Department of Social Work

PG Social Work - About The Dept

Vision
The department stands by its commitment to work with a preferential option to work for the vulnerable and exploited group in society ,in order to ensure their development and human wellbeing in a changing global landscape.

Mission
To provide transformative and collaborative learning that embraces the values of social inclusion, applied research through outreach activities that promotes enhanced quality of life for individual communities.

MSW Specializations

The Department offers three specialisations:

1) Medical and Psychiatric Social Work: Medical and Psychiatric Social Work is a specialised type of social work based in hospital and other related health settings. It involves supporting clients with medical needs, providing therapeutic interventions, coordinating care management of people who are severely ill and require hospitalisation along with and other kinds of intensive help. Psychiatric social workers are employed in a variety of settings ranging from the inpatient wards to outpatient psychiatric clinics. Social workers are trained to engage adeptly with individuals who suffer from complex and hard-to-manage conditions, experience deep emotional distress and who pose a risk to themselves or to others. SCC MSW students, during their training period in the past, have been placed for field work in reputed organizations like St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore, Richmond Fellowship Society, Samudra Foundation, Samarthanam Trust, Spastic Society of India, Association of People with Disability, Diya Foundation and Spandana.

2) Human Resource Management: Social work has traditionally been associated with mental health crisis management and community outreach interventions. Corporate companies are now increasingly recognising the expertise of social workers in handling a host of people-focused issues including but not limited to workplace diversity, creation of an inclusive work environment devoid of sexual harassment and other privacy breaches. Social workers support companies in hiring and on-boarding team development, corporate social responsibility initiatives’ and community focused neighbourhood gentrification. Social workers in such settings contribute towards building resilient businesses that foster stronger relationships and enhanced collaborations amongst its employees and satisfactory customer services. SCC MSW students learn in-depth about Industrial Relations and Employee Welfare issues. They are trained to work as Labour Welfare Officers and engage with related concerns at their field work settings. The students have been placed in reputed settings like Kenna Metal, Medreich Limited, Universal Flexibles and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation.

3) Community Development: The new economic policies ushered in by the liberalisation policies and reforms of 1991 have impacted India in multiple ways. The social, political and economic fabric of the country has witnessed widespread changes, which in turn has had wide range of impact on communities in India. The urban, rural and tribal communities of our country are unique yet diverse in their nature owing to their specific cultures, way of life, and differ on their social and political outlook owing to their ethnicities. As social workers, understanding the nuances, commonalities as well as differences between these varied set of communities becomes necessary to tackle their specific concerns. Social work

students learn ways to navigate challenges and arrive at possibilities for bringing about sustainable interventions in community development. In course of their training, they study strategies to effectively engage and advocate with communities, Government Institutions, Human Rights Bodies and other development sector organizations for robust community interventions. The course orients students with relevant skills, namely, programme management, proposal writing, monitoring and evaluation which shall hold them in good stead in their professional ventures. Such skills are sought after in development projects initiated by Government schemes, International Aid organizations and Corporate Social Responsibility interventions. Possessing a holistic perspective of community organization dynamics, students are able to situate their learnings in the broader context of the ever changing socio-political climate. SCC MSW students receive working experience within community oriented settings and in the past they have been placed for field work in reputed community based organizations. These include Janagaraaha, Brothers Integrated Rural Development Society, Makkala Jagriti, Sumanahalli, Indian Social Institute, Nirvana Foundation and Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka.

Milestones

Brief History of the Department with important milestones
Year of Inception: September 4, 2018.
Sixteen students with Three Full time and one Part Time Faculty.
Courses begins with an Orientation Programme ( Experts from the field and industry were invited and took the students for agency visit).
students are taken for 12 Orientation Visit( 2 Govt and 10 Non Govt Institutes

Faculty Profile

Rev. Fr. Joseph S.

M.S.W
Vice Principal

Dr. Christina

MA, PMIR, Ph. D.
HOD & Associate Professor

Ms. Sherin Jacob

MA, NET, (Ph. D.)
Assistant Professor

Ms. Beulah Praisy V.

MSW, NET, (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor

Mr. Krishnanunni C.U.

MSW,NET,(PhD)
Assistant Professor

Best Practices

• Field work placement is always explored
• Individual conference and group conferences conducted
• Students and staff are to be simultaneously benefitted through the research projects
• Students encouraged to adopt classroom theory into field practice and vice versa for enhanced conceptual understanding.
• Extension Activities viewed as a practice arena for MSW Students wherein they plan, organize and execute thematic sessions with beneficiaries of their choice. Hence programme management and reflection skills are duly practiced.

Extension activities

Apart from Curriculum Students are involved in Extension activities in the neighboring Schools and associate with other NGOs and autonomous colleges for Human right activities. They also create awareness among school children on nutrition, Good touch bad touch, Hygiene, Swatch Bharth, Porshinma.The department is more focused on Human Rights and a week’s programme is conducted for School Children.

Besides the regular teaching and fieldwork, the Department of Social Work organises a large number of professionally useful training programmes, certificate courses and workshops, and Conferences.

Swachh Bharath initiatives in the Neighbouring Government School

Field Work

Field Education

Field education is the signature pedagogy for social work. The students are bestowed with an opportunity to transcend theoretical knowledge by engaging in educational endeavors that helps nurture their skills and appreciate the realities of coping with complex problems in the quest to improve the quality of life and subjective well-being of the society.

Orientation Visit to various NGOs

As per the Course demands the Students of First Year are to Visit ten Non Governmental and two Governmental Organizations. They are exposed to the various Functioning’s of the Organizations.

Orientation Visit to Narayana Hirudalaya and BMTC Shanthi Nagar by the Second Years

Field Work

The Students are placed in NGOs in the first year .They visit the Organizations on two days in a week. The students are requested to put in 25 days of Field Work as part of their curriculum.

In the second semester, the curriculum teaches various perspectives and diverse methods of Social Work, giving students the requisite theoretical foundation and professional skills to do Social Work. During third and fourth semesters, students concentrate on the specialization of their choice: Human Resource Management, Medical Psychiatric and Community Development. Students are involved in field work with selected agencies, both concurrent with academic courses and separately in blocks. In the fourth semester, students are required to do a research project with a social service organization in their area of specialization. This gives them exposure to the functioning of social service organizations, familiarizes them with their future roles in the profession and teaches them to do field-based research projects and create research reports and presentations.

Specializations Offered

Human Resource Management
Medical and Psychiatric
Community Development

Guest Lectures

Activities Conducted by the Department

Guest Lectures

Department of Social Work conducts several programs for the development of students such as Panel Discussion, Workshops, Seminars, and Conferences. Guest lecture is one of the initiatives and programs that the department organizes to expose students to various other socially related subjects and fields. The department organizes different guest lectures on different topics for the students of every year. Guest lecturers regarding the Burning issues where the students gain an insight on different issues, and understand how social work plays an important role in alleviating these issues. Guest lectures have become an important part of the educational experience for students. As the resource persons are from the field, students are motivated to listen to their lectures keenly. They expose students to real-world life experiences from the position of someone who has been there. One important benefit that is derived from having a guest speaker is the enhancement of the students’ educational experience.

Guest Lectures are also divided into Specializations and on Social Issues .The resource persons gives lot of inputs and empower the students with advocacy and policy related information’s.

MOU and Linkages

The department has a MOU with Amnesty International.

Following are the Linkages of the department:

Sishu Mandir
Sa-mudra
Makkala Jagruthi
Need Base India
Arocha

Annual Report