Course : Social Work Semester: 2nd Semester School Year: 2024-2025

Practice in
Working with Individuals and
Families
Class Schedule :TTh 9:00- Instructor : Thelma F. Banal
10;30am
Course Description: This course focuses on theories, principles, methods, approaches and
techniques in assessment and interventions in working with individuals and families

Course Outline

SCHEDULE TOPIC
Week 1-2 I. Overview of the course
-Definition of casework

-Historical Development of casework

Highlighting women and men contribution

Ethical considerations, values, principles

Week 3-5 II. Components of Social Casework
a. Person
b. Problem
c. Place
Theories and perspectives relevant to assessment and interventions
in working with individuals and families
-Gender Responsive Approach
-Strengths – based perspective
- Ecosystem
- Family Systems
- socio-behavioral-psychological theories
- anti-oppressive/anti-discriminatory practice

Week 6-8 III. Helping Relationship

a. Client –Worker Relationship
b. The relationship Components
c. Guiding Principles
Consideration:
-Cultural orientation
-Religion/affiliation
-Gender
-Educational background & the like
 Week 9 MIDTERM
IV. Problem solving framework vis-à-vis helping process in social
work

A. Engagement
- intake
Week 10-14 B. Assessment
-tools (genogram, eco-map, rapid assessment instrument, etc.)
C. Goal Setting and Planning
- goal formulation
- objective-setting
- programming
D. Intervention
*Helping Models & Approaches
-Problem-solving
-Task centered Approach
-Crisis Intervention
- Psychosocial Approach
-Total Family Approach
E. Evaluation
F. Termination
Week 15-17 V. Case Management

Roles and Functions and skills of the social worker in case

management
Cases
-Gender-based Violence Cases
-Gender Responsive Case Management
-Types of Violence committed against women
- Methods and Tools in GRCM
-Working with discriminated Individuals and Families:
-LGBTQI
-PWD
-Survivors of Gender based violence
-Women & Child in Prostitution/Human Trafficking

VI. Processing and evaluation of the course

Week 18 FINAL EXAMINATION

Course Requirements

Course Learning Outcomes Required Output

1. Explain social work practice with Portfolio containing:
individuals vis-à-vis conventional versus  Assessment Results
 rights-based casework theories and  Major Examination Results
methods, internalize the values &  Social Case Study Reports
principles of working with individuals &  PPT presentations
families.

2. Review of theories & perspectives

relevant to assessment & interventions in
working with individuals & families,
explain and analyze the problem solving
framework vis-à-vis the helping process
in working with individuals & families in
the Philippine context and apply the
problem solving framework in various
cases handled by social workers such as
children, women and special cases
(LGBTQR).

3. Internalize and practice the principle of

self-awareness and confidentiality in the
application of the problem solving
framework in the various cases, discuss
& illustrate the case management
process and identify the roles & functions
of social workers.

4. Recognize and examine the selected

cases of gender-based violence to
women & children and how the helping
process is applied and show respect to
feelings & behavior to clients with
gender-based issues.

5. Demonstrate beginning competencies in

working with individuals & families
utilizing the tools, techniques, principles,
problem-solving process and case
management and Internalize appropriate
behavior or attitude in the handling of
cases, e.g. patience, maturity, altruism,
etc.

6. Present a case study report of the cases

handled.
Course Policies Grading System
1. To ensure successful completion of 1. There will be 2 rating periods. Mid-
this course, students are expected to term and Finals.
arrive for class on time and to remain 2. The grades for each rating period
in class until the end of the class shall be computed as:
session.
2. All students are expected to behave 60% Class standing will be distributed as
with academic honesty. It is not follows:
academically honest to misrepresent 10% Attendance
another person’s work as your own, to 10% Class Participation
take credit for someone else’s words 10% Reporting
or ideas, to obtain advanced 10% Project
information on confidential test 20% Total Quizzes
materials, or to act in a way that might
harm another student’s chances for 3. Average Grade (Mid-Term Grade +
academic success. Final Grade)
3. All students are expected to take
Major Exams (Mid-term/Finals) on the
specified day. In general, no make-up
test or re-test will be given except
when circumstances warrant but with
valid supporting documents
presented.
4. Other policies will be based on the
student handbook.
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Consultation Schedule: Monday and Wednesday

3:00-5:00 p.m
Prepared by : Approved:

THELMA F. BANAL ETHANIE IRISH A. GUILLENO, RN, RSW, MSW

Lecturer Program Head