DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

Social Welfare Institutional Development Bureau (SWIDB)

Training Needs Assessment (TNA) Questionnaire
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recognizes the need to
address the emerging needs of the Court Social Workers to improve performance of their
role. It is crucial to establish first the current Court Social Workers competency through
the conduct of Training Needs Assessment (TNA) questionnaire. Further, to provide
technical assistance to the Court Social Workers as partners in responding to the
emerging needs along social protection concerns and addressing the issue of helping
clients with court related cases, a training for Court Social Workers is envisioned after the
conduct of the TNA.
This questionnaire is being administered to assess the degree of competency of Court
Social Workers in the performance of their role.
Kindly accomplish the questionnaire thoroughly. Do not leave an items unanswered.
A. Personal Data
Name
:
Age
:
Sex
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Civil Status
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Highest Educational Background:
B. Work Information
Position Title
Salary Grade
Length of Service
Office

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JOSEPH JENNEL M. MALELANG

30 years old
Male
Married
Post-graduate (MSSW)

Social Welfare Officer II

SG15
7 years
RTC-Branch 54 (Family Court), Lucena City

Office Address
:
10 Perez St., Brgy. 10, Lucena City
Brief Description of Work: Monitoring of diversion program of Children in Conflict
with the law; conducting home and child study report with regard to adoption cases.

C. Review of Competency
Lists down the training program and any capability building activities you attended
that are directly related to performance of being a Court Social Workers within the
last 2 years.
Title
Roll-out Training in Handling
Children in Conflict with the law
cases using Multi-disciplinary
Approach
Court Social Worker Role in
Achieving Judicial Reforms

Sponsoring Agency
PSWDO- Quezon Province

Date attended

PACSWI National

09/27/2012

08/21/2012

Note: use additional Sheet if necessary

D. Learning Needs Assessment
1. Please rate the following based on your current knowledge and skills from 1 to 5,
with 5 as the highest rating.
Duties
1.
Conduct
intake
assessment
2.
Prepare
social
case
study report
3.
Conduct
casework and
counseling
4.
Documentation
5. Networking
and
Referral
System
6. Interviewing
Skills
7. Facilitating
Skills
Additional
Duties
1.
Facilitate
court
order
from the judge
regarding

Knowledge

Rating
4

Skills
2

Rating

rehabilitation
2. List down possible concerns and difficulties in the performance of your current
work and identify/give your corresponding recommendations to address them.
-some court social workers were not utilized in handling cases of annulment, legal
separation. Additionally, some court social were only utilized in cases involving
CICLs, adoption and custody.
3. What training or capability building activities do you suggest to enhance your
competency in line with your performance as Court Social Workers?
-technical writing skills training
-Annulment and Legal Separation as to the role of Court Social Workers and when
there are issues on custody and support
-case management on beginning family therapy training
-forensic social work training
E. Other Comments/Suggestions
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Thank you