Social Work

Social work is the profession of promoting social changes, problem solving in humans,
empowerment and liberation of peoples to enhance well-beings.

Characteristics of Social Work

Relationship is the key of social work.
Most of the social workers are the employed in agency settings.
Social work has a unique educational involving class work and practice fieldwork.
Social work has distinctive professional bodies.
Orientation of psychiatric concepts.
Basic goal of social work is to help clients and themselves or to helps community to help itself.
Stress on understanding peoples.

Objectives of Social Work

Provide opportunities for social development & growth.
Provide socio-legal act.
Relief & Rehabilitations in different situations.
Provide food & nutrition, education and basic literacy, living hood and housing schemes and
public health opportunities.
Administration of non-profit organizations.
Bring social changes for the growth and development of society.
Bring environmental changes in the favor of individual’s growth & development.
Empowerment of vulnerable groups.

Types of Social Work Approaches

There are three types of social work approaches.
Maintenance Approach
Therapeutic Approach
Emancipatory Approach

Maintenance Approach
Tries to address the current need and pacify the current situations.
Therapeutic Approach
Basic aim is to enhance psychological & emotional functioning so that a person can handle
his/her problems.
Emancipatory Approach
Associated with radical social work.
Ensuring social justice at individual, group & community levels.
Balance of power in the society and distribution of social resources.
Social Work Profession
Natural Climate
Regulation of national and international policies.
Psychiatry, Medical, Social & Law.
Globalization impact.
Genocide.

Social Work Profession Features

International adoption.
Immigration.
Human Trafficking.

ISWF & IASSW

ISWF
Over 1.5 million professional social workers at 84 countries & 0.47 million members.
IASSW
Over 3000 Schools offering social work professional Qualification.

Relationship b/w Social Work & Social Welfare

Based on three premises.
Person is important.
He/she has personal, his/her family or community problem by interacting with other.
Something has done for decreasing these problems.

Social Work & Social Welfare

Social Work are professional services based on scientific knowledge and skills in human, which
helps individuals or community to obtain satisfaction.
While social welfare is the system of law, services, programs and benefits for the society or
individuals.

National Association of Social Work

National association of social work was created on 1 October 1955 by merger of seven
associations.
AASSW
American Association of School Social Work
AAMSW
American Association of Medical Social Work
AAPSW
American Association of Psychiatry Social Work
NAASW
National Association of Social Work
AASGW
American Association of Group Social Work
ASCO
Association for the study of community organization
SWRG
Social Work Research Group

Directorate of Social Welfare in Pakistan

Every new and existing voluntary social welfare agency has to be registered under the voluntary
social welfare agency, registration and control 1961.
Almost 28 colleges are offering social work as the optional subject; only 08 public sector
universities are influencing education on social welfare work.
Tertiary education on social welfare work is offered by University of Punjab, University Of
Peshawar, University of Bahawalpur & University of Sargodha.

Directorate of Social Welfare in Punjab

Community Development Program
133 units serving around 1.70 million beneficiaries.
District, Tehsil & Sub-divisional objectives.
Promoting better living hood.
Tapping local resources.
Promoting local leadership.
Formation of CBO’s & NGO’s.

Medical Social Welfare Services

36 districts of the province.
Hospitals are available at all Tehsils and Districts.
Help to needy & poor patients.
Provide Medicines.

Shelter Homes
08 shelters homes in province.
Protection to women.
Institutional care and vocational training.
Rehabilitation.

Voluntary Social Welfare Agency

Non-profitable or Non-governmental organizations.
May not or may paid by government.
Created by Individual in their private capacity.
Depend on support, funds and donations.

Features of Voluntary Social Welfares

Set up by individual’s themselves.
Should registered and has legal status under Voluntary social welfare agency.
Should has the managing individual elected or nominated by the members.
Should has the sense of commitment for the social development.

Role of Voluntary Welfare Services

Motivating and organizing peoples for their own help.
Rehabilitation.
Providing voluntary services, trainings, welfare and employment.
Community Development.
Promoting pilot projects.

Grant-in-Aid by Government
An amount by government given to the voluntary agency is called grant-in-aid.
It’s given in condition to,
Maintain the voluntary services.
Provide the right of inspection and direction.
In case of any unsatisfactory services government has right to hold on payment.

Reason for Grant-in-aid by Government

To ensure the voluntary services.
To assist agencies to improve their services by employment of qualified staff.

Reason behind the Grant-in-aid by Government

To encouraging social welfare agencies and NGO’s.
To encourage the growth of social work and for the awareness of social welfares among the
peoples.

Difference between Professional & Voluntary Social Workers

Professional social workers are trained in their field and give services for the development,
growth and wellbeing of peoples.
While voluntary social worker are not professional in their job but the helps community as well
as professional workers.

Concept of social work in Islam

Serving others is considered as worship in Islam, Only by serving peoples we shall has he
Allah’s mercy.
There are two basic principles in Islam
Worship of Allah
Serving Humanity
Mean do good to parents, relatives, orphans and all humanity.
“ Do not worship except Allah, Do good to parents and to relatives, orphans and to the needy
peoples & establish prayers and give zakat.
Chapter 2, Verse83.
Zakat
Cleanness and purity.

Bait-Ul-Maal
House of wealth

A Beautiful Loan with Allah

Helping others

Waqf
Institution orientated during the time of Prophet Muhammad PUBH, and Caliphs R.A.

Relationship between Social work and other professions

Sociology
Anthropology
Psychology
Law & ethics
Political Science
Economics
Statics

Sociology and Social Work

Sociology is the study of structure, development and functions of human society.
Social work is the study of profession promoting social changes and social development and
growth.

Theoretical Contributions of Sociology

System theory use in ecological method of social interaction.
There are three social approaches,
Structural Functionalist
Marxian
Interactionist
Key Theories and Their Concepts.
Foucault’s Theory of Power
His theory address the relationship between power and knowledge.

Marx Class of Relationship Theory

He describe the individual’s position in the society, determined by the production process.

Erving Goffman
His major study includes sociology of daily life, social interaction, social organization of
experiences and concept of total institutions and theory of symbolic interactionism.
Principles of social work
There are eight principles of social work,
Principle of Acceptance
Principle of Acceptance
Principle of Individuality
Principle of Objectivity
Principle of Non-judgmental Attitude
Principle of Self-determination
Principle of Self-determination
Principle of Confidentially

Community
A place where group of people’s lives together as a society.

Community Dimension
Place
Population
Political System
Social organization
Cultural system
Economic system

Community Organization & Community Development

Community Organization
People’s participation is important.
External and governmental assistance is not
needed or important.
Used in all fields.
People initiate Plainings.
Practiced in any community.
Community Development
People’s development is important.
External or governmental assistance is
important and needed.
Used in mostly economic development and
living standards of peoples.
Government and external agencies initiate
plainings.
Practiced in developed or development
community.

Social Case Work

Primary method of social work. Social casework refers to the finding solutions of the problems
of individuals that are not handle by their own.

Social Case History

Interview with client.
Interview with family, relative, friends and community.

Interview
Interviews are conducted to,
Gain Knowledge
Understand the other.
To make person understanding you.

Principles of social case work

Individuality
Non-judgmental attitude
Proposal expression of feelings
Acceptance
Self-determination
Control of emotions
confidently
Three Majors Roles
Clinical/behavioral change
Role of educator
The broker advocate role

Six Phases of Case work

Interview/ Building report
Psycho-social study
Psycho-social diagnosis
Problem solving process
Monitoring and evolution
Follow up and Termination

Components of social case work

Person
Problem
Place
Process