DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

Any Degree. Based on the national level entrance examination.

• PSO 1:Engage with diverse population abiding with social work values, principles and ethics.
• PSO 2:Critically and creatively engage with social work theory to develop reflexive and informed social work interventions while engaging with social situations.
• PSO 3:Practice social work methods with individuals, groups, community and organizations
• PSO 4:Engage in research informed practice and practice informed research
• PSO 5: Analyze, formulate and advocate for social policies to advance social justice and equality
• PSO 6:Apply the knowledge of human behaviour and social environment
• PSO 7:Develop competencies and leadership qualities to manage Development Projects and Organizations
• PSO 8:Develop communication skills required for the effective social work practice with inter and intra personal client system and with society at large

• Tirur
• Kalady
• Payyannur

The Social Work programme offers interdisciplinary academic and research possibilities that critically opens up local and global discourses on health, development and marginalization, gender, and family, identity, rights and justice. The field practicum component, which is an integral part of the MSW curriculum, offers opportunities for the students to spend time in close proximity with communities, NGOS and various social movements. Such close association lays the foundation for critical and alternative perspectives on one’s own society. The course thus will provide the students with strong theoretical underpinnings and expose them to the dynamics and complexities of the social world. The Social Work discipline and profession aims at planning and implementation of social policies, services and programmes needed to meet basic human needs and to support the development of human capacities and abilities. It facilitates change (1) within the individual in relation to his/her social environment; (2) of the social environment in its effect upon the individual; (3) of both the individual and social environment in their interaction. The ultimate aim of social work is to promote or restore a mutually beneficial interaction ‘inter’, ‘intra’ individual, and society in order to improve the quality of life for everyone.The post graduate programme offered by the Department (MSW) is recognized by the social work accreditation councils of UK, USA, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Our students get their recognitions and accreditations in these countries on the basis of the verification of the course modules they have done in the University and the field practicum they have done here in the programmes.