Social Case Work

Paper Code: 
MSW222
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To help students appreciate the role of individualized approach in dealing with human problems in general.
  • To help students deepen one’s understanding of person, family and community in relation to the problem with an interdisciplinary perspective and attitude which is non judgmental.
  • To develop an understanding of the scope and nature of case work.
  • To provide insight into the various dimensions of case work process.
  • To provide skills and competence in applying case work as a method of professional intervention in various settings.
12.00
Unit I: 

Definition and Objectives of Social Casework.

 Concepts of Social Casework- Ego, Stress, Social Role and Adaptation, Transference.

Components and Principles of Social Case Work.

12.00
Unit II: 

Phases and Characteristics of Social Case Work – Beginning, Ongoing and Ending.

Theories of Social Case Work: Psychoanalytical theory, Psycho-social theory, Cognitive theory, Role theory.

 

12.00
Unit III: 

Crisis Intervention and Social CaseWork practice in different settings: Education, Nutrition, Health, Marriage, Family welfare, Child guidance, Neighborhood etc.

 Social Case Work with the Poor and the Disadvantaged.

 

12.00
Unit IV: 

Models of Practice: Task Centered Approach, Social Psychological Approach, Vedantic Approach, Integrated Model of Practice, Problem Solving Approach.

Individual and Family Centered Social Work :Counseling, Psychotherapy and Family therapy.

12.00
Unit V: 

Communication: Definition, Principles, Means of Communication, Interpreting and Evaluating Messages.

Interviewing and Recording: Phases and Process; Home visits, Referral.

 Case worker –Client relationship

References: 
  • Davies, Martin, ed. The Blackwell Companion to Social Work, Oxford, Blackwell, 1977.
  • Towle, Charlotte, Common Human Needs, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1973.
  • Davies, Richard, Stress in Social Work. London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1998.
  • Bailey, Roy & Lee, Theory and Practice in Social Work, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1982.
  • Mathew, Grace. An Introduction to Social Casework, Bombay Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 1992.
  • Food, Janis, Radical Casework: A Theory of Practice, Australia, Allen & Unwin, 1993.
  • Kadushin, Alfred, The Social Work Interview. New York, Columbia University Press, 1983.
  • Danial Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, Bantam Books, 1995.
  • Helen Harris Perlman, Social Casework : A Problem – Solving Process. Chicago University Press, 1957.
  • Roberts, R.W. & Nee, R.H. (ed) Theories of Social Casework, Chicago University Press, 1970.
  • Capuzi, David & Cross, Douglas R. Introduction to the Counselling Profession. Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 1997.
  • Fischer, Joel. The effectiveness of Social Casework: Springfield, Charles C. Thomas, 1978.
  • Upadhyaya R.K.,Social Casework,Rawat Publications:Jaipur2016.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Session: 
2019-20
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