OLIVAREZ COLLEGE TAGAYTAY

E. Aguinaldo Hi-Way, Crossing Silang, Tagaytay City

WEEKLY LESSON PLAN (WLP)
1st SEMESTER S.Y. 2023-2024

Subject Code: HUMSS 008

Subject Description: Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences
Week: 7
Inclusive Teaching Dates: October 2-6, 2023
I. Objectives
A. Content Standard:
The learners demonstrate an understanding of…
● Professionals and Practitioners in Social Work
B. Performance Standards:
The learners should be able to…
● Undertake participant observation (e.g., a day in the life of a social worker) to adequately
document and critique their roles, functions, and competencies.
C. Learning Competencies/Objectives:
The learners should be able to…
● Show an understanding of the roles and functions of social workers.

● Identify specific work areas in which social workers work.

● Identify career opportunities for social workers.

● Value rights, responsibilities, and accountabilities.

● Distinguish between ethical and unethical behaviors among practitioners

II. Content (Topic Covered)
● Professionals and Practitioners in Social Work
2.1 Roles, functions, and competencies of social workers
2.2 Areas of specialization in which social workers work
2.3 Career opportunities of social workers.
2.4 Rights, Responsibilities, Accountabilities, and Code of Ethics
III. Learning Resources
● Arcinas ,PhD. M.M. (2016). Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences.
Quezon, Philippines: Phoenix Publishing House, Inc.
● Dela Cruz A.R.; Fernandez C.; Melegrito M.L. Valdez Discipline and Ideas in Applied
Social Sciences Phoenix Publishing House
IV. Procedures:

A. Reviewing previous lesson Recall the lesson from last meeting about Professionals and
or presenting the new lesson Practitioners in Social Work
B. Establishing a purpose for Motivation
the lesson Give Your Insights
Directions: Give your insights about the pictures showing
scenarios that are in relation to social work.

C. Presenting Based on the picture, answer the following guide questions:

examples/instances of the new ● What can you say about the picture/s?
lesson
● What makes it social work?
D. Discussing new concepts
and practicing new skills # 1 • Presenting Powerpoint Presentation about
Professional and Practitioners in Social Work.

• Upload and read the Powerpoint Presentation about

Professionals and Practitioners in Social Work in the
google classroom.
Professionals and Practitioners in Social Work
There are several duties that a social worker typically
performs to the people and the community they serve.
Accordingly these are the roles and functions of a social
worker:
Broker
• The social worker is involved in the process of
making referrals to link a family or person to needed
resources. Social work professionals do not simply
provide information. They also follow up to be sure
the needed resources are attained. This requires
knowing resources, eligibility requirements, fees and
the location of services.
Advocate
• Social workers fight for the rights of others and work
to obtain needed resources by convincing others of
the legitimate needs and rights of members of
society.
• Social workers are particularly concerned for those
who are vulnerable or unable to speak up for
themselves.
Case Manager
• Case managers are involved in locating services and
assisting their clients to access those services. Case
management is especially important for complex
situations and for those who are homeless or elderly,
have chronic physical or mental health issues, are
disabled, victims of domestic or other violent crimes
or are vulnerable children.
Educator
• Social workers are often involved in teaching people
about resources and how to develop particular skills
such as budgeting, the caring discipline of children,
effective communication, the meaning of a medical
diagnosis and the prevention of violence.
Facilitator
• In this role, social workers are involved in gathering
groups of people together for a variety of purposes
 including community development, self-advocacy,
political organization and policy change.
• Social workers are involved as group therapists and
task group leaders.
Organizer
• Social workers are involved in many levels of
community organization and action including
economic development, union organization and
research and policy specialists.
Manager
• Social workers, because of their expertise in a wide
variety of applications, are well suited to work as
managers and supervisors in almost any setting.
• As managers, they are better able to influence policy
change and/or development, and to advocate, on a
larger scale for all under privileged people.
Area of Specialization in Social Work
PEOPLE THEY SERVE
Most social workers spend their days working with people.
The type of work social workers serve include:
• Children
• Other adults
• People with disabilities
• Patients with chronic, acute or terminal diagnosis
• People coping with grief or loss
• People with mental illnesses
• People struggling with addiction
WHERE THEY MUST WORK
Most social workers work in an office setting, though many
spend a large portion of their time visiting clients in their
homes, schools and in the community.
Social workers most often work in the following settings:
• Hospitals, medical clinics, and nursing homes
• Community mental health agencies and substance
misuse clinics.
• State and local governments including child welfare
agencies and departments of health and human
services.
• Schools and other youth-serving organizations
• Military bases and veterans affairs clinics
• Correctional facilities
• Private practices
E. Discussing new concepts Career Opportunities in Social Work
and practicing new skill # 2 HEALTH BOARD SOCIAL WORKERS
You could work in one of eight regionally based Health
Boards as a Community Care’ social worker for concerns
such as psychiatric illness, financial and environmental
difficulties, alcohol and drug-related problems, interpersonal
difficulties and abuse.
All cases dealt with by Health Board social workers include
a child/family dimension.
MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS
You could be employed as a medical social worker by
voluntary and health-board-run hospitals. You will offer
direct help where medical conditions are complicated by
social and emotional factors.
WORKING FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES
You could also work for local authorities as a housing
welfare officer (social worker), offering social services to
tenants, prospective tenants and/or travelers. This involves
liaising with housing and government departments.
 WORKING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
As a probation and welfare officer in the Department of
Justice, you may work with the adoption board, the courts,
or prisons and places of detention.
This involves making recommendations to the appropriate
authorities.
WORKING FOR VOLUNTARY AGENCIES
Voluntary agencies catering for specific interest groups also
employ social workers. These include charities, special
schools (run by religious groups or parents) and treatment
centers.
WORKING IN INDUSTRY
Social workers in industry (welfare workers) are concerned
with employees and pensioners of an organization, e.g.,
Army. The work can range from family problems to work
with pensioners and the elderly.
Rights, Responsibilities and Accountabilities and Code of
Ethics in Social Work
The rights of social work are partially outlined. Social work
foremost rights include the right to fulfill its professional
mandates and to live by its values. Its responsibilities cover
those that pertain to the dispensation of its basic functions,
roles, professional standards, and adherence to its local and
international codes of [Link] work is accountable to
the clients, the general public, and the society.
• The following are responsibilities of social workers
as to their field of specialization:
• To help children
• Assist those life-threatening problems
• Aid people in overcoming addictions
4. To protect and uphold respect for the inherent worth and
dignity of all people as expressed in the United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
5. Promoting social justice to the people generally and to the
people with whom they work.
6. To apply the professional values and principles set out
above to their practice.
7. They should act with integrity and treat people with
compassion, empathy and care.
• Accountability of social workers is to the clients,
colleagues, employers, professional associations and
to the law.
• Social workers are accountable for their actions to
the values and principles of the profession, which
require them to act in a reliable, honest and
trustworthy manner.
• They are answerable to their clients, professional
bodies like registered social workers (RSW),
certified social workers (CSW), licensed social
worker (LSW), licensed clinical social workers
(LCSW) and licensed independent social workers
(LISW) organization and the laws promulgated and
enforced by appropriate government agencies.
F. Developing mastery (Leads Categorize Me.
 to Formation Assessment 3) Directions: Copy the table and categorize the words or
phrases below as TO RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES and
ACCOUNTABILITIES of a social worker.
OPTIONS:
a. To fulfilling professional mandates
b. To live by its values
c. To the employers
d. To the clients
e. To help children
f. Assist those life-threatening problems
g. Aid people in overcoming addictions
h. To the society
i. To protect and uphold respect for the inherent
worth and dignity of people.
j. To the law
k. To the professional associations
l. To promote justice

RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES ACCOUNTABILITIES

G. Finding practical
applications of concepts and How will you value the rights and responsibilities of a social
skills in daily living worker?

H. Making generalization and Based on what you have learned how will you distinguish in
abstraction about the lesson social work the following:
1. Rights
2. Responsibilities
3. Accountabilities
I. Evaluating learning
Follow-up Question
Directions: Read and analyze the question given. Answer the
question in a paragraph form.
1. Based on what you have learned, what do you think
is the positive quality of a social worker that will
help the needs of your community?
J. Additional activities for
application or remediation Read in advance about Clientele and Audiences in Social
Work provided in the Google Classroom.

V. Remarks:

VI. Reflection
A. No. of learners who earned 80% on the
 formative assessment

B. No. of learners who require additional

activities for remediation

C. Did the remedial lesson work? No. of

learners who have caught up with the lessons

D. No. of learners who continue to require

remediation

E. Which of my teaching strategies worked

well?

F. What difficulties did I encounter which my

principal or supervisor can help me solve?

G. What innovation or localized materials did I

use/discover which I wish to share with other
teachers?

Prepared by:

MR. GERALD M. TOLEDO

MR. JOHN LESTER P. CUBILE
(Faculty)

Checked by:

MS. JOSELYN R. CAINONG

HUMSS Strand Coordinator

Approved by:

MS. CLARENCE A. CASTILLO, LPT

Principal