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    Methods of Social Work

    Posted byMd. MohinuddinonAugust 22, 2017


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    Generally, a method implies a systematic way of doing something. In social work, the
    method is understood as the systematic and planned way of helping the people. The main
    concern of social work is to solve psycho-social problems of individuals, groups, and
    communities through the conscious application of knowledge in methods, tools, techniques,
    and skills of social work. In this task, the social worker has to be equipped with all the
    necessary methods of social work that ease his work to help the people in solving their own
    problems.
     
    Social work as a professional practice mainly uses the following methods while
    accomplishing its objectives:
    1)      Social casework
    2)      Social group work
    3)      Community Organization
    4)      Social work research
    5)      Social welfare administration
    6)      Social action
     
    The first three of the methods given above are known as the primary or direct methods. These
    are direct and primary in the sense that they are directly applied in the field situation among
    the people to solve their problems. These methods are involved to solve the problems at the
    grassroots level by the social worker’s direct intervention. The latter three are known as
    secondary or indirect methods because they are involved indirectly by some specialized
    agencies or a set of organized people. Unlike the primary methods, these methods generally
    operate at the secondary levels but not with the people directly.
     
    1.       Social casework: It is the primary method of social work. It deals with individual
    problems through one-to-one relationships which are guided by the professional
    knowledge of the social caseworker. Under the method, the social caseworker attempts to
    repair the impaired relationship of the client with his social environment and through a
    guided interaction he/she enables the client to adapt to his/her social environment.
    Through this method, the caseworker discovers different aspects of the client's problem,
    prepares an appropriate treatment plan, and finally with professional knowledge in the
    social relationships tries to bring about necessary changes in the attitude and behaviour of
    the client in favour of his own growth and development.
     
    2.       Social group work: Social group work is another primary method of social work. It is a
    process in which the individuals in a social group are helped by a professionally qualified
    worker, who guides their interaction through planned programme activities so that they
    may be able to relate themselves with others and find growth opportunities in accordance
    with their needs and capacities towards the noble end of individual group and community
    development. In this method, the group worker uses the group as a potential tool for the
    positive change and personality development of individuals. In group work, individuals in
    the group are most important and all programme activities revolve around their needs for
    development. Through the group work process, they are helped to improve their
    relationship and personality traits which may help them to develop themselves and their
    community as a whole.
     
    3.       Community Organization: Community organization as a method of social work is a
    process through which efforts are directed towards meeting the community needs by
    organizing human and material resources of the community. Identifying problems,
    finding resources relevant to their needs, developing and organizing inter-personal and
    inter-group relationships, planning and executing effective programme activities are some
    of the specific activities in the community organization method. An organized and
    collaborative effort of the members of the community for their own development is the
    main concern of this method.
     
    4.       Social welfare administration: Social welfare administration is one of the secondary
    methods of social work. It refers to a process through which social policy is transformed
    into social service. In the other words, it is a process to manage the affairs of social work
    or social welfare. Developing programmes, mobilizing resources, recruiting and
    involving suitable personnel, proper organization, coordination, providing skilful
    leadership, supervision and guidance of staff, budgeting and evaluation are some of the
    specified activities involved in the social welfare administration method.
     
    5.       Social work research: Social work research is another important method of social work.
    It refers to the systematic and critical enquiry of the questions encountered by social work
    professionals in the field of application. Through this method, efforts are made to find
    answers to the existing and emerging problems of social work so as to make them useful
    in the practical fields. Social work research like that of other social sciences is
    contributing a lot to the storehouse of its knowledge and help in the better planning and
    implementation of social work programmes.
     
    6.       Social action:   Social action method of social work is the one that is used to bring about
    desirable changes in the defective system for ensuring social progress. Through this
    method attempts are made to mobilize people, to create awareness on existing problems,
    to organize them and to encourage them to raise their voice against undesirable practices
    which hampers their development and finally to create pressure for bringing about
    suitable legislation for social progress. This method seeks to relate the community needs
    with the solution of the problems mainly through collective initiative.

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