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OverviewEstablished in 1964, the Department of Social Work was the pioneering professional department under the University of Kerala, to offer a Masters Degree in Social Work. The department consistently ranked at #6 among the National Best Social Work Colleges by various national surveys – India Today, The Outlook and The Week – offers two specializations – Medical and Psychiatric Social Work and Community Development. Key to the intention of moulding professionals in the people business, is the time and conscious efforts in imparting skills necessary for working with individuals (social casework), groups (social group work) as well as communities (community organization).
The Post Graduate course leading to the award of the Master Degree of Social Work by the University of Kerala is spread over four semesters. The academic work is a package of fourteen core theory papers, besides four theory papers in each specialisation. To balance the practice demands, the course offers four concurrent fieldwork internships besides a professional live-in experience, a rural live-in camp, a viva voce during each semester to evaluate fieldwork and comprehension, one block placement internship spanning 30 days during the summer holidays of the second and fourth semesters and one study tour, one dissertation/project work and a comprehensive viva-voce. The program will have a total of 2746 hours of instruction, administered through class room lectures, guided reading sessions, assignment, seminars, group discussions, tutorial, role-play, case studies, field trips, field practice and computer classes. This is squared-off with field practicum over a minimum of 1306 hours.
Over the years Social Work at Loyola has assumed the stewardshiprole to engage with issues pertaining to contemporary social realities and demands arising; our engagement ranged from poverty alleviationand literacy(1980s), women empowerment and SHGs (1990s), child rights (2000s), life skills education (2010s), transgender-friendliness (2014) and social entrepreneurship (2015). Our key contribution has been the launch of Kudumbashree, augmentation CHILDLINE as a model nodal center, and fillip to Life Skills Education in the state. The department has maintained close association with UNICEF, Women and Child Development Department, ICDS, Social Justice, World Bank, DCPU, DMHP, Youth Welfare Board, Jagori (Safetipin), Pratham (ASER), Cochin Shipyard Limited, Chilla, Pencil, LIFE, Maxminds, etc. in evolving training partnership for our mutual benefit.
Learning to Serve and Serving to Learn
Social Work for Holistic Development
At Loyola, we have constantly reinvented the andragogy. From 2013 its teaching-learning has been oriented on its own indigenous social work andragogy wheel, with learning starting with praxis – engagement with real-life challenges – disaster management, surveys for the government department, consultancy on safety, issue-based street plays. Post-praxis, is poiesis, wherein the participants engage in the creation of evidences based on the reflections emerging during praxis; the same is communicated to the relevant audience in a comprehensible manner through semenaria, which subjects the content to further refine what is produced, subject to open review. The emergent product is theoria. Thus, participants are encouraged to engage and learn and create new perspectives to interpret reality, once acted upon, results in engaged knowledge-building.
The Loyola Social Work pedagogy wheel exposes the Learner to access the knowledge, engage in practice; engage in documentation and dissemination for validation, and to finally formulate a theory.
The practice praxis includes:-
The documentation poiesis includes:-
The dissemination includes:-
Faculty
Dr. Francina P X
Dr. Jasmine Sarah Alexander
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Loyola Resource Team undertakes an outreach through "INSPIRE" an Engineering College students' social responsibility initiative during January 2020. we appreciate their 'attitude of altitude' despite many injured post-Sports and feverish post rural live-in camp... special appreciation to the Engineering students who continue to work with Loyola in reaching out to the vulnerable children of Thiruvananthapuram.
Orientation on Psychological First Aid (PFA) by Prof.Dr. TV Anilkumar (Dept. of Psychiatry, GMCT) and Psw. Ancy B. Kairali (Project Coordinator-cum- Consultant, DMHP) 8.00-10.00pm on 23 & 24 July. This preparatory program was meant to equip the MSW Sem-3 trainees for a Psychosocial Support Cadre for KSMHA in caring for quarantined health personnel. Dr.Anilkumar, a good friend of Loyola oriented them on the basics of PFA - Look, Listen & Link, and briefed us on logistics of the project that we are building up with Mr.Naseer Kutty. We are thankful Dr. Jaya Prakashan (Secretary, KSMHA) for convening the initial meeting on 22 July in spite his schedule and coordinating and cobbling up this initiative. Ancy oriented us beautifully from her experience about the setting and the client systems of the institutionalised under treatment, quarantined (home and institutional), young mothers and children who are the most vulnerable during COVID-19. She provided us on the basics of PFA and techniques for engagement from her experiences manning hotlines and counselling client. She stressed also on self-care and providing assurance. I admire the young team for staying up late evenings on all two days especially Ananthu BL and Varsha Madhu Korapath who volunteered to bring in their experience to lead the Team in documentation logistics.
Loyola Social Work commemorated the World Social Work Day, adding our share to the 54.7% of forest cover of Kerala, to roll back the carbon footprint. Fr. Sunny K. Thomas, Manager, Loyola Institutions planting a mango sapling, as part of KAPS statewide campaign titled "oru karam, oru maram" at 3.20 pm, on 5 June 2020, on Loyola Campus. Dr. Jayachandran D. presided with Assariya 'Maamman' gently tending the saplings; also present were Saji P Jacob, Francina Xavier Sabu SJ Saji J SJ Jasmine Alexander, Kannan GS, Vandana Suresh and Sonny Jose.
Life Skills Training by MSW Sem-1 Students at Loyola Institute of Commerce, Poovar on 14 Jan 2020. One among the resource team members was Sini, who was a former employee of LIC. Special appreciation to Francina for elevating OBE in Social Work to level next, equipping our group work trainees to become confident Trainer of Trainers.
Mr Maneesh M. Nair (MSW 2007) Consultant, Behaviour Change Communication & Capacity Building, Kerala State Nutrition Mission, Department of Women & Child Development (WCD) oriented the MSW Sem-3 trainees regarding the activities of the WCD and the role of social work in psychosocial care, nutrition, and also in networking during COVID outbreak. His talk on 28 July 2020 from 11-1 p.m. was a rich experience for the younger generation. This young, dynamic, vibrant teacher in him vouches for the grooming for life from the School and College in Loyola, and the professionalism imbibed through LES helped him in his journey.
PSO 1 Informed about Profession
PSO 2 Professionalism Expressed
PSO 3 Demonstrate Social Work Skills
PSO 4 Apply Problem Solving/Capacity Building Process
PSO 5 Practice in Multiple Settings
| History and Philosophy of Social Work |
| CO 1: Understand Social Work, its Meaning, Objectives, Function, Methods, Principles and the Allied Concepts |
| CO 2: Understand the History and Development of Professional Social Work in UK, USA, and India. |
| CO 3: Reflect over the Philosophica-Ideological Bases of Professional Social Work |
| CO 4: Understand the Professional Character of Social Work and the Development of Social Work Education |
| CO 5: Internalise the Values and Code of Ethics of Social Work |
| CO 6: Imbibe the Core Competencies and Attributes of a Professional Social Work Practitioner and Become Aware of the Professional Growth |
| CO 7: Understand Different Fields Social Work and International Social Work |
| Sociology and Economics for Social Work |
| CO 1: Understand the basics of sociology and its thinkers and sociological perspectives in order to examine the structure and functions of society |
| CO 2: Understand meanings and tyes of Social Institutions and Social Stratification and their implications in Indian societies in fieldwork |
| CO 3: Understand the basics of Economics and develop critical thinking to analyse per capita income, National Income Analysis and economic systems |
| CO 4: Analyse International Economic Institutions and paradoxes of Globalisation and contemporary dynamics in the global development process |
| CO 5: Analyse understanding of Development, Under-development Sustainable Development, social exclusion, marginalisation, corporatisation and communalism instil New Development Paradigms and critique Kerala Model of Development |
| CO 6: Apply Social Analysis tools and approaches to Social Problems: poverty, unemployment, migration, alcoholism and substance abuse and application of Sociology and Economics for Social Work |
| Psychology for Social Work |
| CO 1: understand, appreciate and apply the biopsychosocial bases, approaches and theories of learning in understanding individual (general psychology) and group behaviour (social psychology) |
| CO 2: develop a holistic understanding of the theories of human development and its implications on human behaviour in the context of human growth & development across the human life-span |
| CO 3: understand the developmental tasks and hazards across the lifespan in order to formulate social work intervention strategies |
| CO 4: comprehend the concept of abnormality and the various systems of classification |
| CO 5: develop a comprehensive analysis of a case, applying the above theories and development tasks in the context of a life-span and develop a comprehensive ideal social work intervention plan |
| Working with Communities |
| CO 1: The trainee should gain a full understanding of Community Organization and Social Action-its |
| CO 2: The student should list the components (Knowledge, Skills, Values and Principles, Professional organization) of Community Organization The student should be able to create a plan for self-analysis, reflection and growth so as to accomplish development of self and the profession and be able to apply it in field work. |
| CO 3: The trainee should be able to list the skills, tools and techniques of community organization and Social Action, demonstrate it through case vignettes and apply the Community Organization skills |
| CO 4: The student should list and understand the problem-solving process/procedure/phases (Rapport building, Assessment, Planning, Intervention, Evaluation and Follow-up) and demonstrate each of the components of the problem-solving process through case vignettes and in field work. |
| CO 5: The trainee should be able to list different community organization settings/models and describe them. |
| CO 6: Community Development), as well as trace its history. |
| Working with Groups& Families |
| CO 1: The trainee should gain a full understanding of Social Group Work – its definition, components, objectives, relevance, differentiate it from related concepts, as well as trace its history. |
| CO 2: The trainee should list the professional elements (Knowledge, Skills, Values and Principles, Professional Organization) and relate these to the fieldwork. |
| CO 3: The trainee should be able to understand the problem-solving process (Intake, Study, Goal Setting, Intervention, Evaluation and Termination), in social group work, stages of group development focusing on group processes and group dynamics and demonstrate it through field work. |
| CO 4: The trainee should be able to list the Life skills, design a training module in groups, impart training to co-learners, students’ community and also apply in their personal life and in fieldwork. |
| CO 5: The trainee should be able to compare different structures, content and methods of Social Group Work records and apply the – narrative-condensed- |
| CO 6: The trainee should be able to get a full understanding of family social work, its principles, problem-solving process – Intake, – Beginning, Assessment, Intervention, Evaluation and Examination phase. |
| Working with Individuals |
| CO 1: The trainee should gain a full understanding of Social Case Work-its definition, components, objectives, relevance, differentiate it from related concepts, as well as trace its history. |
| CO 2: The trainee should list the professional elements (Knowledge, Skills, Values and Principles, Professional Organization) of social casework. |
| CO 3: The student should be able to create a plan for self-analysis, reflection and growth so as to accomplish the development of self and the profession and be able to apply it in fieldwork. |
| CO 4: The trainee should be able to list different social work practice settings/models and describe the background (problems, relevance & significance, programmes and challenges) and role of the social worker in the social work practice setting. |
| CO 5: The trainee should list and understand the problem-solving process/procedure/phases (Rapport building, Assessment, Planning, Intervention, Evaluation and Follow-up) and demonstrate each of the components of the problem-solving process through case vignettes and in field work. |
| CO 6: The trainee should be able to list the skills, tools and techniques of social casework practice and demonstrate it through case vignettes and apply the social casework skills in fieldwork. |
| Theory and Practice of Counselling |
| CO 1: Understand the definition, essential characteristics and principles of Counselling and ability to create their own definition for Counselling |
| CO 2: Understand the various phases, the process and the skills as well as techniques to be applied in these contexts of counselling |
| CO 3: Understand the ethical dilemma and means of resolving the same based on the NASW/ACA Code of Ethics |
| CO 4: Understanding of the various schools of psychology, the theoretical perspectives, learning theories and its implications to counselling practice with cases |
| CO 5: Apply the principles of case recording and documentation in practice |
| Administration of Human Service Organizations |
| CO 1: The student should be able to define/describe, and discuss the concepts of Agency, Administration, Organisation, and Management |
| CO 2: The student should be able to differentiate Social Administration and Social Work Administration, Formal Organisation and Informal Organisation, Bureaucratic Organisation and Human Relations Organisation |
| CO 3: The students should be able to explain the administrative process |
| CO 4: The students should be able to distinguish between different laws of incorporation and write the MOA of a Society |
| CO 5: The student should be able to present various personnel functions in HSOs. |
| CO 6: The student should be able to present and explain Finance and Office Management |
| CO 7: The student should be able to present and explain the concept of social protection welfare programmes of various ministries. |
| Social Legislations and Human Rights |
| CO 1: Understand the Indian Constitution and Indian legal system and acquire skills to practise legal services PSO 1 |
| CO 2: Differentiate the personal laws pertaining to various faiths as well as social legislations to protect the vulnerable PSO 4 |
| CO 3: Understand and critique Social Legislations for women, children and Environment PSO 3 |
| CO 4: Understand Various Legal Commissions and Legal Services and identify the roles of social workers PSO 2 |
| CO 5: Understand Human Rights: violation of Human Rights of Vulnerable and Marginalised groups, women and children, aged population and Minorities, Dalits, Indigenous People PSO 3 |
| CO 6: Analise Globalisation and Human Rights – Health and Human Rights – Gender and Human Rights – Refugees and Human Rights, PSO 5 |
| CO 7: Evaluate and critique Cyber Crimes & Legal Framework on IT Act and IPR PSO 4 |
| Social Work Research and Statistics |
| CO 1: The trainee social worker will develop an understanding of quantitative and qualitative research |
| CO 2: The trainee social worker will inculcate an ethical orientation towards research |
| CO 3: The trainee social worker will be able to apply the steps of quantitative research to aproblem |
| CO 4: The trainee social worker will be able to formulate and carry out qualitative research scientifically |
| CO 5: The trainee social worker will apply research methods to resolve social work problems |
| Project Planning and Management |
| CO 1: Understand the concepts of Project Management and learn how to apply Project Management tools, processes, and techniques for the successful execution of a project |
| CO 2: Evaluate the process of strategic planning of social development organisations (NGOs) |
| CO 3: Understand problem identification through PRA, the project design, appraisal and LFA method |
| CO 4: Distinguish between project implementation, monitoring review and evaluation |
| CO 5: Analyze the Project Finance and Financial Management |
| CO 6: Imbibe skills for project preparation and create competencies to design projects |
| CO 7: Develop resource mobilisation and fundraising blueprint |
| Community Health Care and Health Administration |
| CO 1: Understand the concepts – Health (physical and mental), Hygiene, Health Care, Community Health as against Public Health, determinants and dimensions of health, and levels of health care (promotive, preventive, curative, restorative, palliative) as it plays out in lives of individuals |
| CO 2: Apply the method of social work, especially Working with Communities (Community Organisation) in the context of health; its components and principles |
| CO 3: Understand and apply the concept of Health Planning and Management as a cycle, drawing implications from various health indices (indicators) and the application of same in the formulation of policy (Policy Formulation & NHP 1983, 2002, 2016) and organisation of health programs (National Health Programs); besides, critically evaluate health policy and programs |
| CO 4: Analyse the implications of Globalisation vis-a-vis Development as phenomena impacting Health of individuals and communities; the history of Health as organised around international events: colonialism, WHO, Alma Ata, MDGs, SDGs, Asthana; the implications of FYPs/NITI and various health planning committees on health national programs |
| CO 5: Understand the organisation of Health Services at the various levels – International, National (MoHFW), State (DHS), District and at the hospital level (local) and role of the social worker as administrator – stakeholders |
| CO 6: Understand and appreciate the implications of various health policy and health-related legislations in occupation, public and safety, reproductive and sexual health, mental health |
| Medical Social Work |
| CO 1: understand the basic concepts of health, the evolutionary history of health, models and approaches (levels to prevention) to intervening with disease |
| CO 2: understand human physiological systems as an interconnected system maintaining homeostasis, the various indicators of positive health, and disease affecting the systems |
| CO 3: understanding nutrition, balanced diet in prevention deficiency disorders, the sociocultural aspects of nutrition, preventive and management measures and national nutritional programmes |
| CO 4: understand the prevalence, etiology, symptoms, prevention and treatment of diseases – communicable and non-communicable – and relevant national health programs |
| CO 5: understanding of the ‘patient as a person and its implication of medical social work and appreciating the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach to treatment |
| CO 6: perceiving the role of social work in various contexts (clinics) in the medical setting |
| Urban Planning and Community |
| CO 1: The trainee social worker will develop an understanding of urban planning, community development and related theoretical frameworks |
| CO 2: The trainee social worker will identify and analyse various issues of urban communities, programmes (NRLM, PMAY, Kudumbashree) and scope for social work |
| CO 3: The trainee social worker will understand and analyse urban planning, strategies, policies and agencies (Development Authorities) engaged in working with urban community development |
| CO 4: The trainee social worker will be able to understand the structure, functions and the administration of community development institutions (Municipalities and corporations) in the wake of the 74th amendment |
| CO 5: The trainee social worker will acquire skills in developing projects to address existing social problems in an urban community and design interventions for Civil Society Organisations engaged in CSR |
| Psychiatric Social Work |
| CO 1: The trainee should gain a full understanding of Psychiatric Social Work-its definition, components, objectives, relevance, differentiate it from related concepts (related professions in the multi-disciplinary team), as well as trace its history. |
| CO 2: The student should list the components (Knowledge, Skills, Values and Principles, Professional orgnization) of Psychiatric Social Work. |
| CO 3: The student should be able to create a plan for self-analysis, reflection and growth so as to accomplish the development of self and the profession and be able to apply it in fieldwork. |
| CO 4: The student should be able to list the skills, tools and techniques of psychiatric social work practice and demonstrate it through case vignettes and fieldwork |
| CO 5: The student should list and understand the problem-solving process/procedure/phases (Rapport building, Assessment- Disorders, symptomatology and MSE, Planning, Intervention, Evaluation and Follow-up) and demonstrate each of the components of the problem-solving process through case vignettes and in field work. |
| CO 6: The trainee should be able to list different psychiatric social work practice settings/models and describe the background (problems, relevance & significance, programmes and challenges) and role of the social worker in the particular setting |
| Rural Community Development and Panchayati Raj |
| CO 1: Understand the origin and evolution of village life and develop perspectives at improving it |
| CO 2: Understand the changes happeing in rural life over the years and various rural reconstruction efforts of India before 1952 |
| CO 3: Community Development Programme of 1952, National Extention Services, and other Programmes of Rural Development and Dynamics in the Planning Era |
| CO 4: Emergence of Panchayati Raj Institutions as a continuation of the Community Development Programme, its development in India with a special focus on Kerala |
| CO 5: Gandhian Concept of Rural Development and the Emergence and Contributions of Cooperatives for Rural Development |
| CO 6: Programmes of Rural Development of Central and State Governments |
| CO 7: Understand the concept and programmes of rural Community Development |
| Ecological Social Work and Entrepreneurship |
| CO 1: Understand the interrelatedness of Environmentalism, Ecology and Social Work and carve a personal perspective on sustainable development and understand Political Ecology Global Environmental Crisis and its linkages to the development process |
| CO 2: Analyse the vulnerabilities of the ecosystem and the role of ecosystem persons in preserving the environment and life and develop tools to analyse eviction and alienation of people |
| CO 3: Understand the basics of communication and its theories, models, and approaches |
| CO 4: Analyse the politics of information and discern the implications of development communication and apply social mobilisation and social advocacy in moderating social development |
| CO 5: Apply group communication skills and techniques in social work interventions and develop personal views and attitudes towards the use and abuse of Mass media and new media |
| CO 6: Understand the foundations of social entrepreneurship in the social work context and seven principles of social entrepreneurship |
| CO 7: Analyze various models of contemporary social entrepreneurship and design a social enterprise for a social problem |
| Integrated Social Work Interventions |
| CO 1: Understand the core processes and models of integrated social work and international social work practice |
| CO 2: Understand the impact of human activity in creating eco-system disequilibrium, contributing to disasters; acquire an understanding of the strategies for prevention, mitigation and preparedness in order to visualise social work interventions |
| CO 3: Use analytical tools to assess circumstances, events and situations engage with, and apply the theories, perspectives, strategies, techniques and skills of practice |
| CO 4: Imbibe methods of integrated social work intervention and strategies in dealing with disasters, geriatric population, youth, persons in distress, as well as persons with disabilities |
| Therapeutic Interventions for Social Work Practice |
| CO 1: The student should list the components (Knowledge, Skills, Values and Principles, Professional orgnization) of the psychotherapy |
| CO 2: The student should be able to create a plan for self-analysis, reflection and growth so as to accomplish the development of self and the profession and be able to apply it in fieldwork. |
| CO 3: The student should be able to list the skills, tools and techniques of psychotherapy practice and demonstrate it through case vignettes. |
| CO 4: The student should list and understand the problem-solving process/procedure/phases (Rapport building, Assessment -Therapy specific assessment, Planning, Intervention, Evaluation and Follow-up) and demonstrate each of the components of the problem-solving process through case vignettes. |
| CO 5: The trainee should be able to evaluate different types of therapy and its applicability in social work practice. |
| Development Economics |
| CO 1: Understand the concepts of Economic Growth and Development, Approaches to Factors of and Strategies for Economic Development, and Appreciate the scope of Community Development in the context of National Development |
| CO 2: Understand the Concept of Underdevelopment, Look at the structural Features of the Indian Economy and Realise that India is a Developing Economy and Community Development Contributes towards it. |
| CO 3: Understand the Problem of Poverty and the Process of Poverty Alleviation and Appreciate the Importance of Population as Human Resource in the Development of the Country |
| CO 4: Acquire in-depth knowledge of the Growing Indian Economy and the Importance of various Sectors. |
| CO 5: Appreciate the Importance of Planned Development in the Progress of the Country |
| Social Work Practice and Health |
| CO 1: The trainee should gain a full understanding of 7 Social Work Health Settings-its definition, components, objectives, relevance, differentiate it from related fields |
| CO 2: The student should list the components (Knowledge, Skills, Values and Principles, Professional orgnization) of health social work. |
| CO 3: The student should be able to create a plan for self-analysis, reflection and growth so as to accomplish the development of self and the profession and be able to apply it in fieldwork. |
| CO 4: The student should be able to list the skills, tools and techniques of health social work practice and demonstrate it through case vignettes. |
| CO 5: The student should list and understand the problem-solving in each health setting and demonstrate the process through case vignettes. |
| CO 6: The trainee should be able to discuss the background (problems, relevance & significance, programmes and challenges) and role of the social workers in particular health settings. |
| Social Analysis for Social Change |
| CO 1: The trainee social worker will develop an understanding of the meaning of Social awareness and its levels, Social Analysis and different tools of social analysand they will analyze the present society |
| CO 2: The trainee social worker will analyze sources and causes of social change, theories, criteria and indicators for social change. |
| CO 3: The trainee social worker will understand the goal of education and Paulo Freirean and Gandhian Philosophy of education and analyze the Freirean and Gandhian Method of Education and how it has contributed to social change. |
| CO 4: The trainee social worker will be able to analyse the difference between various strategies for social change like individual contact, campaign, Conscientization, cultural action, negotiation, pressure, legal action, nonviolence, conflict management, advocacy, networking and political organization. |
| CO 5: The trainee social worker will understand Social Movements: theories, types, relevance and also will acquire skills in analysing contemporary social movements, agencies involved including Human Rights Movements at the National and State level |
| CO 6: The trainee Social Worker will understand Social Policy, its importance, the process of Policy formulation, and will acquire the skills in analysing the social policy and the role of a social worker in policy formulation and planning |
The department of social work connects globally. The department collaborates with international, national and state-level institutions and professionals.
AIM: Widen the scope of social work, student exchange programmes, connecting social work institutions globally
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Johan Gärde is Associate Professor, at Department of Social Sciences and International Coordinator at Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden. He has his doctorate in Sociology and Religion and evinces keen in augmenting the UN agenda on Sustainable Development Goals. Johan is widely travelled gentleman, with a great sense of humour and an extremely generous supporter of the developing world. His magnanimity had found him collaborating with various Universities in Lebanon, Germany, Argentina, Iraq, India and the Philippines. He is the founder of the Global Sessions wherein we have collaborators from Germany, Italy, Denmark, South Africa, the Philippines, US and Loyola (India). He has been instrumental in keeping the Linnaeus-Palme Collaboration live since 2012, under this exchange program 4 of our faculty members and 12 of our student/alumni have travelled to Sweden to do courses and research. In turn, we have hosted 11 Swedish students from Ersta. We have also provided learning opportunities for Globala Gymnasiat, Stockholm, thanks to his vision.
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