Social work Functions.

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Functions of social work

the enhancement of psychosocial functioning falls into three types the

·         Restorative

·         Preventive and

·         Developmental

The restorative function aimed at rehabilitation clients whose functioning has been impaired by physical mental or social difficulties it implies a temporary breakdown of normal functioning restoration may be curative or rehabilitative it is curative when it identifies control and or eliminates the factors in the interactional process that have caused the breakdown or impairment of social relationship it is rehabilitative when it attempts to reconstruct and or organize the patterns of interaction that has broken down then change or build new ones restoration implies the presence of psychosocial pathology such as those found among substance abusers the emotionally disturbed those under stress because of some traumatic experience and other similar situation social work is prevented when it goes to the early discovery control and elimination of those condition which may interfere with mental functioning as a means of preventing social work from performing prevention programs and services social dysfunctionIng among these are recreational and character building activities for children and youth supplemental feeding nurseries in preschool for the very young counseling and other social services for young adults as well as self-awareness the session for the youth women and men developmental social work is indigenous to the Philippines not only are the country's natural resources underdeveloped even the majority of its citizens are in the sense that they lack access to opportunities for self-advancement and the realization of their potentials developmental social work then refer to the provision of social assistance and services which will lead to the optimum development and fulfillment of the client's potentials it is concern with the building of strength for self-realization self-fulfillment and self-actualization and with ways of effectively coping with situation in life that may be the problematic challenging or stressful it is applied to the person whose social functioning is more or less normal or if the disabled have been restored to the problems that cause people so much suffering is not the only cause environmental or structural deficiencies in our country there are other factors that may impair the ability of some person to utilize available inaccessible resources this factor may be in the individual's own personality or character is when he is withdrawn reserved or shy and has difficulty in establishing social relationship or it may be in a certain values belief or tradition which hinder the person from taking advantage of certain opportunities which may be open to him and that's it.


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