Child-Centred Social Work in India
Child-Centred Social Work in India

Author: Murli Desai

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-02-17

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1000544141

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This book presents unique semi-autobiographical narratives by leading social work educators and practitioners in India who have done innovative work in the field of child-centred social work (CSW). The practitioners narrate their career journeys and contributions to research, policy, and practice in this field, discuss innovations, achievements, and impact of the work done, and share reflections on the challenges faced, lessons learnt, and the way forward. The volume provides valuable insights into the indigenisation of CSW education and practice and offers suggestions towards developing effective CSW. The authors draw attention towards the need for expansion of preventive service systems for children in the family, community, and school settings, as well as support to and replication of the innovative sociolegal service projects, in coordination with reforms in the justice system to ensure child rights, and human resource planning for child-centred social workers. They also propose promoting CSW education in institutions of social work education to strengthen linkages between theory, research, policy, and practice, and creating a national association for child-centred social workers to build synergy between social work practitioners and educators. The book will be useful to policy makers, educators, students, and practitioners of social work, child development, and child rights. It will also be useful for CSW training institutions and counsellors in schools and government and voluntary organisations.

Social Work Profession in India: An Uncertain Future
Social Work Profession in India: An Uncertain Future

Author: T.K. Nair

Publisher: Niruta Publications

Published: 2014-06-10

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9384262013

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"Social Work Education and Social Work Practice in India", edited by Professor T. K. Nair and published by the Association of Schools of Social Work in India (ASSWI) more than three decades ago, was a landmark publication. That is the only book based on a serious review of the first four decades of social work education and practice in the country. The present book "Social Work Profession in India : An Uncertain Future", edited by Prof. Nair, is definite to be a watershed contribution for the reorientation of social work education in the country in the coming decades. Scholars and practitioners have written on different issues needing urgent consideration and intervention. The eighth decade of social work education is only months away and this book is most welcome at this time.

Child-Centred Social Work: Theory and Practice
Child-Centred Social Work: Theory and Practice

Author: Vivienne Barnes

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-02-09

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1350314064

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With an emphasis on professional expectations, values and practice skills such as building trust, listening and advocacy, this textbook helps enable social workers base their practice with children and young people on a truly child-centred model. Drawing on contemporary knowledge about childhood and children's rights, it provides a critical understanding of the theoretical and legal basis for child-centred practice, and examines the dilemmas faced by professionals in maintaining their focus on promoting children and young people's participation in decision-making. Child-Centred Social Work is essential reading for students and professionals, helping the reader understand what we can learn from the tragic deaths of children such as 'Baby P' and Victoria Climbié, and from children and young people in care who need their voices heard.

Indian Social Work
Indian Social Work

Author: Bishnu Mohan Dash

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2020-09-30

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1000179583

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This book provides multiple frameworks and paradigms for social work education which integrates indigenous theories and cultural practices. It focuses on the need to diversify and reorient social work curriculum to include indigenous traditions of service, charity and volunteerism to help social work evolve as a profession in India. The volume analyzes the history of social work education in India and how the discipline has adapted and changed in the last 80 years. It emphasizes the need for the Indianization of social work curriculum so that it can be applied to the socio-cultural contours of a diverse Indian society. The book delineates strategies and methods derived from meditation, yoga, bhakti and ancient Buddhist and Hindu philosophy to prepare social work practitioners with the knowledge, and skills, that will support and enhance their ability to work in partnership with diverse communities and indigenous people. This book is essential reading for teachers, educators, field practitioners and students of social work, sociology, religious studies, ancient philosophy, law and social entrepreneurship. It will also interest policy makers and those associated with civil society organizations.

Social Work Education, Research and Practice
Social Work Education, Research and Practice

Author: Ilango Ponnuswami

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-01-13

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9811597979

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This book addresses a range of key issues concerning social work education, research and practice in India and Australia from a cross-cultural perspective. The respective chapters focus on specific areas of social work regarding e.g. the status and recognition of the profession, regulatory mechanisms, roles and functions of social workers in different settings, and issues and challenges faced by the social work community. The book shares valuable perspectives to help understand the culturally sensitive practice of social work in various socio-cultural, economic and political contexts in both countries. Given the scope of its coverage, the book is of interest to scholars, students and professionals working in the areas of social work, social development and social policy practice.

Pedagogies for Development
Pedagogies for Development

Author: Arathi Sriprakash

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-01-24

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9400726694

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Pedagogies for Development takes a sociological approach to examine the introduction of child-centred education in contemporary Indian policy and school contexts. It investigates the promise of democratic learning in development discourses to ask how far child-centred models can address poverty and social inequalities in rural Indian communities. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research conducted in the south Indian state of Karnataka, the book offers a multi-level analysis of international, national and state education practices of pedagogic reform. The book contributes to pressing debates about how ‘quality’ education should be conceptualised and assessed in development contexts, and brings into focus the assumptions which associate schooling to social justice.

Partnership Working
Partnership Working

Author: Anthony Douglas

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-10-29

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1134385188

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Joint working is recognised as the most effective way of improving social care and the government's aim to provide a seamless service of care. Written by an experienced director of social services, this text provides a detailed introduction to joint working.

A Rights-Based Preventative Approach for Psychosocial Well-being in Childhood
A Rights-Based Preventative Approach for Psychosocial Well-being in Childhood

Author: Murli Desai

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-09-02

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 9048190665

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Children are one of the most important phase of human development and the most important target group for social work intervention. Most of the schools of human development and social work round the world have an elective course on children and some offer a concentration in this area. There are plenty of textbooks on intervention with children published by Western authors, focusing on useful theories and skills but mainly at the remedial level. They neither use the preventative approach nor the child rights perspective, which has been found useful in the developing nations. The books on child rights are generally published by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and other international organisations working in the field of children such as Save the Children. These books focus on the useful child rights perspective but they neither integrate theories nor use the preventative approach. The proposed book A Rights-based Preventative Approach for Children’s Psychosocial Well-Being: will be the first to apply the child rights perspective and the preventative approach to intervention for children's psychosocial well-being. It is an integration of theories with practice and teaching relevant in different parts of the world. The book is divided into the following three parts: Part 1: Introduction to a Rights-based Preventative Approach for Children’s Psychosocial Well-Being.- Part 2: Primary Prevention for Children's Psychosocial Well-Being.- Part 3: Secondary and Tertiary Prevention for Children's Psychosocial Well-Being

India Infrastructure Report 2012
India Infrastructure Report 2012

Author: Idfc Foundation

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-08

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 1134952651

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Today, India’s education sector remains a victim of poor policies, restrictive regulations and orthodoxy. Despite being enrolled in schools, children are not learning adequately. Increasingly, parents are seeking alternatives through private inputs in school and tuition. Students are dropping out from secondary school in spite of high financial returns of secondary education, and those who do complete it have inferior conceptual knowledge. Higher education is over-regulated and under-governed, keeping away serious private providers and reputed global institutes. Graduates from high schools, colleges and universities are not readily employable, and few are willing to pay for skill development. Ironically, the Right to Education Act, if strictly enforced, will result in closure of thousands of non-state schools, and millions of poor children will be left without access to education. Eleventh in the series, India Infrastructure Report 2012 discusses challenges in the education sector — elementary, secondary, higher, and vocational — and explores strategies for constructive change and opportunities for the private sector. It suggests that immediate steps are required to reform the sector to reap the benefits from India’s ‘demographic dividend’ due to a rise in the working age population. Result of a collective effort led by the IDFC Foundation, this Report brings together a range of perspectives from academics, researchers and practitioners committed to enhancing educational practices. It will be an invaluable resource for policymakers, researchers and corporates.

Developing Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Work
Developing Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Work

Author: Barry Fearnley

Publisher: Learning Matters

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1529786010

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This book will provide you with the initial developing knowledge and skills needed to practice ethically and effectively with children and families. It will take you on a journey, introducing you to all the relevant theory, legislation and skills for practice, using case studies, activities and research summaries to help you navigate the complexities and challenges along the way. Since launching in 2003, Transforming Social Work Practice has become the market-leading series for social work students. These books use activities and case studies to build critical thinking and reflection skills and will help social work students to develop good practice through learning. This best-selling student series is: · Affordable · Written to the Professional Capabilities Framework · Mapped to the social work curriculum · Practical with clear links between theory and practice