SOCIAL WORK

Foundations of Social Work : Concepts, Historical Development, Philosophy and Methods.

Part-I-
1. Social Work: Concepts, Definitions and allied concepts – Social Service, Social Welfare, Social
Security and Social Reform: Objectives, Assumptions; Principles and Functions, Social Work and
Social justice; Social Work and Human Rights, Common Base of Social Work Practice; Philosophy and
Values; SocialWork as a Profession in India.

2. Historical Development: U.K., U.S.A. and India.

3. Social Case Work: Concept, Objectives, Components, Processes and Client-Worker Relationship.

4. Social Group Work: Concept, Objectives, Principles, Skills and Role of Social Group Worker.

Part-II-

1. Community Organization: Concept, Steps and Procedures, Principles, Community Planning and
Community Integration, Role of Community Organizer. Community Organization and Community
Development.

2. Social Welfare Administration: Concept, Definitions and Social Welfare Administration as a

Method of Social Work: Related Concepts – Social Administration and Public Administration,
'POSDCORB' Decision Making Process, Organizational Development and Cost Benefit
Analysis,Transparency andAccountabilityTeam Building and Leadership.

3. Social Work Research: Concept, Social Research and Social Work Research, Steps of Social
Research – Research Design, Sampling, Sources, Tools and Methods of Data Collection, Processing of
Data, DataAnalysis and ReportWriting, Participatory Research.

4. Social Action: Concept, Models and Strategies, Social Action and Social Movement, Advocacy,
Lobbying and Networking, Approaches of Sarvodaya, Antoyodaya and Lok- Shakti.

5. Dimensions of Social Work Practice: Integrated, Ecological, System Change, Radical

and Generalist.
 Social Work- Paper-II
Part-I
1. Social Problem: Concept and Approaches to the Study of Social Problem.
2. Social Work Intervention: Concept, Need, Significance and Approaches.
3. Family and Related Problems
Family: Concept and Types
Related Problems- Dowry, Child Marriage, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Issue related to
Live-in – Relationships, Families with Working Couples, Gender Inequality, Emigrant
Heads of Households.
Nature and Techniques of Social Work Intervention in these areas.

4. Weaker Sections and Related Problems

Weaker Sections: Concept and Characteristics
Problems Related to: SCs/STs/OBCs/DenotifiedTribes.
Nature andTechniques of SocialWork Intervention in theseAreas.

5. Concepts, Issues and Problems Related to:

Casteism, Communalism, Ethnicity, Terrorism, Displacement and Environment Degradation.
Nature and Techniques of Social Work Intervention in these Areas

6. Concepts, Issues and Problems Related to Deviance:

Truancy, Vagrancy, Juvenile, Delinquency, Crime, White Collar Crime, Organized Crime, Prostitution,
Cyber-Crime, Suicide and AIDS.
Nature and Techniques of Social Work Intervention in these areas

7. Concepts, Issues and Problems Related to SocialVices:

Alcoholism, Drug- Addiction, Beggary, Corruption, Nature and Techniques of SocialWork Intervention
in these Areas.

8. Concepts, Issues and Problems Related to Social Structure: Poverty, Unemployment,

Bonded Labour, Child Labour, Unorganized Labour, Female Foeticide.
Nature andTechniques of SocialWork Intervention in these areas

9. Welfare State: Concept and Characteristics.

10. Central SocialWelfare Board: Structure and Functions.

PART-II
Fields of Social Work Intervention: Concept, Constitutional and Legislative Response, Policies
and Programmes-
Child Development, Youth Development, Women Empowerment, Development of Weaker Sections,
Welfare of Senior Citizens, Welfare of Persons with Disabilities, Rural Development, Urban
Community Development, Medical and Psychiatric Social Work, Industrial Social Work, Correctional
Social Work, School Social Work, Urban Slums.