Social Work Education

Allice Cheyney (1926), stated, “Social work includes all the voluntary attempts to extend benefits in response to the needs which are concerned with social relationships and which avail themselves of scientific knowledge and methods”.In this definition Cheyney has included all the attempts which are voluntary in spirit and scientific in nature in social work. But she seems to have ignored the public practice of social work that is voluntary and involuntary in nature.Arthur Fink (1942), defined social as “The provision of services designed to aid individuals, singly or in groups in coping with the present or future social and psychological …

BASIC CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL WORKContents of the Unit1.0. Introduction1.1. Unit Objectives1.2. Social Work Meaning and Definition Scope of Social Work Objectives of Social Work Functions of Social Work Methods of Social Work.1.3. Social Welfare Meaning and Concept Scope of Social Welfare Objectives of Social Welfare Residual and Institutional Concept of Social Welfare Distinctions between Social work and Social Welfare. Distinction between Social Welfare and Social Service1.4. Social Action Meaning and Concept of Social Action Process of Social Action Social Work and Social Action and Social Reform1.5. Social Security Meaning and Concept  Methods of Social Security  Social Security in …