What is the scope of social work in India?

Answer 1

Social work is very broad in scope, though individual workers often specialize in one or two areas. The scope includes counseling for family problems or drugs, also removing children from the home when necessary, and helping people find the resources they need to live, such as food stamps.

Answer 2

Social work we mean work for the society. Social work is a work by which a social worker can aware individual about their problems, identify their worth & dignity & give a satisfactory and independent life which they can't get by their own effort. The first school of social work was set-up in Bombay in 1936.

Definition

According to Prof. Friedlander,"Social work is a professional service based upon scientific knowledge & skill in human relations which assists individuals alone or in groups to obtain social & professional satisfaction & independence."

Scope of Social work

1. Child development
2. Medical social work
3. Clinical social work
4. Social work administrative & management
5. International social work
6. Social work in acute psychiatric hospital
7. Social work as community organizer

1. Child development:

Children are the most vital part of our Nation. They are the foundation of any nation. For progress of any country their development is necessary. Their mental, physical, emotional, psychological, social development is important. The following services has been organized by the Central Social Welfare Board for welfare of child in India. They are:

• Right to education
• Right against exploitation
• Right for rehabilitation
• Right to speech & expression

Government policy

• Institutions for their protection, education & rehabilitation of the socially handicapped children
• Temporary homes for the sick children suffering from TB & skin disease
• Children home, infant home, Balbadi, Nursery, Pre-primary school, day care centre, recreation & cultural centres
• Holiday homes for the children of the family of economic weaker sections
• Child Health Centre
• Child Guidance Clinic
• Schools for Mentally retarded children

  Social workers work in this institutions & tries their level best to solve their problems and strengthen the path forth development of their personality. He also develop the abilities & capabilities of the child.

2. Medical Social Work

The medical social work provide assistance to patient & their family who are coping with many problems

A social worker have the potentiality to aware the Doctor about the problem and collect & analyse patient's detail information to help other health professions to understand the needs of the patients & their family

In fact when a doctor come into any conclusion in a minute, a social worker diagnosis a problem thoroughly.

3. Clinical Social work

The clinical social work provides a full range of Mental Health Services including assessment, diagnosis & treatment. It provide referral service to individuals, couples, families & groups. Assist clients in adjusting to measure life style changes due to death of loved one, disability, divorce or loss of a job.

4. Social work administration & management

To manage a programme planning is most important. The important of social worker

related to Fund raising & making grants

• Budget management
• Monitoring & evaluation of public & social policy
• Co-ordinate activities to achieve the agencies goal
• Staff co-ordination

5. International social work

The role of social work is to :

• Counsel & aid refugees to ensure a smooth transition into a new environment
• Facilitate International Adoption
• Provide disaster relief in the time of crisis
• Counsel families to find better solution to their problems. Remove children from abusive situation & place it to care homes
• Find employment & housing for homeless families
• Assist pregnant women, adoptive parents & adoptive children in crisis
• Provide assessment, support, counseling
• Provide assistants to women & their children who are victims of domestic violence

6. Social work in an acute psychiatric hospital

A social worker can help to a psycho patient very trick fully because of her/his professional quality. She/he can provide-

• Complete Intake
• Psycho-social assessment
• Participate in the treatment plan
• Provide patient & family education & support
• Provide individual treatment family & group therapy
• Provide discharge & after planning

7. Social work as community organizer

• Assist the community in defining a school problem
• Provide direction & guidance to the community in-order to mobilize & identified cause by case work, group work & community organization
• Assist in establishing new programmes to meet the needs of individuals, groups and families