Social Work : An Integrated Approach

Contents: Preface. I. Integrated aspect of social work: 1. Traditional forms of helping society. 2. Professionalizing of social work practice. 3. Relation of social work with other social sciences. 4. Social welfare in related terms. 5. Scope of social work. II. Introduction to social work: 1. Social work. 2. Social welfare. 3. Social welfare services. 4. Social reform. 5. Social development. 6. Charity and philanthropy. 7. Social provision in the society. 8. Development of social work in USA. 9. Development of social work in UK. 10. Development of social work in India. 11. Present state of social work. 12. Volunteers and the school social work. 13. Social work help group. 14. Balbadies and other programmes for children. 15. Varying methods of social work. 16. Role of the social work organiser. III. History of social work profession: 1. Origin and development of social work. 2. Professional social work. 3. Nature, goal and functions of social work. 4. Existing and emerging role of social work in development of society. 5. Existence of social work and socio-cultural factors affecting the use of the principles of social work. IV. Human rights and voluntary action: 1. Human rights. 2. Human rights in India. 3. Voluntary action in India. 4. Social welfare and voluntary organisations. V. Social policy and social legislation: 1. Social policy. 2. Social welfare planning. 3. Social legislation. 4. Social justice. 5. Social security. VI. Social work and development: 1. Social change. 2. Underdevelopment. 3. Social development. 4. Development. 5. Income distribution. VII. Social case work: 1. Development of social case work and its meaning. 2. Components of social case work. 3. Causes of human problems. 4. Role of case worker. 5. Phases of social case work. 6. Case work practice in India. 7. The case work relationship. 8. Recording in social case work. VIII. Social group work: 1. Group process. 2. Group work process. 3. Historical development of group work. 4. Group work as a method of social work. 5. Group work recording. 6. Programmes in group work. IX. Community organisation and community development: 1. Basic concepts and trends. 2. Community organisation. 3. Community development. 4. Components and strategy for development. 5. Principles of community organisation and community development. X. Social welfare administration as a discipline and a profession: 1. Concept of social welfare administration. 2. Social welfare administration as a profession. 3. Public administration and social welfare administration. 4. Social welfare administration in India. XI. Social action as a method of social work: 1. Social action as a method. 2. Role of ideology. 3. Social movement. 4. Models of social action. 5. Role of pressure groups. XII. Research in social work: 1. Scientific method. 2. Social work research. 3. Methods of data collection. 4. Sampling method. 5. Research methods. Bibliography. Index.

"Professional social work education was initiated in India through influence of American professional social work, which resulted in a clinical orientation in social work in India. Social work education developed with the influence of government of India schemes, which resulted in welfare orientation in social work in addition to the clinical one. Need for a developmental orientation leading to systems change was identified as more appropriate for developing nations. Several developmental initiatives started in social work practice and education, when action groups, social movements and institutions of development studies started emerging in the country. Today, social work practice and education are significantly developmental.

"The author of the book, "Social Work : An Integrated Approach" discusses about the growth of professional social work focussed on facilitation of empowerment and change which is based on an inter-related system of values, theory and practice that involves the conscious application of values, philosophy, principles, methods and skills in social work practice.

"This book covers the aspects like political ideologies, government policies, community’s changing needs and management needs, economic changes and movements that do influence social work practice." (jacket)