Principles Of Case Work in Field Work Practice IGNOU MSW

In the IGNOU MSW or BSW field work training, while working with client, you have to follow various principles of social case work. With this post, I am sharing a list of principles of case work.

·         Principle of individualization

·         Principle of acceptance

·         Principle of confidentiality

·         Principle of client self determination

·         Principle of purposeful expression of feelings

·         Principle of non judge mental attitude

·         Principle of Controlled Emotional Involvement

DSSW MSW Entrance Exam Social Case Work Books

 

Social case work is the process used by a professional social worker or social agencies to help individual to cope more effectively with their problems in social function. H.H. Perlman

Social Case Work is an important component of social work. Many questions asked from the Social Case Work topic in the entrance exam of DSSW MSW and M.Phil also. If you are planning for the entrance exam Delhi School of Social Work MSW, then I will advise you to study some good books for the case work practice. Here are some Good Books on Social Case Work by different writers

·         The Casework Relationship by  Biestek.

·         Introduction to case work by Grace Mathew, TISS

·         Social Case Work by RK Upadhayay, Rawat Publications

·         Social Casework: A Problem-Solving Process – H.H. Perlman

These books are also very helpful if you are preparing for the UGC NET exam.

Certified Drug De-addiction Professional

HI friends…

I have completed 3 months drug de-addiction counseling and rehabilitation course from the National Institute of Social Defense located in the RK Puram, Delhi. I am now Certified Drug De-addiction Professional

NISD is a government institute and this department works under Ministry of Social Justice and Defense. During the course, I learned various skills required for counseling. I provided counseling to the addicted person and their family. I motivated them for healthy and good life. I encouraged addicted person using different therapies. I did screening and learned process of detoxification.

I did my block placement at AIIMS under the supervising MSSO Mr. Ratnesh Kumar. He was very helpful person and helped in learning the various skills of counselor need. Faculties were outstanding and they have sound knowledge of this field. It was the nice course.

Thanks NISD for offering this course. 

What is Field Work Journal Practicum of IGNOU MSW

MSW L 001 and MSW L 002, these are the codes of the field work practicum of IGNOU MSW course. MSW i.e. master in social work is a practical course and in this course, you have to learn different skills of social work required in the field. For gaining these skills, you need to do field work training in any NGO or in any development agency.

The days you have spent are 45 days in each year. In each year, you need to fill a book that is called field work journal.

In journal, you have to write following reports.

·        Induction meeting report

·        5 orientation visits repots

·        45 days of concurrent visit reports

·        5 individual conference reports

·        5 group conference reports

·        And self evaluation report.

IGNOU MSW/BSW Concurrent visit section – how to write

In IGNOU MSW/BSW concurrent field visit reports, there are many sections. Some of them are following and you can fill following data there.
@ Observation related to the agency functioning.
What facilities you found at the NGO and how they are using that for the betterment of their clients.

@ teamwork
How you coordinated with the staff members of the NGO. What support you provide

 @ assignment tasks
What task assigned by your supervisor like making reports, field visit for data collection etc.

@ observation regarding client system and service delivery
While working with the client, what you observe like whether he was taking interest or not, his awareness level etc

 @ administrative assignment
What work you did in the NGO like if you typed any letter, prepared any report or done any other clerical work.

@ field instructions expected
What instructions your supervisor gave. If you asked any question from ,you can write here with the reply you received.

IGNOU BSW Field Work Journal Questions

The students of BSW are facing many problems. Here are some common questions.

Question 1. Can I submit my entire journals at same time?

Answer: yes, you can submit but if you do it one by one, it will be more effective.

Question 2: can I submit my journal after exams?

Answer: yes, you can submit the journal after the term end examination.

Question 3: how to write the report of concurrent visit?

Answer: there is a format in the IGNOU BSW journal and according to that format; you can prepare your concurrent visit reports.

Question 4: is there any assignment in the journal?

Answer: no there is not any assignment in the journal. It is a completely a practical paper and you have to fill the journal.

How to Take history of the client

For a healthy counseling session, you must need to take history of the client so that you can do the counseling session. For taking the history, you can follow below given format.

·        Name of the client

·        Age

·        Sex

·        Address

·        Contact Number

·        Education Qualification

·        Occupation

·        Monthly Income

·        Marital Status

·        Name of the parents

·        Name of the spouse

·        Total family members in the home

And according to your client profile, you can add more questions. Like if you are taking history of a drug user, then you can add following points

·        Types of drugs you are using

·        Age of initiation of drug

·        Last date when you used drugs

·        Quantity of the drugs

·        Withdrawal Symptoms

·        Impacts on health

·        Impacts on family