NSTP - SOCIAL SERVICES
Family Welfare
WHAT IS SOCIAL SERVICES?
 organized philanthropic assistance (such as
counseling, job training, or financial support)
 range of public services provided by the
government, private, profit and non-profit
organizations. These public services aim to
create more effective organizations, build
stronger communities, and promote equality
and opportunity.
 a service provided by local or national
government or another organization to help
people who are old or ill or need support in
their lives
THE BASIC CONCERN OF SOCIAL WELFARE
1. POVERTY
2. DISABILITY
3. DISEASE
To streamline Social Services
 also called welfare service or social work, any of
numerous publicly or privately provided
services intended to aid disadvantaged,
distressed, or vulnerable persons or groups. The
term social service also denotes the profession
engaged in rendering such services.
 social services have flourished in the 20th
century as ideas of social responsibility have
developed and spread.
In some countries a distinction is drawn between “social
services,” denoting programs, such as health care and
education, that serve the general population, and
“welfare services,” denoting aid directed to vulnerable
groups, such as the poor, the disabled, or the
delinquent.
What are the major area concerns of Social Services?
 FAMILY WELFARE
 CHILD WELFARE
 YOUTH WELFARE
 WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY
 GROUP WELFARE
 WELFARE OF THE SICK AND DISABLED
 WELFARE OF THE MENTALLY ILL
- Family welfare programs seek to preserve and
strengthen the family unit through both
economic assistance, and personal assistance
with a variety of services.
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE:
 services include marriage
counseling in most developed
countries and in urban centers
of developing countries
 maternal, prenatal, and infant
care programs
 family planning services
 family-life education
Child Welfare
- For children’s services are rendered within the
setting of home life.
- Institutional and foster care are now provided
mainly to children whose home lives have been
disrupted, permanently or temporarily, by
marital discord, financial hardship, parental
irresponsibility, neglect, or abuse.
Youth Welfare
- prepare them for the assumption of responsible
roles in the adult world.
- programs provide adult-supervised leisure-time
group activities, which may range from cultural
and social events to athletics to hiking and
camping.
- programs also provide counseling and guidance
services on a more individual basis to help meet
the personal, social, educational, and vocational
needs of young people.
Welfare of the Elderly
- Senior centers sponsor group activities such as
crafts, entertainment, outings, and meals on a
regular basis.
- Services include transportation, friendly visiting,
home delivery of hot meals, nurse visitation,
and reduced-cost medical supplies.
- Nursing homes, variously funded, provide
medical and custodial care for those who are
unable to live independently
Welfare of the sick and disabled

- In some countries, medical social workers are

local-authority social workers who have been
attached to hospitals, local general-practice
health centers, and child guidance agencies
- Personal social services make arrangements for
domiciliary care in the form of regular visits
from home-helpers and occupational therapists;
special appliances and home adaptations are
supplied either by personal social services or by
health services.