FOUNDATION AND
METHODS IN SOCIAL WORK
1. Social work Profession:
origin and Growth of social work in India. Principles,
philosophy and values of social work profession. Role
of Social Work in Human Rights and Social Justice.
2. Methods of Social
Work :
Social Case Work - Values and principles of Case Work
practice - Skills - establishing relationship, mobilizing
community resources and dealing with crisis situations
- Techniques - environmental modifications, psychological
support, providing information, developing insights,
use of values - Application of social case work in
different settings and different clientele groups.
3. Method of Social
Work :
Group Work - Principles and skills in social group
work - group processes, group bond, group dynamics,
group goals, group roles. Group work recording. Leadership
and team building. Application of group work in different
settings.
4. Method of social
work:
Community organization and community action basic
Concepts in understanding community organization.
Principles of community organisation. Leadership and
community power structure and community dynamics.
Scope of community organisation in India. Application
of community organisation to different groups. (Children,
youth, women), Social action - strategies for social
action in India.
5. Social Work
Research:
Scope and limitations, scientific attitude and scientific
method. Research design - exploratory, descriptive,
experimental, evaluative. Case study, survey. Tools
of data collection - questionnaire, observation, interview
schedule. Participatory and action research. Sampling
techniques, scaling techniques. Processing and presentation
of data.
6. Application
of Social Work Statistics:
Methods of testing validity. Measures of central tendency
- arithmetic mean, median and mode. Measures of dispersion
- range, mean deviation, standard deviation, quartile
deviation. Chi-square test. Correlation. Research
reporting - contents and format.
7. Individual and
Society :
Elements of society - groups community, association
and institution. Culture - functions of culture, cultural
lag. Socialisation, process of socialisation, role
and status, social stratification, caste and class
and social mobility. Social inequality. Social change,
westernisation, Modernisation, Easternisaiton. Impact
of social change in Indian Society.
8. Human growth
and development:
(Relevance of Psychology for social work practice,
Human growth and development with special reference
for physical social and emotional aspects of developmental
states, concept of normality and abnormality. Role
of social worker in promoting community mental health.
Medical information: malnutrition, deficiency diseases.
Role of social worker in promoting community - health.
9. Social Policy
and Social Legislation :
Constitution of India as major source of social policy.
Social policy regarding women, children, weaker sections
handicapped, health, housing, population and education.
Reports of commission for backward classes, scheduled
castes. Social legislations as an instrument of social
change. Personal laws applicable to Hindus, Muslims
and Christian. The Child Labour (Prevention and Regulation
act) The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1995, Consumer
Protection Act, Legal Aid Movement - their role in
social justice, Public Interest Litigations.
10. Management
of Welfare Organisations :
Role of voluntary and governmental organsisations
in social welfare. Scope for scientific management
in welfare organisation. Application of social work
principles in management of welfare organisations.
Functions of management (Goal setting, policy making,
planning, directing, staffing, communicating, budgeting,
public relations, reporting, evaluation). Management
of human resources. Project proposal, fund raising
techniques. Administration of government departments,
Department of social welfare, State Social Welfare
Board and Central Social Welfare Board.
PAPER - II
PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES OF SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION
SOCIAL WORK
1. Concepts:
Health, community health, primary health care, public
health, community psychiatry, rehabilitation, mental
health, psychosis, neurosis, mental retardation, mental
illness. Balanced diet, malnutrition. Rural community
development, urban community development, poverty,
poverty line, community development, development planning.
Youth, family, family welfare, child welfare, street
children, adoption, feminism. Labour welfare, industrial
relations, human resource development and human resource
management
2. Issues and Problems
:
Major communicable diseases (Leprosy, TB, STD, poliomyelitis,
hepatitis, AIDS, diarrhoeal diseases, malaria, cholera,
typhoid) Major non-communicable diseases (Cancer,
asthma, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases).
Physical disabilities (hard of hearing, speech impairment,
visual impairment, locomotor handicap). Environmental
factors affecting health. Occupational health. Personality
and psychiatric disorders (schizoid, hysterical, psychopathic,
anxiety state, obsessive - compulsive, phobia). Status
of women in family, education, health, employment,
- violence against women - dowry, divorce, maintenance,
commercial sex workers inheritance and human rights
of women. Children - child labour, child's rights,
children in special circumstances and special care,
juvenile delinquency, street children, female children,
education of children, child abuse. Youth - career,
identy crisis, drug addiction, alcoholism, suicidal
tendencies. Aged- problems of aged. Labour issues
- disablement, alcoholism, drug addiction, workers
participation in management, unemployment. rural -
poverty, unemployment, landless agricultural labourers,
bonded labour, land reforms. Urban - slums, lack of
amenities, housing, deviant behaviour, employment,
environmental degradation.
3. International
and National Organisations:
WHO, UNICEF, ILO, UNO, International Federation of
Trade Unions, MISEREOR an International funding agency,
OXFAM, DANIDA, CSWB, SSWB, Department of Social Welfare
in Tamil Nadu, Indian Red Cross, NIMHANS, National
Institutes for the handicapped. CARE, ICMR, MMDA,
Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, HUDCO, Corporation
of Chennai, INTUC, AITUC, Youth Hostel Association
of India, Hindustan Mazdoor Sabha, United Trade Union
Congress, Centre of Indian Trade Unions, Employers
Federation of India. Nehru Yuvak Kendra, YMCA, National
Institute of Personnel management, HRD Network, Indian
Society of Training and development, SOS Children's
village, National commission on women.
4. Programmes:
IRDP, NREP, RLEGP, TRYSEM, Panchayati Raj, Community
development programme, minimum needs programme, iodine
deficiency disease programme, national programme for
control of blindness, 20 point programme, ICDS, MCH,
Universal immunisation programme, National Malaria
Eradication Programme, National Mental health Programme,
National Leprosy Eradication Programme, STD control
programme, AIDS control programme, school health programme,
noon day meals scheme, non-governmental programmes
for the elderly, NSS, ESI, Provident fund, crche,
Foster care, sponsorship and adoption, social advocacy,
social campaigning.
5. Social Work
Intervention in Different Settings:
Medical and psychiatric special settings - De addiction
centres, child guidance clinic, special schools for
mentally retarded, day care centre, social support
system, self help groups, physical and mental rehabilitation
centres, community based rehabilitation, shelter homes,
recreational therapy, occupational therapy, individual
and group therapy, client centred, crisis intervention.
Family and child welfare - Institutional care, day
care, geriatric care, family therapy, group therapy,
family case work and counseling. Community development
- Awareness building, identifying leaders, organising,
activating, enlisting people's participation, negotiating,
and lobying and resource mobilising. Resolving group
conflicts, programme planning and service delivery,
developing human resources, monitoring and evaluation.
Labour welfare - conflict reduction, strategies, industrial
counselling, group dynamics, casework intervention
- crisis intervention.
6. Approaches:
Classical approach, neo classical, mechanistic, decision
making, systems approach, client centered, Gandhian,
Nehruvian, participatory, evaluative, behavioural,
task centered, crisis intervention, cognitive behavioural,
eclectic, resource based, institutional, community
based, person centred, and integrated approach.
7. Social Movements:
Social reform movements, Arya Samaj, Brahma Samaj,
Ramakrishna Mission, Dravidian Movement, Sati abolition,
child marriage abolition, women's movements in the
19th century, feminist movement, abolition of child
labour, Telenga Movement, Naxal Bari movement, Trade
union movements.
8. Social Legislation:
Health legislations. Urban Slum Areas Clearance Act.
Juvenile Justice Act. Child Labour Abolition Act.
Factories Act. Industrial Disputes Act. Maternity
Benefit Act. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act
1971.
9. Modern management
techniques and practices:
Scientific recruitment. Transaction analysis. Management
by objectives. Reward and punishment. Human resource
development. training and development. Organisational
methods and services. Business process reengineering.
Participation in management. Quality of work life.
Quality of life. Performance appraisal and merit rating.
performance budgeting. Incentives. Motivation. Morale
building. Group dynamics. New styles and approaches
in management of organisation. Office automation.
10. Communication,
Counselling and Practical Work:
Counselling defined, types of counselling. Expectation
of counselling. Goals of counselling. Counselling
process. Counselling techniques. Counselling in special
situation (family counselling, Alcoholic, Drug, Crisis,
premarital and career counselling). Skills of communication(verbal,
non verbal, written, visual) - questioning, reinforcement,
listening, reflecting, exploring. Barriers in communication.
use of media in communication. Mass Media Research
(media - exhibition, film, press, radio, TV local
of traditional media). Field work - relevance of field
work in social work. Concurrent field work - types
of agencies several orientation to field work agencies.
Study tour, Rural camp. Block placements. Group and
Individual conference, weekly reports case histories.