4rolesfunctionsandcompetenciesofsocialworkers-221113065116-d22fdf42.pptx
- 1. ROLES, FUNCTIONS AND COMPETENCIES OF SOCIAL WORKERS Joerel D. Aganon J-Aaron Banaag
- 3. • For individuals and families, their role is that of an enabler helping people find solutions. • For formal groups and organizations, their role is that of a facilitator in aid of organizational development. • For community and society, their role is that of a planner facilitating research and planning. • Within the social work profession, their role is that of a colleague and a monitor in aid of professional enculturation and socialization.
- 5. 1. Counsel with individuals, facilitate groups, work with families, refine agency procedures, initiate new programs, lobby for legislative changes, organize community action, educate the public, conduct needs assessment, and evaluate practice and programs at various system levels and targets of change or social transformation.
- 6. 2. Enhance social functioning of individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
- 7. 3.Links client systems with needed resources 4.Improve the operations of the social service delivery network 5.Promote social justice through development of social policy
- 8. Typology of the Functions of Social Work •Consultancy •Resource Management •Education
- 9. Consultancy •Refers to the professional activities through which social workers and their clients plan, initiate, and pursue actions toward desired change. 18
- 10. Resource Management •Refers to the act of coordinating, systematizing and integrating resources and services needed to support social functioning, meeting needs and resolving problems.
- 11. Education •Refers to the provision of knowledge and critical information necessary for empowerment practice that facilitates informed decision- making, increased abilities, and gain access to opportunities and resources for a client.
- 13. Dubois and Miley Think critically Build and sustain relationships Execute empowering processes Use practical methods Analyze policies Communicate effectively Strong cultural and intercultural competence
- 14. Good computer literacy Conduct research Do social planning Perform crisis intervention Sound time management
- 15. Segal, Gerdes, and Steiner •Handle case management with various clients and population groups. •Perform direct practice depending on the needs of the client and the environment in which the social worker operate. •Conduct mediations among parties especially where one party is socially disadvantaged.
- 16. In gerontological context, perform program planning and administration in numerous setting In mental health setting, functions as case managers, advocates, administrators, therapists and to use research as basis for problem-solving and choice of intervention in empirically based practice In school system, analyze the transactions between students, teacher, parents, and the school system.
- 17. In the judicial system, make the system fairer and more beneficial to both convicted criminals and their victims Pursue social change on behalf of vulnerable and oppressed individuals, eliminating economic inequality and poverty.