Social Work Notes / Methods of Social Work / UGC-NET / Kerala PSC Notes

 Social Work Notes / Methods of Social Work / UGC-NET / Kerala PSC Notes

 Social Work Notes / Methods of Social Work / UGC-NET / Kerala PSC Notes

The methods of social Work include:

·      Social Case Work

·      Social Group Work

·      Community Organization

·      Social Welfare Administration

·      Social Action

·      Social Research

Social Case work: It means social treatment of a maladjusted individual involving an attempt to understand his personality, behavior and social relationships and to assist him in working but a better social and personal adjustment.

Social Group work: A method through which individuals in groups in social agency setting are helped by a worker who guides their interaction in programme activities so that they may relate themselves to others and experience growth opportunities in accordance with their needs and capacities to the end of individual group and community development.

Community Organization: a process by which a social worker uses his insight and skill to help communities- geographical and functional to identify and to work towards a solution of their problems

Social Welfare administration: The process of transforming social policy into social services and the use of experience in evaluating and modifying policy.

Social Action: It might be described as group effort to solve mass social problems or to further socially desirable objectives by attempting to influence basic social and economic conditions or practices.

Social Work research: concerned with the functions of identification and evaluation of social problems and needs, the development and evaluation of service delivery systems and client treatment programmes.

 Social Work Notes / Methods of Social Work / UGC-NET / Kerala PSC Notes