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Relation of Social work with Sociology



Relationship between Sociology & Social Work

Aashish Dahal, Nava Kshitiz College, Bardibas

Sociology & Social Work are the two disciplines concerned with social problems, social structure and how individuals respond to and live within cultural and structural limitations. If we look closer to both the terms, both of them deal with the relationship between Theory & Practice. Theory and practice are often mutually exclusive. If one deals with theory, it might be interpreted as one cannot at the same time work practically. On the other hand, when we act in practical work, the theoretical background is often overlooked. Hence; how do Theory & Practice interplay within the disciplines of Social Work and sociology? Let’s See!!!

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Social work is a profession concerned with the aim to solve personal, family, community problems to attain satisfying personal, group and common relationships through social work practice. Sociology is the scientific study of society. It focuses on human interaction & inter-relationship between different groups, resources & development in the society.  Social work deals with the individual and social problems in reference to the theoretical knowledge of sociology. Both sociology and social work look at the society as a network of social relationship. Sociology provides scientific analyze of society and social problems whereas, Social work provides most scientific and suitable means and methods to help people with problems. Sociology means understanding & classifying problems while; by analyzing those problems, Social work solves it. Sociology studies relationship and problems between people and society to maintain and establish social adjustments. If sociology studies relation and problems between individuals or society, social work helps those individuals and society to maintain and establish adjustment with the help of social work methods like case work, group work and community organization.
Let’s shed the light on the relationship between social work and sociology with relevant example:  Generation Gap. Sociology analyses the relationship between teenagers with their parents, the role of modernization among teenagers, socialization and parenting process, problems faced by teenagers and parents due to communication gaped. On the other hand, social worker deals with parents or teenagers as clients, who has adjustment problem in the family. Social worker, along with the client, designs plan in the reference to social work method. Hence; Sociology viewed as a theoretical discipline and social work as practical profession, in the above ways, they interrelate with each other.


Reference: https://www.hioa.no/ , Shrestha, S. K. (2013).The Concept of Social Work, Taleju, Prakashan

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