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SOCIAL WORK
ADMINISTRATION
TRENT ANGELO PUSOD

OBJECTIVES
The following objectives ensure that students of social work administration
are well-equipped to lead and manage in an ever-changing social, political,
and economic landscape, always with the primary aim of serving and
uplifting vulnerable populations.
Skill Development for Leadership and Management

Understanding Policy and Advocacy
Ensuring Ethical and Professional Practice
Evaluation and Program Improvement
Resource Management and Sustainability
Social Work Administration
Social work administration is a method SOCIAL

of social work concerned with the POLICIES
provision and distribution of societal
resources;
so as to enable people to meet their
needs, PROGRAMS &
and fulfill their potentials toward SERVICES
empowering their lives.
ADMINISTRATION: WHO?
According to Walter Friedlander, as a

secondary method of social work,
administration, is based upon the principles
and techniques of administration in general
but addressed to the specific social work
tasks of defining and solving human problems
and satisfying human needs.
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ADMINISTRATION: WHAT? common example of administration.
As a part of social work practice, the Code of Ethics equally

applies to it.
The same core values such as the worth and dignity of
persons, service, social justice, among others, apply to social
work administration.
THE GOVERNMENT
ADMINISTRATION: WHY?
In administration, there are greater chances of ethical

conflicts than being a direct service worker,
because of the greater number of stakeholders involved in the
organization and the need to meet numerous obligations
within and outside the organization.
MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL
WORK ADMINISTRATION:
Uses general administrative principles.
Uses social work philosophy, aims, and methods.
Primarily helps individuals, groups, and communities.
Relies on knowledge of human behavior, relations, and
organizations.
Ethics plays a central role.
Activities Undertaken in Social Work Administration
Harleigh Trecker spells out the following activities as major areas of
administrative work and responsibility:
Study and analyze the community
Determine agency purpose as basis for clientele selection or
people to be served.
Provide financial resources, budgeting, and accounting.
Develop agency policies, programs and procedures for the
implementation of agency purposes.
Select and work agency leadership, professional and
nonprofessional staff, boards, committees, and service
volunteers.
Activities Undertaken in Social Work Administration
Provide and maintain physical plant, equipment and supplies.
Develop a plan, establish and maintain effective community
relations and interpret programs.
Keep complete and accurate records of agency operations and
make regular reports.
Plan and conduct research on a regular basis.
Continuously conduct regular evaluation of program and
personnel.
IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL WORK ADMINISTRATION
Social work administration is the keystone for maximizing the

effectiveness of social work programs in the solution of social
problems and the betterment of social conditions for all
people.
Social work administration provides the framework for social
work practices that relates it to other agency functions. The
quality of social work practices greatly influenced by social
work administration.
ASPECTS OF SOCIAL WORK ADMINISTRATION
1. Functions: Address social needs and improve services for

communities.
2. Structure: Focuses on the organization and understands that a
social welfare agency embodies this structure.
3. Process: A continuous method that merges people, resources, and
purposes to achieve agency goals.
ASPECTS OF SOCIAL WORK ADMINISTRATION
Trecker points out that as a process, social work administration has important
dimensions that include:
Central dimension - Responsibility in the agency with the allocation of tasks and
functions for every level of work. The community in which the agency works affects
agency purposes and programs as it is the source of support as well as the object of
service.
Psychological dimension - People release their feelings and energies and that these
feelings and energies, when properly harnessed by administrators, constitute the
human resources in achieving agency goals.
Evaluation of Organizational Management and
Leadership in Social Work Administration
10 Areas of Evaluation
Proper use of self within the agency's structure.

Effective communication and conflict resolution.
System establishment for idea implementation.
Skills in planning and budget analysis.
Analytical abilities in program design.
Evaluation of Organizational Management and
Leadership in Social Work Administration
Proficiency in management information technology.

Coordinative and delegative capacities.
Ability to tackle staff or organizational resistance.
Monitoring, evaluating, and strategizing for outcomes.
Adaptable leadership to mobilize others.
TAKEAWAY NOTES
Social work administration focuses on distributing societal resources to enable
individuals to meet their needs and empower their lives. It converts social
policies into programs and services.
Nature:
Derived from general administration principles but tailored to specific social
work tasks.
Walter Friedlander views it as a secondary method of social work.
Ethics:
Bound by the Code of Ethics like other aspects of social work.
There's a higher chance of ethical conflicts in administration due to the
involvement of various stakeholders.
TAKEAWAY NOTES
Characteristics:
1. Uses general administrative principles.
2. Uses social work philosophy, aims, and methods.
3. Primarily helps individuals, groups, and communities.
4. Relies on knowledge of human behavior, relations, and organizations.
5. Ethics plays a central role.
Administrative Activities (by Harleigh Trecker):
1. Study the community.
2. Determine agency's purpose and target clientele.
3. Manage financial resources and budgeting.
4. Develop agency policies, programs, and procedures.
5. Select agency leadership and staff.
TAKEAWAY NOTES
Maintain physical infrastructure.
Build community relations.
Keep records and report regularly.
Regularly conduct research.
Consistently evaluate programs and personnel.
Importance:
It enhances the efficacy of social work programs in solving societal issues.
It lays the foundation for all social work practices, influencing their quality.
REFERENCES
ONLINE
https://www.socialworkin.com/2020/07/concept-of-social-work-and-social-
work-administration.html
https://onlineprograms.ollusa.edu/resources/article/the-role-of-social-work-
administrators-in-child-welfare/
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SOCIAL WORK

TRENT ANGELO PUSOD

Skill Development for Leadership and Management

Social work administration is a method SOCIAL

According to Walter Friedlander, as a

As a part of social work practice, the Code of Ethics equally

In administration, there are greater chances of ethical

Social work administration is the keystone for maximizing the

1. Functions: Address social needs and improve services for

Proper use of self within the agency's structure.

Proficiency in management information technology.

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