Situate Social Action As A Method Of Critical Social Work Profession

Department of the social work, university of Delhi

Assignment of the paper, SW 6204: SOCIAL ACTION AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Rajesh
M.A. in social work (2014-16)
Department of social work
University of Delhi

Topic: Situate Social Action as a method of Social Work Profession, Identifying existing and potential areas of social action in social work practice, particularly in the context of India and the third world. Also Develop a model of social action from your field work setting drawing from the specific features and tenets of Critical Social Work Practice.

Introduction
In social work profession, there are six methods of working with individual, group and community has been identified. There is work with individual, group and community,

There also three method which can call secondary methods there are social action, social research and social welfare administration. Social action as a method of social work is one of the key which is starting the some collective action for some changes. Social action is the initially face of the social movement also. Social action seeks the betterment of masses though social legislation propaganda and appropriate action programs. When there is a need to bring about some change in the social structure or to prevent the negative change from happening which may influence the general population or a large number of people social actions come into play. 16th December Delhi gang rape is one of the finest examples of social action conceded out for the betterment of the masses.
Concept of social action
Social action is considered secondary method of profession of social work. One of the method of working with people, it has remain a controversial issue among the social work profession. The method of social action used for mobilizing the masses in order to bring about structural change in social system. It is organized effort to improve social and economic institutions. Method of profession social work, social action has remained issue with spacious

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Personal social service model
This is the model which trainee works in his community because of this model seeks to extend to people everywhere a range of basic social service that are need to either restore their capacity of social functioning. This model has primary models the first one to provide remedial and preventive services to individual, group and community. Second is that to extent social protection to population groups that are endangered by development.

Social welfare model
This model is root in comparative social policy and social research. The goal associated with the social welfare model include
Self help group
Mutual-aid
Humanitarianism
The social welfare model also views development social welfare as part of the world wide movement that seeks to promote social security justice for people