Social Work : Introduction
Are you a person who really wants to serve the society or lend your
service to the needy? Do you have enough compassion or consideration for
the needy to put them first than your own lucrative development? If so,
here is an apt career for you which is challenging and at the same time
provides great mental satisfaction... It is the career in Social Service,
in other words, pure charity work that has gradually grown into a profession.
People who were involved in charity work understood the drawbacks of the
lack of scientific approach to their work and so gradually it was developed
into a profession scientifically by applying theoretical and practical
knowledge. Social work is all about improving the lives of people by helping
them to deal with their problems such as personal issues, diseases, unemployment
etc. It is an exciting, demanding and immensely rewarding profession which
requires exceptional dedication to strive for social reform. Social work
is a profession for those with a strong desire to improve people’s lives.
Social workers are the helping hands for needy people who are suffering
from homelessness, poverty, violence, abuses and diseases like cancer,
AIDS etc. They work towards the solutions of people's social, economic
and emotional problems through counseling, arranging conferences, increasing
resources, spreading public awareness and starting social programs and
health services. The area of service for a social worker is wide, which
can range from working in various developmental projects of the government
to working for NGOs. The work of a social worker can be related to an
educational programme, health, environment or forest and water management.
It is the duty of the social worker to answer their client's specific
needs and to do the follow up for providing apt service to them.
As a practical oriented course, Social Work deals with the study of methods
and techniques used in developmental activities. Emerging in the 19th
century, it has now become a major career choice with the increasing number
of social organizations. Professional social work education began in India
in 1936 with the establishment of TATA Institute of Social Sciences.
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