Probation Officer Paper II: Social Work & Criminology · 1 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India · APPSC Paper I
1.3 Social welfare and practice in India notes
2 notes, in reading order.
- 1.3.1Social welfare, social policy and voluntary action
Social welfare is the organised system of services that helps people function well in society (Friedlander, Dolgoff); it can be residual or institutional (Wilensky and Lebeaux), and Titmuss gave three models of social policy; Beveridge defined voluntary action as private action not directed by the State, which in India is carried by NGOs and supported by the Central Social Welfare Board (1953).
Standard · 14 min · Full course - 1.3.2Fields of social work practice in India: child welfare, social development, Panchayati Raj and social legislation
Social work in India is practised in fields such as child and family welfare (ICDS, NIPCCD, the 1974 National Policy for Children), social and community development (indicators, Rio 1992 / Agenda 21, participation as both means and end), Panchayati Raj (73rd Amendment, in force 24 April 1993) and social legislation, which changes society only with public support and enforcement.
Standard · 16 min · Full course
Practise Social welfare and practice in India. Questions with answers explained, from the same topics.
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