CHILD FOCUSED SOCIAL WORK

Reference Book
BY
Mr Ali Gohar

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Preface

Given limited time and massive volumes of contents, what vital information should be conveyed to trainees in an introductory course about social work? What outcomes in terms of trainee learning should instructors strive to attain? This book focuses on the introductory and basic concepts of social work with special reference to child related issues. An effort has been made to that the style and text of the reading material should be clear, readable and interesting.

The themes integrated throughout the text include:

Introduction to the basic concepts of social work
Related concepts
Methods of social works
Skills in social work
Child development and related issues
Field work concepts

Organization

This book is organized into three major parts: (1) the introduction: social work practice (methods) (2) concepts of child and related issues (3) Field work and evaluation. Theses three major parts is further subdivided into seven chapters which is given below:

Chapter-1:        Introduction to Social Work
Chapter-2:        Methods in Social Work Practice: Primary and Secondary methods
Chapter-3:        Basic Skills in Social Work
Chapter-4:        Understanding Children and childhood
Chapter-5:        Child development and Psychology (Including physical)
Chapter-6:        Advocacy and networking
Chapter-7:        Field work evaluation criteria

Acknowledgments

The manual book is possible due to the dedication and hard work of many people. I express sincere appreciation to --------------------

CONTENTS

Chapter	Title	P.
Chapter. 1	Introduction to Social Work	2
1.1	The National Association of Social Work (NASW)	2
1.1.1	Related Concepts to Social Work	3
1.1.2	Social Welfare	4
a)	Social Services	4
b)	Social Security	4
c)	Social Assistance	4
d)	Charity/Voluntary/Philanthropy Social Work Vs. Professional Social Work	5
e)	Professional Social Work	5
f)	Social Policy	5
1.1.3	Basic Purpose of Social Work: Social Functioning	5
1.1.4	Three Basic Functioning of Social Work	7
a)	Restoration of impaired capacity	7
b)	Provision of Resources	7
c)	Prevention of Social Dysfunction	7
1.1.5	Role of Social Worker	7
	Enabler Coordinator Guidance Activists Advocate	8
1.1.6	Characteristics of Social Worker	8
1.1.7	Principle of Social Work: Generic and Specific Principle	9
1.1.8	Theoretical framework of social work	11
1.1.9	Code of ethics in Social Work	13
1.1.10	Historical development of social welfare and social welfare state	14
1.1.11	Children related tradition and modern social work in the context of Afghanistan	15
Chapter-2	Methods in Social Work Practice: Primary and Secondary methods	22
2.1.2	Methods of Social Work: Social Case work	22
2.1.1	Components of Social Casework	25
2.1.2	Important factors related to Social Welfare agencies	27
2.1.3	Importance of casework process	29
2.1.4	Casework process	29
2.1.5	Problems solving process	29
2.1.6	Principle of social casework	30
2.2	Social Group Work	33
2.2.1	Social Group Work concepts in Afghanistan perspective	33
2.2.2.	Aims and objectives of the Group	34
2.2.3	Principle of Social Group Work	36
2.2.4	Social Group	37
2.2.5	Types of Social Group	37
2.2.6	Characteristic of primary group	38
2.2.7	Difference between primary and secondary groups	39
2.2.8	Group dynamics and stages of group development	40
2.2.9	Social Group, traditional group etc	41
2.2.10	Jirga and Shura	42
2.2.11	Child self help group	42
2.2.13	Understanding group	42
2.3	Community development	44
2.3.1	Community	44
2.3.2	Essential of community	44
2.3.3	Community development	47
2.3.5	Principle of community development	53
2.3.6	Community development: concepts and practice	54
2.3.7	Community mobilization and participation	55
2.3.8	Children as an agent of social change	56
2.4	Social Work Research	58
2.4.1	Importance of social research	58
2.4.2	Research processes	59
2.4.3	Types of Social Research	60
2.4.4	Research and survey techniques	61
2.4.5	Benefits of Social Research	61
2.4.6	Tools of Research	61
2.5	Social Welfare Administration	63
2.5.1	Task of Administration	63
2.5.2	Administration in group process	63
2.5.3	Major aspects of administration	64
2.5.4	Importance	64
2.5.5	Social administration and intervention	65
2.5.6	Intervention	65
2.6	Social Action	68
2.6.1	Methods of Social Actions	68
2.6.2	Process of Social Actions	69
Chapter-3	Basic Skills in Social Work	69
3.1	Recording and documentation	69
3.1.1	Purpose of recording	70
3.1.2	Principles of records	70
3.1.3	Social Work recording	70
3.2	Communication	71
3.2.1	Verbal and Non-verbal communication	71
Chapter-4	Understanding Children and childhood	71
4.1	Definition of child	71
4.1.4	What children can do?	77
4.1.5	Introduction to child	79
4.1.6	What is child to child approach	80
4.1.7	Perspective matter	80
4.1.8	Role of Social Institutions in child socialization	81
4.1.9	Mechanism of addressing children’s problem	86
4.1.10	Social problems among children in Afghanistan	87
4.1.11	Causes of poverty	87
4.1.12	Sensitivity on the issue	88
4.1.14	Physical an Psychological punishment violates a child’s right	110
4.1.15	Islamic perspective about preventing violence	115
Chapter- 5	Child development and Psychology (Including physical)	140
5.1	Child development	141
5.1.1	Introduction to child development	158
5.1.2	Factors influencing child development	142
5.1.3	Social ecological framework	143
5.1.4	Areas of development	145
5.1.5	Effect of physical and psychological punishment and positive discipline in children	147
5.1.6	Needs of a persons	149
5.1.7	Bio-Psych-social issues related to children	155
5.1.8	Steps in crisis intervention	163
Chapter-6	Legal and Administrative bases for addressing the issues and concerns of children	165
6.1	Shariah law	165
6.2	International Human Right and Humanitarian law	167
6.3	Right based approach	173
6.4	UN study on violence against children	175
6.5	Awareness raising for child rights	176
6.6	Juvenile Justice and peace	177
Chapter-7	Field work evaluation criteria	188
7.1	School social work	188
7.1.1	Nature of school social work	188
7.2	Medical social work	188
7.2.1	Nature of medical social work	189
7.2.2	Role of medical social work	190
7.2.3	Structure of report	191
8	Bibliography	192

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CHILD FOCUSED SOCIAL WORK

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