Study Guide Applied Social
Sciences
Goals and Scope of Social Work
Objectives:
• Enumerate the three main goals of social work.
• Explain the general scope of social work.
Goals and Scope of Social Work
• Challenges occur at the different levels of society.
• Social work aims to help individuals, groups, and communities cope
with the challenges they face.
Goals of social work
• Social work seeks to develop people and communities.
1. The goal on caring
• focuses on the well-being or welfare and comfort of the
individual or community
2. The goal on curing
• involves treating people
• covers the helping techniques
• facilitates the participation of the clients in the helping process
3. The goal on changing
• the active participation of social workers in social reforms
• improvement of the social services and quality of life
Scope of social work
• addresses various conditions in the society
• ranges from child development to interventions for people in need
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Sciences
Goals and Scope of Social Work
Objectives:
• Enumerate the three main goals of social work.
• Explain the general scope of social work.
Goals and Scope of Social Work
• Challenges occur at the different levels of society.
• Social work aims to help individuals, groups, and communities cope
with the challenges they face.
Goals of social work
• Social work seeks to develop people and communities.
1. The goal on caring
• focuses on the well-being or welfare and comfort of the
individual or community
2. The goal on curing
• involves treating people
• covers the helping techniques
• facilitates the participation of the clients in the helping process
3. The goal on changing
• the active participation of social workers in social reforms
• improvement of the social services and quality of life
Scope of social work
• addresses various conditions in the society
• ranges from child development to interventions for people in need
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