Social Work : An Introductory Text Book

Contents: Preface. I. Foundation component: 1. Introduction to social work/Y. Ronald. 2. Social science concepts for social work/J. Prabhakar. II. Methods component: 3. Social case work/P.V. Laavanya. 4. Social group work/K. Manju. 5. Community organisation/C. Arya. 6. Social action and advocacy/C. Arya. III. Fields of practice component: 7. Medical and psychiatric social work/P.V. Laavanya. 8. Community development and local governance/P. Stalin. 9. Criminology and correctional administration/S. Vineetha. 10. Labour welfare and management/T. Muthu Kumaran. IV. Research methodology component: 11. Introduction to research methodology/Y. Ronald. 12. Quantitative research/P.V. Laavanya. 13. Qualitative research methods in social work/Y. Ronald. V. Advance skills and professional development components: 14. Project proposal writing and fundraising/Y. Ronald. 15. Introduction to social welfare administration/P.V. Laavanya. 16. Field work supervision/Y. Ronald. 17. Social work association and professional growth/P.V. Laavanya. Annexures. Index. Social work is a field study in social sciences. It is mainly concerned with the study of social problems and social interventions. Social work sets to study individuals groups community and institutions and these remain as the academic boundary of the subject. Social work is also regarded as a practice discipline because unlike the other social science professionals social workers involve in direct practice and intervention in the field. This book is classified in to five parts namely the foundation component the methods component the fields of practice component the research methodology component and the advance skills and professional development components.