Social work Nepal

Image taken from www.google.com Community Organisation is one of the primary methods of social work . It deals with intervention in the communities to solve the community problems. As a method of social work community organisation can solve the problems of many people in the community through their collective involvement. Community organisation and community development are inter-related as two sides of same coin. The community organisation includes other methods of social work, that is, group work, and casework. The power structure plays a role in community organisation. The social workers need to know the community power structure to practice community organisation method, which is used for empowering people for their development. The details are provided for social work students to understand and practice community organisation effectively. Social Work Concept and Dimensions of Power Differentiate between Community Organisation and Community Development Relevance of Community Organi...

Generally, Principles means guiding rules of practice. Principles are expressions of value judgments. The principles of community organisation are the spirit and purpose of social work in a democratic society. We are concerned with the dignity and worth, the freedom, the security, the participation, and the healthful and profuse life of every individual. This implies practice of following principles of democracy, such as betterment of the marginalized, transparency, honesty, sustainability, self-reliance, partnerships, cooperation, etc. Images taken from www.google.com Dunham (1958) has presented a statement of 28 suggested principles of community organisation. He grouped those under seven headings. 1. Democracy and social welfare, 2.  Community roots for community programs, 3.  Citizen understanding, support, and participation and professional service, 4. Cooperation, 5. Social Welfare Programs, 6. Adequacy, distribution, and organisation of social welfare services, and 7....

Everything has two sides. One positive and another is negative. Same here, Old age allowance have also both sides. Positive side we already describe above 2.3 and in this season we mention some challenges. On this research we mainly concern to the challenges while the elder people getting OAA and another is after getting money, the elder could spend the money on their desire or not? The first challenge is receiving OAA. Sometimes old age people can have problem to receive allowance, sometimes administration of VDC might not co-operate with them, the administration can ask for money, the old age people should walk half an hour/one hour to receive that allowance, the administration might not respond him/her politely, and the big problem is the money of OAA is not sufficient for them in this time when the price rate are being double. The second challenge might be after receiving money; other family member took his/her money.

The OAA has received considerable attention in Nepal as a state-sponsored measure that contributes to the recognition of older people in the society. Beneficiaries and perspective beneficiaries both were familiar with the OAA. Despite being small in amount, it is perceived as an important income support for older people, contributing to their well-being and income security. The distribution has enabled older people to have a sense of security in meeting their daily needs. Elder people have utilized the OAA for different purposes. A significant portion, according to the beneficiaries, is used to purchase personal supplies and meet healthcare needs, clothes, desire food, and etc… Better nutrition and access to health services medicine is likely to contribute to greater longevity among elder people. Almost half of the OAA was also reported to be used for household needs, revealing a broader impact beyond older people themselves. There was a frequent complaint on the regularity of the dist...

Nepal is the first country in south Asia which declared social welfare programs in terms of old age allowance. The universal flat pension of Rupees 100 to all elderly above 75 years was first announced in Nepal on 26 December 1994. Five districts from the five development regions of Nepal were selected   on   a pilot basis   and   the first disbursement of Old age Allowance Program (OAP) was made on 2 nd July 1995 for a six- month period from January-June. The implementation of the pilot project in five -districts was carried out by the Ministry of Education and Sports and distributed at the grass-root levels by the Village Development Committees. During the financial year, 1995-96, OAP was extended to the entire country and was implemented by the Home Ministry. During 1995-96, an amount of 280 crores of Rupees were released for the implementation of the program. Since 1996-97, the Ministry    of   Local   Develo...

Community organisation derives from a unique frame of reference, the nature of which is based on a particular value orientation. In social work , the focus of community organisation practice is influenced by a system of personal and professional values. These values affect worker’s style of intervention and the skills they use in working with community members. Values are beliefs that delineate preferences about how one ought or ought not to behave. Such formulations of values obviously have some subjective element. Values differ between groups and between individuals within the same group. Moreover, there has been no explicit, comprehensive, or generally accepted formulation of basic ethical and social values by any representative group of community organisation practitioners. Images taken from www.google.com The value orientation of community organisation as of all social work methods, derives from acceptance of certain basic concepts and principles as a foundation for work with peop...

In  social work the term “community work” is often used with different meanings. In social work literature we find that the term “community work”, “community development”, “community organisation” and “community empowerment” are at times interchangeably used for the work with communities. Some authors have used these terms for the same types of work whereas others use them to refer to different types of work with communities. Community work has a long history as an aspect of social work. It has passed through various phases. All over the world it has been recognized as an integral part of social work practice. History shows that community work even preceded social work education. In UK and USA community work in social work began in the 1800 with the charity organisation movement and the settlement house movement. During the initial phase in UK, community work was primarily seen as a method of social work, trying to help individuals to enhance their social adjustment. The main thru...

The issue of social security to elderly people has been gaining its momentum to the discussion in developing countries like Nepal as the life expectancy is increased. Total morality rate of the people is reduced and human development index is increased. As the number of senior citizen has been increasing. It would natural concern to take care and providing essential goods and services to those senior citizens who can’t manage themselves and needs other support. The state should take responsibility to protect the rights of elderly by providing basic needs, and valuable experience, skill, knowledge and capacity could be mobilized. The state should promise social and economic security to these people. Nepal has adopted the definition of World Health Organization (WHO) to define Old as a person above 60 years of age. Nepal is a poor country where old population is more likely to need state support in their old age. Realizing this, the Government of Nepal in 1994 introduced a non-contributo...

Murray G. Ross (1967) defines community organisation as a “process by which a community identifies its needs or objectives, gives priority to them, develops confidence and will to work at them, finds resources (internal and external) to deal with them, and in doing so, extends and develops cooperative and collaborative attitudes and practices in the community”. In this definition by “process” he meant a movement from identification of a problem or objective to solution of the problem or attainment of the objective in the community. There are other processes for dealing with community problems, but here he called the community organisation process as one by which the capacity of the community to function as an integrated unit grows as it deals with one or more community problems. The task of the professional worker in community organisation is to help, initiate, nourish, and develop this process. His task is also to make this process conscious, deliberative, and understood. “Community,”...

The strength based approach operates on the assumption that people have strengths and resources for their own empowerment. Traditional teaching and professional development model concentrate on deficit based approaches, ignoring the strengths and experience of the participants. In strength based approach the focus is on the individual not the content. Drawing on appreciative enquiry, strength based methodologies do not ignore problems. Instead they shift the frame of reference to define the issue. By focusing on what is working well, inform successful strategies support the adaptive growth of organizations and individuals. A belief and a approach that every individual, group, organization and community has strengths allow us to focuses on identifying, mobilizing, and honoring the resources, assets, wisdom, and knowledge that every person, family, group, or community has. This process of re-discovery with the community or individual’s helps, assists in healing and ensuring that their fu...