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Concept of Social Work

Social work aims to help individuals, groups, and communities cope with socio-economic and psychological problems through empowering them to solve their own problems. It uses basic methods like case work, group work and community work, as well as auxiliary methods like social action, administration, and research. Social work draws on scientific knowledge and skills to help people obtain personal and social satisfaction. It has the characteristics of being committed to social betterment, enhancing social functioning, taking action-oriented approaches, applying to human diversity, and having a versatile practice perspective. The main goals of social work are to promote effective human services, enhance problem-solving abilities, link people to resources, develop social policy, and work to care for, cure, and change

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Concept of Social Work

Social work aims to help individuals, groups, and communities cope with socio-economic and psychological problems through empowering them to solve their own problems. It uses basic methods like case work, group work and community work, as well as auxiliary methods like social action, administration, and research. Social work draws on scientific knowledge and skills to help people obtain personal and social satisfaction. It has the characteristics of being committed to social betterment, enhancing social functioning, taking action-oriented approaches, applying to human diversity, and having a versatile practice perspective. The main goals of social work are to promote effective human services, enhance problem-solving abilities, link people to resources, develop social policy, and work to care for, cure, and change

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Concept of Social Work-Characteristics, Aims & Objectives

 Concept 
 Characteristics 
 Three rings of Social Work
 Chart of up gradation of Social work discipline

Man lives in society. It is the collection of individuals united by certain relations or mode of
behaviour which mark them off from others who do not enter into these relations or who
differ from in behaviour. It is also a complex web of social relations. This relation is the
result of interaction of social people. Society is changeable. When social people can’t keep
pace with social change properly, they face, especially in industrialized society, multifarious
problems which require professional, knowledge based & sustainable solution. To meet these
problems effectively, social work has been emerged.

Concept of Social Work:


Social work is a helping profession which fundamentally and radically aims to assist the
individuals, groups and community to cope with their complex socio-economic psychological
problems through enabling themselves so that they can solve their problem by helping
themselves. According to one of the great pioneer Walter A Friedlander, social work methods
are divided into two parts. These are: 

Basic methods:
It includes another three parts such as (1) social case work (2) social group work (3)
community social work. 

Auxiliary methods:
It also includes 3 parts. These are - (1) social action (2) social administration (3) social
research. 
Social work is a concept of the social science of doing well for each other personally as well
as collectively. It refers to a collective approach of reducing suffering and disadvantages and
increasingly happiness and advantages of the community members with the active
participation and involvement of individuals as well as government and Non-government
organisation. 

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Focal point of social work intervention.
Current definition is given by Social Scientists Skidmore & Thakery. They said, “Social
Work may be
defined as an art, a science a profession that helps people to solve personal, group and
community problems and to attain satisfying personal, group and community relationship
through social work practice including case work and community organization,
administration and research.” Social work provides service for the problematic person just
like the following: 

Figure: Problematic person


Every profession has its knowledge and practice on the basis of which the professionals of
that profession engage them in human service, and on the basis of their knowledge and
educational activities. In the same way social workers have to practice social work on the
basis of social work educational activities. 

High lighting the theoretical side W.A. Friedlander said, “Social work is a professional
service based upon scientific knowledge and skill in human relations, which assists individual
alone or in groups to obtain social and personal satisfactions and independence.
Characteristics of Social Work: 

1) Social Work is a commitment of social betterment. 


2) A goal of enhance social function 
3) An action orientation 
4) An application to human diversity 
5) A versatile practice perspective 

Aims & Objectives of Social Work:


1) To promote effective & human service system 
2) To enhance problem solving, coping & development capacities, 
3) To link people with resources, services & opportunities, 
4) To develop & improve social policy 
5) Caring, curing & changing the society. 

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Three rings of Social Work:
There are three main concept of social work which is must for practice knowledge, values &
skills. It is called “Three Rings of Social Work”. 

Knowledge:
 General social work knowledge 
 Knowledge about specific practice setting 
 Knowledge about specific practice agency 
 Knowledge about specific client 
 Knowledge about specific contact 

Skills:
 Basic helping skills, 
 Engagement skills 
 Observation skills 
 Communication skills 
 Empathy skills 

Values:
 Recognition of the worth & dignity of individual 
 Self determination 
 Equal opportunity for all 
 Social responsibility 
 Total outlook of life 
 Individual freedom 
 Mutual tolerance & respect 
 Democratic right 
 Self reliance 
 Mutual help 
 Dignity of labour 
 Utilization of resources 
(Morales & Sheafor: 1998, p-36) 

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Chart of up gradation of Social work discipline

Humanitarian view Philosophical view Religious view 

Statute Elezabeth Poor COS- American NASW


of poor low law 1869 Association of
laboure 1601 reform school of
r in - 1834 social workers
1349
Edward
(iii)

Social work
|
Social work profession
|
Moderanised and international social work

Figure: Up gradation of social work.

Labels: Aims and Objectives of Social Work, Characteristics of social Work

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