Overview

Vision

To develop innovative models in social work education, research, field work and academic-organization interface.

Mission

To create multi-disciplinary skill sets among students through scientific theoretical & practical exposure, training, research and opportunity to practice their learning.

Eligibility

Any UG course with the pattern of 10 + 2 + 3 and which is recognized by the University of Madras.

About Us

The Department of Social Work was started in Y2001 by Rev. Fr. K. C. George S. J,  a ‘Veteran Social Worker’ Awardee by the Government of Kerala. He was the first Principal, and Director of the college and first HOD the Department.

More than 600 students have passed out in the specializations of Community Development & Empowerment, Human Resource & Management and Medical & Psychiatric Social Work. They are serving presently in local / state /national /international level organizations as entry /middle level executives.

Presently, 80 students from various parts of India are undergoing the social work education. It is a co-education Department. There are 40 students in the first year and 40 students in the second year course. There are 5 full time faculties (2 female & 3 Male). 

We strive to form professional social workers with optimal quality.

Curriculum

1^stSem

1. Social Work Profession- Prof.Arunkumar
2. Work with Individuals- Prof. Kavitha Rani
3. Work with Groups- Fr. John Peter
4. Social and Psychological Foundations for Social Work- Prof. YaminiRajagopal

2^ndSem

5. Community Organization & Social Action- Prof. YaminiRajagopal
6. Social Work Research and  Statistics- Prof. Arunkumar
7. Working with People living with HIV/AIDS- Prof. Kavitha Rani
8. Gender and Development- Fr. John Peter

3^rdSem

9. Rural Community Development – Prof. Kavitha Rani
10. Urban Community Development – Fr. John Peter
11. Labour Legislations- Prof. MoieesonThairiyam
12. Human Resource Management Development- Prof. MoieesonThairiyam
13. Medical Social Work- Prof. Arunkumar
14. Psychiatric Social Work- Prof. YaminiRajagopal
15. Management of Organizations- Fr. John Peter
16. Counselling Theory and Practice- Prof. YaminiRajagopal
17. Social Policy and Social Legislation- Prof. MoieesonThairiyam

4^thSem

18. Development Planning – Prof. Kavitha Rani
19. Entrepreneurship Development – Fr. John Peter
20. Industrial Relations and Labor Welfare- Prof. MoieesonThairiyam
21. Organizational Behaviour and Organizational Development- Prof. Arunkumar
22. Community Health- Prof. Arunkumar
23. Mental Health and Social Work - Prof. YaminiRajagopal
24. Social work in the unorganized sector- Fr. John Peter
25. Social work and Persons with Disability- Prof. Kavitha Rani

 

Field Work

a. Observation visit

Observation Visits provide an exposure to an understanding of the services provided in response to people’s needs.

Objectives:

• Acquire skills of systematic observation and develop a sprit of inquiry.
• Understand society’s response to social problems through various schemes.
• Understand, appreciate and develop ability to critically evaluate the initiative of voluntary and government programmes.
• Develop an appreciation of social work intervention in these programmes by recording.
• A minimum of six visits may be made to Health settings, Educational Setting, Community services, Services for special groups, Criminal justice systems, civic administration centers, Destitute, migrant and elderly services both institutional and non-institutional.

 

b. Reality walk

Students are paired off to Interview the concerned people like Child Labourers employed in Hotels, Petrol Bunks, Petty Shops, Beach Vendors, Fruit Vendors, Street Children, Cobblers, Pavement Dwellers, Beggars, Construction Workers, Migrant Workers, Alcoholics, Patients in Hospitals and the others in need.

 

c.      Social experience laboratory

• It is a class room activity, to provide in the games / activities, from the involvement of self in various practice skills.
• The structured experience laboratory provides the opportunity of “learning by doing” in a safe environment of the class room.
• In a laboratory learners and facilitators meet jointly to experience certain intervention skills, needs to be amongst the most non-threatening methods of learning, especially for beginners.
• These laboratory experiences are designed in small groups to encourage participation, sharing of the experience and aid in examining learning and appreciation of skills. These sessions have a specific objective of experiencing self, and applying / using self in practice.

       The Objectives

• Understanding of situations in the world of reality through experiencing situations in a laboratory setting, using imagination and fantasy.
• Reflect over one’s own behavior, its effect oneself and others. 
• Observe other’s behavior and with the help of the facilitator, understand the same. 
• Express feelings and appropriate reaction / response to other’s feelings. 
• Confront situations wherein conflicts, decision making and reflections are necessary.

 

d. Concurrent Field Work 

• It is an ongoing learning practice opportunity. It is for the purposes of developing intervention skills in reality situations. This entails learning social work practice for two or two and a half days or its equivalent, each week of the semester by placing the learners in agencies or in communities to initiate and participate in direct service delivery.
• To enable the learner to use a holistic approach to problem solving, organize people to meet their needs, move from problem to issue based work and gain greater confidence working independently.

 

e. Case work

 "A close study of psychological and sociological factors in the history of an individual or family in unfavorable circumstances, with   a   view to improving personal and family conditions."

Students have to conduct a minimum of 3 case works with the minimum of 5 sessions each, in the second semester

 

f. Group work

"Social group work is a method of social work which helps individuals to enhance their social functioning through purposeful group experiences, and to cope more effectively with their personal, group or community problems"

Students have to conduct a minimum of 1 Group work with the minimum of 10 sessions, in the second semester

 

g. Community organization

"community organization covers a series of activities at the community level aimed at bringing about desired improvement in the social well being of individuals, groups and neighborhoods"

Students have to conduct a minimum of 1 community organisation, in the second semester

 

h. Rural camp

This component provides opportunities to experience to rural life, analyze rural dynamics, and observe the functioning of local self-government and voluntary organizations. This experience aids peer participation in planning for activities for own group and those for local people. It also helps develop skills carry out, evaluate, and report the experience.

In the first semester we expose our students for 10 days in the remote village for rural camp.

 

i. Educational tour

 This component is for providing an experience to study and appreciate innovative efforts by individuals and groups towards meeting people’s core needs, and initiate development.

In the third semester the students go for educational tour either with in India or abroad

 

j. Summer placement

It is increasingly recognized / accepted that a part of the summer vacation, after completing the first year of the post-graduate programme, could be used fruitfully to integrate practice skills and techniques learnt.

• The time frame recommended for this experience is minimum of 30 working days, after the first year of the post graduate  programme.
• To provide an opportunity to experience day-to-day work in a setting.
• The learner gets involved with direct practice with the client system and with the ongoing management operations of the setting.

 

k. Block placement

• It is an opportunity provided at the end of the two year programme.
• This time is to be designed for the learners to integrate theory and practice to enhance competencies of social work practice and experience self in that role.

Experiments of providing block field work opportunity at the beginning of the last semester or at the end of the last semester before the final examination is also being made by some institutions.

 

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