Social work Nepal

  Basic Assumption of social work According to Hamilton(), the assumptions of social case work are: §   Individual and society are interdependent and complementary to each other. §   Various factors operative in the society influence human behavior and attitude. §   Some problems are physiological and some are interpersonal in nature §   In the process of social case work conscious and controlled relations are established for achieving its aims. §   Social case work enables an individual to solve his/her problems by channelizing his/her energy and capacity positively. §   Social case work provides everyone equal right to progress. It also provides help to every needy and disabled person. (Cited from Hema Mehta, Introduction to Social Casework: Historical Development) Rani M J highlighted following assumptions of social case work §   Individual and society are interdependent and complementary §   Various operative factors influence human behavior and attitude. §

The social case worker is oriented towards the principle of social justice. Social justice provides everyone equal right to prowess. Therefore, social case work does not believe on the survival of the fittest. In other words, social case work is based on the assumption of human welfare. It provides help to every needy and disabled person. Its ultimate aim is to establish harmonious relationship between the client and the society to which he belongs. Thus in the social case work individual client is treated as a total unit. Internal and external forces are motivated in such a manner so that he may solve his problems. Social case work covers the individual aspect of assistance as such; the method adopted in it is purely psychological. But side by, social worker has also to understand the various aspects of human behavior. He must establish workable combination between the available social services and the psychological understanding. Therefore, as a method, social case work gives much

Aashish Dahal, Nava Kshitiz College, Bardibas Social work Social Work, as a term, has different definitions for different people. To the layman, every work undertaken to help the poor and needy, any kind of philanthropy or charity is labeled "social work". For some others, social work is (shramadan) or disaster relief. Similarly, for some people, any action for social reform may be termed social work. In our country the concept is further complicated by politicians who take pride in calling themselves social workers. But all these, are not always social work. Professional social work shares with the above conceptions, humanitarian values and ideals; it is humanitarianism, but humanitarianism with a method. It aims at providing services to help individuals singly or in groups, in coping with present or future social and psychological obstacles that prevent or are likely to prevent full and effective participation in society. This provision of professional service is do