institutions, designed to aid individuals and groups to attain satisfying standards of life and health. (Walter Friedlander) •includes laws, programs, benefits and services which assure or strengthen provision for meeting social needs recognized as basic to the well-being of the population and the better functioning of the social order (Elizabeth Wickenden) oprovisions may be directed toward… ▪Strengthening existing arrangements ▪Mitigating the hardships or handicaps of particular individuals and groups ▪Pioneering new services ▪Stimulating a better adaptation of the social structure including creation of new programs as needed ▪Combination of all these approaches to social needs •All the organized social arrangements which have their direct and primary objective the well-being of people in a social context. It includes a broad range of policies and services which are concerned with various aspects of people’s lives – their income, security, health, housing, education, recreation, cultural traditions, etc. (Pre-Conference Working Committee for the 15 th International Conference on Social Welfare)

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