Probation Officer Paper II: Social Work & Criminology · 1 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India · APPSC Paper I
1.2 Methods of social work notes
2 notes, in reading order.
- 1.2.1Primary methods: social case work, social group work and community organisation
Social work has three primary (direct) methods that work with people face to face: social case work (one individual or family at a time; Mary Richmond, Perlman's 4 Ps), social group work (small groups; Konopka, Tuckman's stages) and community organisation (a whole community; Murray Ross, Rothman's three models); the three secondary (auxiliary) methods are research, welfare administration and social action.
Standard · 14 min · Full course - 1.2.2Secondary methods: social work research, welfare administration and social action
The secondary (auxiliary) methods support direct practice: social work research is the systematic investigation of problems met in social work practice, social welfare administration turns social policy into social services (Kidneigh; POSDCORB), and social action mobilises people to change policies and structures (Britto's elitist and popular models; Lees' collaboration, competition and disruption).
Standard · 14 min · Full course
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