Social Service

Social Service

The social worker interacts with people in order to help them overcome or adapt to their problems and debilities. Helping the disabled to adjust to their disabilities, offering commiserations to the emotionally disturbed, counselling a rape victim, showing compassion to the disadvantaged, rehabilitating the drug addict and the criminal and alleviating such other evils as poverty, unemployment, social discrimination etc. are some of the duties of the social worker.

Job Market:
The qualified persons can find employment in non-governmental welfare organisations, and as Welfare Officers in corporate houses. They can also function as criminologists, psychiatric social workers, family welfare officers, child welfare officers, juvenile delinquent welfare workers etc. They also have a useful role to play in drug and alcohol dea-ddiction centres, old age homes, orphanages, crisis management units, rural education and health etc. Thus the trained personnel have myriad opportunities to usefully serve society.

Training Programmes:
Bachelor in Social Work (BSW) and Master in Social Work (MSW) are regular programmes offered in many centres. BSW is a 3 year course available to those who have completed +2/equivalent. MSW is a 2 year programme offered after BSW/B.A (Sociology)/B.A in any social science. Those interested in pursuing a career in education or research could pursue M.Phil and Ph.D in this field.

Social Service: List of Training Centres

1. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002
2. Andhra University, Vishakha-patnam-530 003
3. Bangalore University, Bangalore-560 056
4. Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli-620 024
5. Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune-411 030
6. Dr. B.S. Ambedkar Marathwada University, Auranga-bad-
431 004
7. Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad-380 014
8. Gulbarga University, Gulbarga-585 106
9. Jain Vishava Bharati Institute, Tulsigram-Ladnun-341306
10. Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi-110 025
11. Karnataka University, Dharwad-580 003
12. Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136 119
13. Lucknow University, Lucknow-226 007
14. Madurai-Kamaraj University, Madurai-625 021
15. Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam-686 560
16. Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri-574 199
17. Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar-522 510
18. Nagpur University, Nagpur-440 001
19. North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon-425 002
20. Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 007
21. Punjabi University, Patiala-147 002
22. Shree Devi Institute of Social Work, Ballalbagh,
Mangalore-575 003. Ph: 0824-456501, 456511; Web:
www.shreedevicollege.com
23. Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Ernakulam
24. Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai - 400 088
25. MS University of Baroda, Vadodara-390 002
26. University of Calicut, Kozhikode-673 635
27. University of Delhi, New Delhi-110 007
28. University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram-695 034
29. University of Mumbai, Mumbai-400 032
30. University of Mysore, Mysore-570 005
31. University of Pune, Pune-411 007
32. Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar-751 004
33. Vidyasagar University, Midnapore-721 102
34. Visva Bharati, Santhiniketan-731 235

International Focus
1. CCETSW Information Services, Derbyshire House, St.
Chad's Street, London WC1H 8AD
2. Council of Social Work Education, 1600, Duke Street, Alexandria,
VA 22314
3. National Association of Social Workers Information
Centre, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
4. Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, 30,
Rosemount Avenue, Suite 100-B, Ottawa, ON K1Y 1B4
Canada
5. Canadian Association of Social Workers, 383, Parkdale
Avenue, Suite-402, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4R4 Canada