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Objectives & Functionsof

Social WorkBY

MD AAQUIB SAHRWARDI

Intoduction

“Helping people to help themselves”

Social work deals with the scientific solution and treatment of the social and

individual’s problem.Its main aim is to increase human happiness in

general.Therefore social work has been focused towards the attainment of two

goals,first: the creating of those conditions which help to make a more satisfying

way of life possible,Second:the development within the individual as well as

community,that which helps to live more adequately and creativity.

Definition

According to “Anderson” (1943)

“Social work is a professional service rendered to people for the purpose of assisting them,as individuals or in

group to attain satisfying relationships and standards of life in accordance with their particular wishes &

capacities & in harmony with those of the community.”

According to “Moorthy” & “Rao” (1970)

“Social work is help rendered to any person or group,who are which is suffering from any disability

mental,physical,emotional or moral,so that the individual or group so helped is enabled to help himself or

itself.”

Social Work is profession which removes the social, economical, psychological, educational, political,

environmental etc problem on three stages…

1. Individual Problem (Micro)

2. Group Problem (Meso)

3. Community Problem(Macro)

Objectives

Objectives of social work in the words of Professor “Clark” are

1.To help people,make such use of their own capacities and of environmental

resources as well which result in personal satisfaction and adjustment.

2.To help in the modification of the environment so that people will have few

personal and social problems.

According to “Professor Freid Lander”

Social work seeks to assist individuals,group and community to reach the

highest possible degree of social,mental and physical well beings live.

Emerging objectives of Social Work

1.Material Security

Through economic & political organisation that will asure every individual &

every family the means of satisfying basic material needs.

2.Emotional Security

Through personal & social adjustment.

3.Social Achievement

Through collective effort.

4.Spiritual Power

Through philosophical or religious thoughts.

Generally Social work has following Objectives

I. To solve psycho-social problems.

II. To fulfill humanitarian needs.

III. To solve adjustmental problems.

IV. To create self sufficiency.

V. To making harmonious social relations.

VI. Develop democratic values.

VII.Provide opportunities for development and social programme.

VIII.Provide socio legal act.

IX. Change the environment in favour of individuals growth & development.

X. Bring Change in social system for social development.

Functions of Social Work

Social work operates to assists individuals in adjusting to the institutional

framework of society & attempts to modify the institutional framework of itself in

appropriate area.

There are four broad functions of social work

i. Curative function

ii. Correctional function

iii. Preventive function

iv. Developmental function