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Topic I.

Review of Relevant Social Work/Welfare Concepts

Social welfare
❖ This is primarily a set of government programs intended to address the needs of
the public and improve the well-being of people. Social welfare programs and
services are developed in response to gaps and barriers that serve as obstacles
to meeting common human needs.
❖ “The organized system of social services and institutions designed to aid
individuals and groups to attain satisfying standards of life and health. (Friedlander,
1955)
❖ It includes those policies, laws, programs, benefits, and services which assure or
strengthens provisions for meeting social needs recognized as basic to the well-
being of the population and the better functioning of the social order. (Wickenden,
1965)

Social Problem
Gap between social ideal and social reality
Sociological definition: A social condition affecting a significant number of people
which may be remedied through collective action (Mckee and Robertson)
Social work definition: Caused by external source that harms their welfare and
can only be resolved by themselves in partnership with public and private sector
(Brueggemman)

What is a Program?
In social welfare, this is the term used for the set of projects that are usually
grouped together because of their similarity in function, purpose, and social
relevance.

A PROGRAM will have a range of strategies working towards defined outcomes.


It can include a collection of interrelated project activities, with a variety of methods

SW 28: SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAM/PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT 1


of intervention. It may be a mixture of development, relief, advocacy, networking
capacity building, etc.

What is a Project?
A set of organized activities, that utilize resources, undertaken over a specific
period of time, that results in output towards achieving a specific purpose.

1. Activities – A well-defined set of activities in logical sequence or order


2. Resources – activities utilize resources, these can be human, financial,
logistics, etc.
3. Timeline – activities are undertaken over a specific period of time, every
activity has its own start and end dates
4. Outputs – these are measurable deliverables that are immediate results of
activities done
5. Purpose – the reason for undertaking the project; it can be to address a
need, to exploit opportunities to benefit a selected target group

Typology of Social Welfare Projects


1. Projects based on initiator:
a. donor-driven (supply-based)
b. community-driven (demand-based)
2. Projects based on outcome:
a. residual - temporary, immediate, short term
b. developmental - aimed at enhancing capacities and promoting growth
c. transformative - changing social conditions
3. Projects based on goals:
a. economic
b. political
c. social
d. cultural
e. environmental

SW 28: SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAM/PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT 2

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