Family Social Work

Paper Code: 
MSW 323
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To develop a perspective of understanding and analyzing issues, needs and problems related to family and child.
  • To provide knowledge regarding the policies and programmes related to family and child.
  • To acquaint students about the methods and skills of working with families and children for the purpose of care, rehabilitation prevention and development.
     
Unit I: 
  • Family as a social system – its importance and function.
  • Approaches to understand family : Ecological and developmental perspective.
  • Family and Human rights. Role of Family in Social development.
Unit II: 
  • Family centred social work : Concept, principles and methods.
  • Methods of intervention, case work, counseling and guidance, family therapy, advocacy, and crisies intervention.
Unit III: 
  • Social work Intervention with child bearing and infertile families.
  • Families with mental problems, victims of family violence, disaster and riots; families of alcoholic and substance abusers, deprived and poor families.
  • Rehabilitative and preventive aspects of social work with families.
Unit IV: 
  • Child Welfare : Concept, philosophy and principle.
  • Concept of child development and its implications for planning for children.
  • Nature, extent and causes of problems of children in difficult circumstances : Delinquent, street and working child, girl child, child labour, and differently abled children.
  • Problem of child abuse in India. An overview of laws relating to children.
Unit V: 
  • Integrated Child Development Programmes.
  • Rehabilitation, Preventive and promotional aspects of social work practice in the field of child development.
  • Role of voluntary organization in the field of child development.
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Academic Session: 
2018-19
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