DEEPENING CASEWORK IN MIND

  The Importance of Social Casework             Social casework is one of the important method and technique of professional social work. It aims to find individual solutions to individual’s problems. The focus of social casework is on an individual. People often faced with difficulties due to personal or environmental factors, leading to their malfunctioning and consequent maladjustment in society. The caseworker also known as the social worker thoroughly understands the person and problems and helps him to balance himself to strengthen out his difficulties. Social casework is an art of helping individual to work out better social relationship and adjustment, it is a method of helping people individual by individual, to tackle effectively the various problems confronting them and that it is a way of helping individual to use their own resources both material and psychological for the treatment and prevention of personal and social problems. ...

1. MARY RICHMOND Mary Richmond is known as the founder of social case work . While social casework was a primary method of intervention , it was not until Mary Richmond published Social Diagnosis in 1917 that a formal definition for social casework began to formulate. In Social Diagnosis, Richmond advocated for working with clients , rather than on them, and for gaining "sympathetic understanding of the old world backgrounds from which the client came" in lieu of making generalizations or assumptions. 2. EDWARD DEVINE After earning a PhD in economics in 1919 , Edward Devine took what he had learned and applied it to the burgeoning field of social work. Early in his career, he focused his efforts on children's welfare and on housing for the poor . While serving as president of New York City's Charity Organization Society , he assigned volunteers to act as agents . These professionals are widely regarded as being pre-cursors to modern-day social workers. Devine ...

 Historical Evolution of Social Casework ✅Historical Development of Casework in West and India          Right from the ancient times, individuals in every society were helped by others in solving their problems and issues. All of the teachings in religion involves encouraging everyone to help the poor and helpless people. Helping became professional in the late 19th and early 20th century . The actual beginning of social casework in west is impossible to identify but check some of the important landmarks that we will be presenting below. ✅ 1843, Early Beginnings           In 1843, The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor (A.I.C.P.) was first formed in America. This is where the problem of poverty was approached more individually than the previous times. Its aim were to visit the home of the poor, give counseling, to assist people in obtaining employment, to teach them self-respect and self-reliance, to in...

  Mary Ellen Richmond The Founding Mother of Social Casework           Mary Richmond was one of the pioneers of Social Work profession and was described as the mother of social casework because of her ability to organize communities, her development of casework practice, as well as her ability to teach and speak intelligently on a wide array of subjects.     She was an outstanding practitioner, teacher, and theoretician who prepared the first comprehensive statement of principles of direct social work practice. She was born in Belleville, Illinois and she joined the Baltimore Charity Organization as an Assistant Treasurer at the age of 28.    Around the period of 1910 , Richmond systematically developed the content and methodology of diagnosis . Her first principle was that care had to focus on the person within their situation. Building on extensive research, she developed what she labelled ‘social diagnosis’ . Her famo...

Definition of Social Casewor k   Social casework is a primary method of social work. It is concerned with the adjustment & development of individuals towards more satisfying relations in different situation. It follows a systematic approach to study and assess the client’s problem.   Casework is not only the basic practice in professional Social Work but rather, a common practice followed by all. The traditional definition defines case work as “a method of helping individuals through a one-on-one relationship’’ . Every individual trained or untrained indulges in case work. The difference is made by theoretical understanding and professional ethics, practices involved in professional case work. Mary Richmond in 1915 explains casework as “the art of doing different things for and with different people by cooperating with them to achieve at one and the same time their own and society' betterment.”  Social Case Work can  also be defined as “an art in which know...