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Social work is an academic discipline and profession aimed at enhancing social functioning and well-being while promoting social change and empowerment. Its principal goals, as identified by Morales and Sheafor, include caring for individuals and communities, curing social functioning issues through various therapeutic techniques, and changing societal structures to address poverty and social disintegration. Ultimately, social work seeks to value human well-being and support vulnerable individuals in achieving success and social justice.

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Goals of Social Work - PDF 2

Social work is an academic discipline and profession aimed at enhancing social functioning and well-being while promoting social change and empowerment. Its principal goals, as identified by Morales and Sheafor, include caring for individuals and communities, curing social functioning issues through various therapeutic techniques, and changing societal structures to address poverty and social disintegration. Ultimately, social work seeks to value human well-being and support vulnerable individuals in achieving success and social justice.

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Goals of

Social Work
Presented by GROUP #1
What is Social Work?
Is a both academic discipline and profession that concerns

itself with individuals, families, groups and communities in an

effort to enhance social functioning and overall well-being. It

also promotes social change and development, social

cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people in

the society.
What is Social Functioning?
Refers to the way in which people perform their social roles,

and the structural institutions that are provided to sustain

them. Social functioning plays a crucial role in understanding

what is social work.


GOALS of SOCIAL WORK
The principal mission of social work profession is to develop

human beings and assist other institutions in attaining the

basic human needs of the people and in empowering the lost,

the least and the last. Morales and Sheafor (1983) specified

three (3) distinguishing goals of social work namely: caring,

curing and changing.


The Goal on Caring
Caring refers to the heart of social work and it focuses on the well-

being or the welfare and comfort of the individual and community.

The goal on caring involves the enhancement of the quality of life in

prisons, the upgrading and humanizing services in nursing homes and

juvenile facilities, and the constant advancement of care given to

populations in need.
The Goal on Curing
Curing refers to the aspect of treating people with problems in social
functioning. This covers a range of aiding techniques for individuals,
families, and groups.

Techniques are compose of: (a) popular counseling approaches


comprising of family therapy, behavior modification, reality therapy,
arid gestalt therapy; and (b) unpopular approaches such as Rolfing
therapy, psychomotor therapy, and psychodrama.
The Goal on Changing
Changing refers to the active participation of the social workers in

social reforms. This goal comes from a perspective that there is a

persistence of poverty, environmental destruction, and social

disintegration.
Conclusion
To conclude, the main goal and purpose of social work is to value
human well-being as a person in a community, society, and the world as
a whole. Dealing with the needs of vulnerable individuals to improve
their lives by providing direct support, advocacy, and policy, which
focuses on fostering human empowerment to achieve success by
conquering challenges and fulfill social justice.
Thank you
for Listening
Presented by GROUP #1

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