SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH

Dr.P.N.Narayana Raja

What is Social Work Research

Social Work Research is a method of finding answers to the questions related to Social Work Professional practice in a Social Work setting, be it a Social Work Organization, community or a Society in General. - R D Naik

Application of Social work Research

1. Pin pointing the problems in a social work setting 2. Assess the effectiveness of the various diagnostic and treatment alternative available in the social work practice 3. Finding out the conditions responsible for social problems and interventions required to solve them 4. Framing Strategies to strengthen the social functioning

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SOCIAL RESEARCH Focused on the study of general behaviour & personality aspects of the society Advancement of theories in social sciences Validate the existing theories, policies and programmes to judge their suitability Establishment of principles to understand the reality

SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH

1. Focused on the select aspects of behaviour and alternate modes of behaviour modification 2. Advancement of Social Work concepts and theories 3. Validate the concepts of Social work methods in social work practice 4. Application of principles to preventive and corrective tasks

PRESENT POSITION OF SWR

The aim of SWR is to validate social work concepts as practiced in Indian settings. Most of the SWs are engaged in social research sociology, social psychology, rural & urban development, management etc. Poor documentation of research works. Not much work is done to validate social work practice in Indian social work settings. No proper body to assess the quality and quantity of SWR as the association is weak.

REASONS FOR LACK OF SWR

Inadequacy of financial assistance Shortage of Research personnel to do SWR Inadequacy of Research facilities few recognized research centers even recognized centers do not concentrate on SWR Load of teaching in the social work institutions Lack of Research incentives Poor research training Non availability of or impotency of professional bodies to insist on the growth of professional knowledge

Agencies supporting SWR

PREM division of Ministry of HRD Planning Commission, Govt. of India UGC New Delhi Department of Science and Technology, Delhi National Institutes like NIRD, NISD etc. International agencies like UNICEF, UNDP. World Bank, DANIDA, WHO. ILO etc. National associations - ASSWI, IASSI,ASSI etc Corporate Sectors Schools of Social Work

PARALLEL BETWEEN SOCIAL WORK & RESEARCH

SOCIAL WORK
1. ASSESSMENT
2. DETERMINE INTERVENTION PLAN 3. IMPLEMENT INTERVENTION 4. EVALUATE INTERVENTION EFFECT 5. REVIEW AND TERMINATION

RESEARCH
1. PROBLEM FORMULATION

2. RESEARCH STRATEGY 3. COLLECTION OF DATA 4. ANALYSIS OF DATA 5. CONCLUSIONS

Generic Research Skills in SW

Identifying aspects of the problem Selecting the crucial ones to be tackled Identifying and selecting the elements of information to be collected Identifying the best source of information Art of Interviewing Collating the items of information to draw inference for treatment

SWR in Social Case Work

Understanding the appropriateness of Study Process Background of the client Collateral Contact Problem of the client Referring records

Observation

Interview

Home Visit

Reviewing the Intake

Authenticity of referral

Willingness of the client

Professional Capacity

Understanding the appropriateness of Diagnosis

List out the reasons

Rank on severity

Choose the right cause

Understanding the appropriateness of Treatment techniques

Recovery Speed

No Relapse

Follow Up Cooperation

Assess the Felt needs of the Community

SWR IN SOCIAL WORK ADMINISTRATION

Controlling

Collecting Information About the Social work Agency or a client for

Organising Planning Directing Supervising Budgetting

Monitoring the programmes

To Provide feedback

For on line Correction

Evaluating the Programmes

To assess the Impact

Prepare Follow-up plan