MSW I SEMESTER I GV Methods of Social

MSW I SEMESTER I GV Methods of Social Work – I: Work with Individuals and Families (Social Casework) Dr. Jaimon Varghese

Method 1: Social Casework 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 16 Syllabus 1. Social Casework as a Method of Social Work 2. Principles of Social Casework Practice 3. The Social Casework process 4. Tools, Skills and Techniques of Social Case Work 5. Scope of Casework in Practice 2

SOCIAL CASEWORK AS A METHOD OF SOCIAL WORK

Method 1: Social Casework 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 17 1. Social Casework as a Method of Social Work 1. Introduction to Social Work Methods 2. History and Development of Social Case Work in UK, USA and India 3. Philosophical assumptions and values of case work as a method 4. Concept, Definitions, and knowledge base for Social Case Work 5. Components of Case Work – 4

Method 1: Social Casework 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 18 Introduction to Social Work Methods 1. Social Case Work 2. Social Group Work 3. Community Organisation 4. Social Action 5. Social Work Research 6. Social Welfare Administration 5

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 18 Introduction to Social Work Methods Primary Methods 1. Social Case Work 2. Social Group Work 3. Community Organisation 4. Social Action Secondary Methods 1. Social Welfare Administration 2. Social Work Research 6

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 19 Methods of Social work 1. Social Case Work – problem solving at the individual level 2. Social Group Work problem solving at the group level 3. Community Organisation problem solving at the community level 7

Method 1: Social Casework 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 20 Introduction to Social Work Methods 4. 5. 6. Social Action: Action for social change at individual and institutional levels Social Work Research: Fact finding and theory building to solve social problems Social Welfare Administration: Institution building for solving social problems 8

Method 1: Social Casework 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 20 Introduction to Social Work Methods 1. Social Case Work • Working with Individuals • Working with families 2. Social Group Work • Treatment (therapeutic) • Task (performance) 3. Community Organisation • Organising people for self help 9

Method 1: Social Casework 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 21 Introduction to Social Work Methods 4. • • 5. • • 6. • • Social Action Advocacy & Campaign Critical Social Work Research Action / Participatory Need assessment / Impact assessment Social Welfare Administration Government sector Voluntary 10

DEFINITION OF SOCIAL CASE WORK (Richmond, 1917: 51) ‘In social diagnosis, there is the attempt to arrive at as exact a definition as possible of the social situation and personality of a given client.

DEFINITION OF SOCIAL CASE WORK ‘Investigation or gathering of the evidence, begins the process, the critical examination and comparison of the evidence follow, and last come its interpretation and definition of the social difficulty’ (Richmond, 1917: 51)

DEFINITION OF SOCIAL CASE WORK ‘An art in which knowledge of the science of human relations and skill in relationship are used to mobilise capacities in the individual and resources in the community appropriate for better adjustment between the client and all or any part of his total environment’ (Bowers, 1949: 417)

DEFINITION OF SOCIAL CASE WORK ‘Social case work is a process used by certain human welfare agencies to help individuals to cope more effectively with their problems in social functioning (Perlman, 1957: 4)

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 24 Social Groupwork • Goal directed activity with small groups of people aimed at meeting socio emotional needs and accomplishing tasks. • This activity is directed to individual members of a group and to the group as a whole within a system of service delivery’ (Ronald W Toseland Robert F Rivas, 1984: 12) 15

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 25 Social Groupwork • ‘Social group work is a method of social work which helps individuals to enhance their social functioning through purposeful group experience and to cope more effectively with their personal, group or community problems’ (Gisela Konopka, 1963: 20). 16

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 26 Group development stages (1) Beginning stage – individuals, together for first time (2) Emergence of some group feeling, organisation and programme (3) Development of bond, purpose and cohesiveness (4) Strong group feeling: goal attainment (5) Decline in interest: best group feelings (6) Ending stage – decision to 17

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 26 Group formation (1) Forming (2) Storming (3) Norming (4) Performing (5) Mourning 18

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 26 Community organisation ‘Community organisation is to mean a process by which a community identifies its needs or objectives, develops the confidence and will to work at these needs or objectives, finds the resources (internal and / or external) to deal with these needs or objectives, takes action in respect to them, and in so doing extends and develops cooperative and collaborative attitudes and practices in 19

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 27 Community organisation ‘‘Community organisation is that phase of social organisation which constitutes a conscious effort on the part of a community to control its affairs democratically and to secure the highest services from its specialists, organisation, agencies and institutions by means of recognised interrelations’ (Edward C Lindeman, 1921: 173) 20

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 28 Community organisation ‘This use of the term ‘community organisation’ is perhaps best defined as assisting a group of people to recognise their common needs and helping them to meet these needs (Walter W Pettit, 1935: 682). 21

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 29 Community organisation Process • Consciousness of need; • Spreading the consciousness of need; • Projection of consciousness of need; • Emotional impulse to meet the need quietly; • Presentation of other solutions; Conflict of solutions; Investigation; Open discussion of issues; Integration of solutions; 22

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 29 Media Action Group Action Social Action Mass Action Individual Action 23

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 31 Social Action Method of Social Work Social Activists • • • Mother Teresa Don Bosco Ignatius Loyola Swami Vivekananda Sree Narayana Guru Dr BR Ambedkar Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Phule Medha Patkar Anna Hazare 24

Introduction to Social Work Methods Directing Controlling Staffing Organising Recording Organisation Planning 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 31 Social welfare administration Budgeting 25

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 32 Registration (Trust / Society) 12 A, 80 G & 35 AC FCRA 26

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 33 Leadership Style Task Oriented Contingency Relationship or Oriented Situational Leadership 27

Introduction to Social Work Methods Situational Analysis & Need Assessment 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 34 Impact Assessment & Evaluation Research Social Work Research Participatory Research Intervention & Action Research 28

Introduction to Social Work Methods Qualitative Study 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 35 • Case Study • Grounded Study Quantitative • Survey design Study • Experimental design • Content Analysis Term Paper • Review of Studies 29

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 36 BIBLIOGRAPHY q q q Bowers Suithum OMI (1949) The Nature and Definition of Social Casework Part III, Journal of Social Casework, No. 30, December Grace Mathew(1992) An Introduction to Social Case Work, Bombay: Tata Institute of Social Sciences Perlman, Helen Harris (1957) Social Case Work – A Problem Solving Process, London: University of Chicago Press (Indian reprint, 2011, Jaipur: Rawat Publications) Biestek FD (1967) The Casework Relationship, London: Unwin University Books Upadhyay, R. K. (2003) Social Case Work, Jaipur & New Delhi: Rawat Publications 30

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 37 BIBLIOGRAPHY q q q Ronald W Toseland Robert F Rivas (1984) An Introduction to Group Work Practice, New York: Mc. Millan Publishing Company Gisela Konopka (1963) Social Group Work A Helping Process, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Inc. Harleigh B Trecker (1955) Social Group Work – Principles and Practices, New York: Whiteside Inc, (rev. Ed. ) 31

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 38 BIBLIOGRAPHY q q q Murray G Ross (1955) Community Organisation: Theory and Principles, New York: Harper and Brothers Edward C Lindeman (1921) The Community – An Introduction to the Study of Community Leadership and Organisation, New York: Association Press Walter W Pettit (1925) Some Prognostications in the Field of Community Work, Proceedings of National Conference of Social Work, Denver, Chicago: University of Chicago Press 32

Introduction to Social Work Methods 18 -01 -2022 01: 22: 39 THANK YOU 33