Functions of Social Work Profession.pptx

1. Functions of Professional Social Work
Rambabu Botcha
Assistant Professor
Department of Social Work
RGNIYD

2. Introduction
• The primary mission of the social work
profession is to enhance human well-being
and help meet basic and complex needs of all
people, with a particular focus on those who
are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in
poverty.

3. Vulnerable Groups in India
• Women
• Scheduled Castes (SC)
• Scheduled Tribes (ST)
• Children
• Aged
• Disabled
• Poor migrants
• People living with HIV/AIDS

4. These Seven Core Tasks of Social
Workers
• Engagement
• Assessment
• Planning
• Implementation
• Monitoring/Evaluation
• Supportive Counseling, and
• Gradual Disengagement.

5. Questions-MSW Students
• How many states are there in India
• How many Union Territories are there in India and
names of those UTs
• What is population of the world and India?
• How many schools of social work are there in India?

6. Four Functions of the Social Work
Profession
• Curative Function
• Correctional Function
• Preventive Function; and
• Developmental Function.

7. What SWs Do
• Social workers help relieve people's suffering,
fight for social justice, and improve lives and
communities.
• Most people think of social workers when
they think of poverty alleviation and child
welfare.

8. What SWs Do
• Social Workers work for our commitment to
advocacy, social justice, and helping
individuals, families, and communities who
need us most.

9. What SWs Do
• SWs can be found in hospitals, helping people
cope with terrible conditions and chronic
illness.
• SWs provide therapy and community health
centers and help prevent students from
dropping out of school.
• SWs help prisoners as they re enter
communities and provide rehabilitative
support in drug and alcohol centers.

10. What SWs Do
• SWs provide outreach and long-term care in
nursing homes and homeless shelters.
• SWs are first responders during natural
disasters.

11. What SWs Do
• Social workers are executive directors of non-
profit organizations, and community
organizers.
• Social Workers are Professors, Researchers,
Officers, People’s Representatives,