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Industrial social work
Industrial social work aims to help individuals and groups adapt to their work situation. It started in Europe in the 1960s as personnel social work to address social problems arising from mismatches between employees and their work. Industrial social work has two levels - preventive/developmental and curative. The preventive level includes education programs on work-related topics and health programs for workers. Social work approaches like case work, group work, community organization, social action and research can be applied. Social workers need specialized training in human problems, knowledge of work conditions, workers' lives, and community resources, as well as skills like professional secrecy and cooperation.
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Introduction to Industrial Social Work by Dr. Anand K. Rai, highlighting its significance.
Industrial Social Work began in the 1960s. It aims to help individuals adapt to their work environment.
Defines industrial social work's goals, such as helping individuals adapt to work and enhancing community function.Focus on education for workers related to health and safety, and promoting family health initiatives.
Explains various methods like case work, group work, community organization, and social action.
Details the essential training and knowledge needed for social workers in an industrial context.
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- 1. Industrial Social Work Dr.Anand K. Rai IWP, Bareilly [email protected]
- 2. Meaning of IndustrialSocial Work This was started in 1960’s in Europe. The advancement of behavioural sciences, growth of democratic values and the increasing emphasis on the concept of justice have contributed to the philosophy of professional social work (Sharma,1985). The milestone step of European Seminar on Personnel Social Work held in Brussels in Sep. 1960. as started personnel social work. PSW is a systematic way of helping individuals and groups towards a better adaptation to the working situation. SocialProblems is an enterprise arise whenever an individual employee or a group and the work situation cannot adapt to each other.
- 3. • Industrial socialwork has come to be defined as a systematic way of helping individuals and group towards better adaptation to work situation. Dortmund Report says- i) to help any individual or group to adapt to the work situation and to meet the work requirements; it may here be pointed out that the problems arising for these individuals or group may- a) be caused by, or occur in the work environment; b) have unfavourable effects on the work situation, although not arising the reform.
- 4. b) to stimulatemanagement to adapt the work situation to the social needs of the employees. c) to assist the work “community” as a whole to function in a better way. Scope of Social Work in Industries: According to M.M.Desai, the two types of levels ~ preventive and development; and curative. Preventive and Development: 1) Informal educational programmes aimed at enlightenment the workers on issues pertaining to work life like industrial safety, functional literacy, saving habits, social security, etc. 2) Promoting the use health and medical programmes for workers and their families - health check-ups, inoculation campaigns, family planning, informative
- 6. Applicability of SocialWork: Social Case Work Social Group Work Community Organisation Social Action Social Work Research
- 7. Requirements of socialworkers: As per a study group of Netherlands Govt.~ 1) their specialised training in the understanding of human Problems , ability to consider the human personality as a whole; 2) their knowledge of the conditions of work; 3) their knowledge of the worker’s life; 4) their knowledge of the resources of the comunity; 5) their professional secrecy; and 6) their capacity for co-operation.