Introduction to Social Work and Practice in India

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Understanding social work and practice: 1. Concept of social work and social work practice. 2. Origin of social work. 3. Philosophy and values of social work. 4. Skills in social work practice. 5. Social work as profession. II. Integrated social work practice: 6. Methods of social work and its practicability. III. Fields of social work practice in India: 7. Social work with women and children. 8. Social work with disabled. 9. Social work with vulnerable groups. 10. Social work with elderly. IV. Emerging areas of social work practice in India. V. Social work and its future. Bibliography. Index.

Social Worker has to perform many objectives such as helping people in dealing with their psychological and social problems promoting the realization of potentials conserving the health physical mental social and moral enabling people to perform the roles and responsibilities assigned to them creating awareness among people of the rights empowering people by enhancing their capacity to the optimum level to enable them to deal with their problems and difficulties at their own level in an effective manner strengthening the existing social institutions conducive for promoting peoples well being creating new institutions required in the wake of fast changing situations for ensuring fulfillment of unmet needs of the people etc. To complete the task of social work social worker required to practice on the problems issue in the field with the client i.e. individuals groups families communities institutions etc. through fieldwork.  (jacket)