In an effort to enhance health and social functioning and overall well-being, concerns with individuals, families, groups and communities is known as Social Work. In social work people perform their social roles, and the structural institutions. Social work applies social sciences, such as public health, community development, law, sociology, psychology, political science, and economics to create social change.

Social Work practice is divided into micro-work and macro-work.

• In Micro work individuals or small groups are involved.
• In Macro work large groups are involved to create change on a larger scale.

Top Institutes for offers Social Work Programs

• Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
• Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi
• Department of Social Work, Delhi University
• Amity Institute of NGO Management, Noida
• Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai
• Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Institute of Social Science, Agra
• Madras School of Social Work, Chennai
• Patna University
• Andhra University
• Bangalore University
• Nagpur University
• Lucknow University

Admission

For under-graduate level candidate should have pass class XII and for post gradudate level candidate should have passed graduate in any discipline. Candidates who have specialization in sociology or social science will be given prefrence during entrance test and interview form the basis of admission.

Aim of Social Work

For improvement in lives of people and society at large and to solve the social, psychological and economic problems of them is the aim of social work.

Employment Areas

• Hospitals
• Nursing facilities
• Health departments
• Clinics
• Child welfare organizations
• Adoption agencies
• Prisons
• Private practices
• Military hospitals
• Veteran affairs hospitals and outpatient centers
• Military base family services units
• Foster care agencies
• Daycare providers
• Government agencies
• Schools
• Vocational rehabilitation centers
• Community-based organizations
• Social welfare providers
• Hospices
• Individual and family services agencies
• Treatment facilities
• Government planning departments
• Advocacy organizations
• Political offices
• Military correctional facilities
• Community and military base schools
• Community mental health centers
• Human resource departments
• Universities
• Corporations

Job Types

• Programme Co-ordinator.
• Assistant Director.
• District Consultant.
• Documentation and Communication Officer.
• Humanitarian Values and PMER Officer.
• National Secretary Community Development.
• Senior Manager - Human Resources.
• Junior Research Fellow.
• Project Coordinator.
• Professor.
• Sub Regional Training Coordinator