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1. ROLES, FUNCTIONS
AND COMPETENCIES
OF SOCIAL
WORKERS
Joerel D. Aganon
J-Aaron Banaag

2. ROLES
SOCIAL
WORKERS
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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.

4. FUNCTIONS OF
SOCIAL WORK
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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.
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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.

12. Competencies of Social
Work

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.

18. THANK
YOU!
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