Area of Social Work

This specialization which focuses on all aspects of the family, qualifies graduates to work as Social Workers in institutions for women and children, Supervisors of the Integrated Child Development Scheme, as Family Counsellors in Family Courts, as Counsellors in schools and in a variety of research and development programmes. The trainees will have to work with individuals and families in crises, with children with emotional, adjustment and behavioural problems and with people with special needs.

This specialization is concerned with the human resources and the dynamic situations in industry. It is an essential qualification for the post of Labour Welfare Officers under the Factories Act, 1948. The specialization equips the graduates to work as Personnel Officers and HR Executives in the Public / Private /Service sectors. Trainees are placed in industrial organizations for fieldwork during the second year.

This is an essential qualification for employment as Medical and/or Psychiatric Social Worker in General Hospitals and medical settings. Trainees are placed for fieldwork in general hospitals, mental hospitals, child guidance clinics, de-addiction centers and social welfare departments of industries. Only those persons with an aptitude to work with the sick and will

This specialization equips social work graduates to work as Community Organizers, Supervisors and Project Officers in community based organizations working with the underprivileged groups in rural and urban areas. Trainees will be placed in both urban and rural settings for fieldwork during the second year of training. They will be expected to have a high level of motivation and develop skills to draw peoples’ participation in community work carried out by Government and Non-Government organizations.