This course aims to give the student knowledge about social welfare, its philosophy and concept, and how it was developed in the past as a response for human needs and problems. Also, this course aims to present the historical development stages for social welfare in old cultures and religions. Furthermore, this course will explore how the social work profession emerged from social welfare. Also, this course aims to clarify the generalist practice in social work as a current approach in the profession. This course aims to provide knowledge of the importance of the preventive approach in the social work profession.
Prevention saves time, effort and costs.
Also, it alleviates the treatment load in general. Also, this course clarifies the importance of prevention in the early stages of man's life. The course identifies the group work as a social system in the community. Students are provided with knowledge and information about the principle of social group works, characteristics of groups, leadership in-groups, social interaction process analysis, and group dynamics. Furthermore, the role of social group worker in using intervention strategies with different groups and different situations is examined.