Social Work : Interventions and Management

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Social work with family: 1. Family as a social system. 2. Evolution of the field of family social welfare. 3. Understanding family. 4. Family centered social work. 5. Problems of family. 6. Rehabilitating and preventing aspect of social work with families. II. Social work with children: 1. Child welfare. 2. Evolution of the child welfare. 3. Concept of child development and its implication for planning for children. 4. Child in India. 5. Factors effecting the child in his growth. 6. Rights of the child. 7. Child Welfare Policy: constitutional and legislative provisions. 8. Nature, extend and causes of the problems. 9. Rehabilitation, preventive and probationary aspects of social work practice in the field of child development. 10. The role of voluntary, national and international agencies working in the Field of Child Welfare Development. III. Social work with youths: 1. Democratic field of youth in India. 2. Services for student youth. 3. Role of youth in development. 4. Inter-generation conflict. IV. Social work with elderly: 1. Situation of aged person. 2. Socio-economic changes of aged. 3. Elderly abuse and deprivation. 4. Voluntary organization for the care of aged. 5. International development. V. Social work in industry: 1. Labour economics. 2. Concept, importance and rationalization of labour problems. 3. Labour welfare and social security. 4. Labour legislation. VI. Human relations and employees' welfare: 1. Human relations in industry. 2. Human resource management. 3. Leadership and group dynamics. 4. Welfare measures in industry. 5. Industrial relations. VII. Social welfare management: 1. Social welfare organisation. 2. Project designing in social welfare organisation. 3. Project planning and techniques. 4. Administration as a group process. Bibliography. Index.

"Social work is a professional discipline today. Social work in its various forms addresses the complex transactions between people and their environments. Its mission is to enable people to enrich their lives and develop their full potential. Social work is an interrelated system of values, theories and practice. The broad concerns for social work profession are equity, social justice, harmony and peace mainly directing the activities to support the quest of the marginalized groups to meet their needs. The topics included in this text have tried to accentuate upon the upcoming socio-politico-economic realties in regard to welfare ad development aspects and its impact on the role of social work professionals in various fields.

In this book the author has tried to point out the integration of theory and practice in various fields of social welfare and social policy to provide interdisciplinary collaboration for better understanding of human problems, services and issues of social development. The various aspects discussed in this volume examines professional values of social work, such as inherent dignity and worth of the individual, commitment to democratic functioning and social justice." (jacket)