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SW 2-Philippine Social Realities and Social Welfare: Justine Price Danielle G. Bunales, RSW Professor

This document defines social welfare and discusses its conceptions and goals. It also defines related terms like social work and social services. Social welfare is defined by various sources as organized efforts to help people meet basic needs and live satisfactory lives. It includes laws, programs and institutions that strengthen social provisions. There are two conceptions - residual sees it as temporary aid, while institutional sees it as a proper function to help those with needs. Social services aim to promote social justice, social control, and economic development. Social work helps people adjust to their environment and addresses problems from personal or situational inadequacies that impact social functioning. The document outlines categories of social welfare programs and reasons for providing social services.

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SW 2-Philippine Social Realities and Social Welfare: Justine Price Danielle G. Bunales, RSW Professor

This document defines social welfare and discusses its conceptions and goals. It also defines related terms like social work and social services. Social welfare is defined by various sources as organized efforts to help people meet basic needs and live satisfactory lives. It includes laws, programs and institutions that strengthen social provisions. There are two conceptions - residual sees it as temporary aid, while institutional sees it as a proper function to help those with needs. Social services aim to promote social justice, social control, and economic development. Social work helps people adjust to their environment and addresses problems from personal or situational inadequacies that impact social functioning. The document outlines categories of social welfare programs and reasons for providing social services.

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SW 2-PHILIPPINE SOCIAL REALITIES AND

SOCIAL WELFARE
Justine Price Danielle G. Bunales, RSW
Professor
Social Welfare
Definitions of social welfare:

-Gertrude Wilson-characterizes social welfrae as an organized concern of all people for all people

-Walter Friedlander- defines social welfare as “the organized system of social services and institutions,
designed to aid individuals and groups to attain satisfying standards of life and health

-Elizabeth Wickenden- Social Welfare includes those laws, programs, benefits and services which assure
or strengthen provisions for meeting social needs recognized as basic to the well-being of the population
and the better functioning of the social order. These provisions may be directed toward strengthening
existing arrangements; mitigating the hardships or handicaps of particular individuals and groups;
pioneering new services; stimulting a better adaptation of the social structure including the creation of new
programs as needed; or a combination of all these approaches to social needs.
Pre-Conference Working Committee for the XVth
International Conference on Social Welfare-defines social
welfare as all the organized social arrangements which
have as their direct and primary objective the well-being of
people in a social context. It includes the broad range of
policies and services which are concerned with various
aspects of people’s lives-their income, security, health,
housing, education, recreation, cultural traditions.
Society responds to unmet needs or problems through the following ways:
1.Individual and group efforts-systematic and voluntary efforts undertaken by
individuals and /or groups in response to the unmet needs of people in a
community
2.Major societal institutions which have their designated roles and
responsibilities for meeting human needs-the family, the church, the
government, cooperatives and labor unions are major institutions. Social forces
bring about changes which can affect the effectiveness of these institutions in
performing their social welfare function. Institution-building should therefore be
a serious continuing effort because of its crucial implications for the welfare of
human society.
3.Social agency-whether under public or private auspices, a social agency is a
major provision for helping people with their problems. It is an integral part of a
community’s institutionalized network of services for its members. The
professional social worker in the Philippines is usually employed by a social
agency.
There are two (2) views or conceptions of social welfare: Residual and Institutional

Residual formulation conceives of the social welfare structure as temporary, offered during
emergency situations and withdrawn when the regular social system-the family and the
economic system-is again working properly. Social welfare activities of this kind, because of
their residual substitute characteristic, often carry stigma of “doles”, or “charity”.

Institutional formulation, in contrast sees social welfare as a proper, legitimate function, in


contrast, sees social welfare as a proper, legitimate function of modern society. That some
individuals are not able to meet all their needs is considered a “normal” condition, and helping
agencies are acceoted as “regular” social institutions, our own Philippine constitution (1987)
reflects the institutional view in the following words:

That the state shall promote a just and dynamic social order that will ensure the prosperity and
independence of the nation and free the people from poverty through policies that provide
adequate social services, promote full employment, a rising standaard of living, and an
improved quality of life for all.
Social welfare programs usually fall under the following categories:

1.Social security-this refers to the whole set of compulsory measures instituted


to protect the individual and his family against the consequences of an
unavoidable interruption or serious diminution of the earned income disposable
for the maintenance of a reasonable standard of living.
2.Personal social service-these refer to service functions whic have major
bearing upon personal problems, individual situations of stress, interpersonal
helping or helping people in need, and the provision of direct services in
collaboration with workers from government and voluntary agencies.
3.Public assistance-this refers to material/concrete aids/supports provided,
usually by government agencies, to people who have no income or means of
support for themselves and their families for reasons such as loss of
employment, natural disasters.
Social services
Reasons for providing social services:

1.Humanitarian and Social Justice Goals

-this goal is rooted in the democratic ideal od social justice, and is based on the belief that man has the
potential to realize himself, except that physical, social, economic, psychological, and other factors
sometimes hinder or prevent him from realizing his potentials.

2.Social Control

-this goal is based on the recognition that needy, deprived, or disadvantaged groups may strike out,
individually and or collectively, against what they consider to be alienating or offecding society.

3.Economic Development Goal

The economic development goal places priority on those programs designed to support increases in the
production of goods and services, and other resources that will contribute to economic development.
Social Work

-it is the profession which is concerned with man’s


adjustment to his environment; a person or groups in
relation to a person’s social situation. This is referred to a
person’s social functioning which results from the
performance of his various social roles in society.
Social functioning problems are caused by the following:

1.Personal inadequacies or sometimes pathologies which may make it difficult for man to cope
with the demands of his environment

-personal inadequacies may be due to physiological factors like poor physical condition, wrong
attitudes and values, poor or unrealistic perception of reality, ignorance, and lack of skills

2.Situational inadequacies and other conditions which are beuond man;s coping capacities

- it referes to lack of resources and opportunities in society, the existence of resources or


opportunities in society, tvhe existence of resources or opportunities which however are beyond
the reach or coping capacities of people (such as the availability of employment,but only for
highly skilles or trained workers) and the existence of an unjust or exploitive situation such as in
the workplace, or in the community.

3.Both personal and situational inadequacies


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