Roles of Social Workers in Industrial Setting

Family industrial and group, counselling and home visit in relation to adjustment of the work
orientation, personality and other problem at preventive level.

Active participation in corporate social responsibility activities and community development initiatives of
the industry.

Employee management and effective intervention of labor management problems.  Workers

recreation Management.

Health and educational help.

Co-ordination of welfare services with other welfare agencies.

Roles of a Social worker in prisons

To assess new arrivals to the prison

Develop treatment and support plans for inmates

Provide individual therapy & psychosocial educational support groups

Provide referrals to medical or mental-health services

To monitor the progress and compliance of inmates in treatment

To arrange group activities for recreation

Roles of Social Group Worker in child and youth Setting Under this group the educational setting

Types of Groups

Remedial - aimed to improve certain skills.

Supportive - giving emotional support to the students.

Psycho educational - deals with common issues occur at different stages of development.

Roles of social group worker in educational institution setting

Helping slow learners.

Mainstreaming out of school children and youth.

Dealing with problem of dropout.

Helping youth acquire value education.

Helping youth acquire skills to become self employee

Generating awareness about drug use, HIV/AIDS and other health issues.

Roles of social group worker in children’s home

She deals mostly with the children and adolescents to whom the groups situation is crucial even in life
outside of the institution.

In the absents of family these children need all the services given to children in their own homes and
sum additional ones related to their anxieties, loneliness, and planning for life outside the institutional
services.

Roles of the social group worker on the institutional team

Direct group work with formed groups of children inside the institution.

Work with parent groups, where possible.

Being responsible and helping with the recreational program as part of group living.

Supervision and coordination of child care takers.

Supervision volunteers who work with group of children placed in the institution.

Roles of group work with the aged

To raise the self-esteem of the participants

To give an opportunity for planning

To become a part of their own small community and, if possible, a part of a larger community.

To establish a group bond that may replace the warmth of family relationship.
Roles of social group worker in community based agencies

Working out a program for different kinds of groups as per the needs with this age group

As in all group work, some contact with individual outside of the group, but more intensively in the
particular age group.

Social Group Worker in Community Development Setting:

Organizer needs all her skills in organizing the various sections of a community into well-knit groups

Resource person social group worker must be aware of various avenues within and outside the
community

Management expert, needs to impart skills to group leaders and other members in the area of office
management with special emphasis on skills in letter writing, filling procedures, basic accounting,
writting records of meetings, and elementary public relations and fund raising.

Social Group Worker in Clinical Settings:

The clinical social workers are specially trained to provide mental health services to clients. They work
with clients to diagnose and treat mental or emotional problems, and often provide one-on-one, family,
and group therapy.

Provide referrals for other services, such as counselors who specialize in particular types of treatment or
social programs that can help the client in other parts of his or her life.

Social Group Worker in School Settings:

School social workers pick up where teachers leave off.

They are perhaps the professionals best equipped to address the social and psychological issues that can
block academic progress.

Through counseling, crisis intervention and prevention programs, they help young people overcome the
difficulties in their lives, and as a result, give them a better chance at succeeding in school.

Roles of the group worker in institutions for children and adolescent:

Deals with the children and adolescents who are placed in the institutions.
 Without their families these children need the services which can release their anxieties, loneliness and
life outside the institution.

Educational, clinical and specialized services are given to them.

Roles of the social group worker on the institutional team

Group work with formed groups of children.

Working with parents groups.

Being responsible and helping in the group.

Supervision and coordination of group workers.

Supervision of volunteers.

Referral of services and resources for the need of the children.

Participating in the diagnosis of individuals and and placing them in institution, treatment plans, and
plans for after-care.

Roles of Social Group Worker and Services for the Aged:

working out different kinds of programs as per the needs of the group

direct work with certain groups of aged

contact with individuals outside the group, training

coordination and supervision of volunteers and consultancy to older citizens in relation to social action.