PRC Social Worker study guide
PRC Social Worker · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Philippine Social Worker Licensure Examination is the government-administered credentialing examination a candidate must pass before being registered as a social worker and permitted to practise under the protected title. It is intended for graduates of a social work degree programme, or holders of a qualification the regulating authority recognises as equivalent, who plan to work in casework, group work, community organising, supervision, or administration across government, non-government, and private agencies. The PRC Social Worker study guide has 5 sections and about 1,637 words.
01Human Behavior and the Social Environment
HBSE supplies the lenses you use to explain behavior at every level. Systems theory treats a person or family as interacting parts with inputs, throughputs, outputs, feedback loops, and homeostasis; two ideas that recur in items are equifinality (different starting points can reach the same outcome) and multifinality (the same starting point can yield different outcomes).
327 words, about 2 min02Social Welfare Policies, Programs, and Services
Policy items reward knowing who does what. The DSWD is the lead national agency; RA 7160 (Local Government Code) devolved basic social welfare services to LGUs and barangays, so implementation is often local while standard-setting and funding are national.
366 words, about 2 min03Social Work Practice: Methods and Intervention
Four classic methods are casework (individual and family), group work, community organization, and administration/research. The helping process runs engagement, assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, and termination; items often ask "what comes next," and the best answer is usually the step that sustains client participation.
282 words, about 1 min04Field Instruction and Social Work Practice Integration
Field instruction is where theory becomes practice. The field instructor supervises the student's professional development; the task supervisor oversees daily agency tasks.
321 words, about 2 min05Social Work Values, Ethics, and Professional Practice Standards
Social work's core values - service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, competence - are operationalized in the PASW Code of Ethics and in the PRC Board of Social Work's regulatory standards under RA 4373. Know self-determination, informed consent, confidentiality, competence, professional boundaries, and cultural humility.
341 words, about 2 min