Social Work

  COMPONENT OF SOCIAL CASE WORK INTRODUCTION Social case work is the primary method in social work practice. In social case work, a social worker works with an individual, helps an individual who faces problem in the day-to-day functioning. This method deals with both the social and psychological aspects of an individual’s life. The term “social” implies the experiences of the individual with other people and his/her environment, and the term “psychological” implies the thoughts and feelings which occupy the mind within an individual. Thus, the social aspects deal with the interpersonal experiences of the individual and the psychological aspects deal with the intrapersonal experiences of a human being. In order to understand the individual person, it is important to understand the various components of social case work and the importance of the components in dealing with the problems of the individual. Social case work is defined by Mary Richmond in 1915, as “the art of doing...

INTRODUCTION Social case work is the primary method in social work practice. In social case work, a social worker works with an individual, helps an individual who faces problem in the day-to-day functioning. This method deals with both the social and psychological aspects of an individual’s life. The term “social” implies the experiences of the individual with other people and his/her environment, and the term “psychological” implies the thoughts and feelings which occupy the mind within an individual. Thus, the social aspects deal with the interpersonal experiences of the individual and the psychological aspects deal with the intrapersonal experiences of a human being. In order to understand the individual person, it is important to understand the various components of social case work and the importance of the components in dealing with the problems of the individual. Social case work is defined by Mary Richmond in 1915, as “the art of doing different things for and with differe...