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Social Welfare Policies, Programs, and Services

This course outline covers social welfare policies, programs, and services over 18 weeks. It introduces concepts like social work definitions, stakeholders in social welfare, and principles of social welfare. Specific topics examined include models of social policy-making, context of policy-making, levels of policy-making, and laws and policies for vulnerable groups. Students will learn tools for policy analysis and apply them to analyze social welfare policies and programs. The course aims to provide competencies in understanding and evaluating social welfare systems and policies.

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Social Welfare Policies, Programs, and Services

This course outline covers social welfare policies, programs, and services over 18 weeks. It introduces concepts like social work definitions, stakeholders in social welfare, and principles of social welfare. Specific topics examined include models of social policy-making, context of policy-making, levels of policy-making, and laws and policies for vulnerable groups. Students will learn tools for policy analysis and apply them to analyze social welfare policies and programs. The course aims to provide competencies in understanding and evaluating social welfare systems and policies.

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SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES COURSE OUTLINE

WEEK 1

ACTIVITIES:

 Orientation
 Introduction
 Levelling of Expectations
 Introduction of Course Content and Requirements
 Course Reference
 Class Policies

TOPIC:

 Perspectives and Context of Social Welfare Policy-Making

WEEK 2

TOPICS:

 Introduction to Social Welfare Principles and Concepts


 Definition of Social Work: Global and Philippine Legal Definition
 Definition of Social Welfare
 Definition of Social Services, Programs, and Policies
 Implications of Social Work Definitions to Social Welfare

WEEK 3

TOPICS:

 Stakeholders/ Sectors Involved in Social Welfare


 Public/Government
 Private/ Non-Government Organization
 Voluntary
 Mutual Aid
 Informal

WEEK 4

TOPICS:

 Importance of Social Welfare Policy, Program, and Services in Social Work Practice
 What are Needs and Why is it Problematic/Controversial
 Equality vs. Equity
 Needs-Based Approach
 Human-Rights Approach
WEEK 5

TOPICS:

 Principles of Social Welfare


 Social Justice
 Human Rights
 Collective Responsibility
 Respect for Diversity
 Social Policy, Programs and Services, and Social Welfare/Development Agencies and How are
They Related to One Another

WEEK 6

TOPICS:

 Social Welfare and Social Protection


 Compare and Contrast their Relationship to One Another
 Different Social Welfare Perspectives
 Neoliberal Social Welfare
 Residual
 Institutional
 Developmental Social Welfare
 Development and Sustainable Development
 Gender and Development

WEEK 7

TOPICS:

 Social Welfare and Social Protection


 Emerging Discourse and How It is Practiced in the Philippines

WEEK 8

TOPICS:

 Social Welfare Policies, Policy-Making and Implementation


 Models of Social Policy-Making
 Stages and Steps
 Converting Policies into Programs and Services

WEEK 9

TOPICS:

 Context of Policy-Making
 Political
 Socio-Economic
 Cultural
 Natural Environment

WEEK 10

TOPICS:

 Sources of Funding Social Policies


 Levels of Policy-Making
 Global
o ASEAN
o UN
 National
o Executive
o Congress
o Judicial
 Local
o LGU
o Devolution
 Funding Social Policies, Sources, and Process of Budgeting
 Philippine Setting

WEEK 11

TOPICS:

 Social Welfare Laws and Policies for Different Poor, Marginalized, and Vulnerable Sectors
 Women
 Children
 Persons with Disabilities
 Senior Citizens
 Internally Displaced Persons
 Migrant Workers
 Indigenous People
 Informal Settlers
 Many others

WEEK 12

TOPICS:

 International Legal Instruments


 Conventions and Treaties
o United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR)
o United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children (UNCRC)
o United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women (UNCEDAW)
o The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
WEEK 13

TOPICS:

 National and Local Policies, Programs, and Services for the Marginalized and Vulnerable Sector

WEEK 14

TOPICS:

 Relevant Portions of the Philippine Development Plan of the Current Administration as it Applies
to Social Welfare and Development

WEEK 15

TOPICS:

 Selected Tools for Policy Analysis


 Stakeholder Analysis
 SWOT Analysis
 Force Field Analysis
 Gender Analysis

WEEK 16

TOPIC:

 Basic Skills in Using Policy Analysis Tools

WEEK 17

TOPIC:

 Competencies in Analyzing Social Welfare Policies and Programs Using Analytical Tool

WEEK 18

TOPIC:

 Ethical Considerations in Making Policies, Programs and Services


 Course Synthesis

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