INTRODUCTION:

The role of social worker is vital. He is a best resource person to show the way to mitigate the problems. Social worker would play a variety role in the society to bring a change. Society is full of complex problems which are to be solved by the social worker. Social worker cannot be limited to one problem. Numerous problems are to be dwelt by the social worker. Health problems, gender problems, problems of the labour and agriculture are to be solved amicably. Thus present topic carries importance in the society by which a social worker may dominate by providing solution to the problems faced by the society.

OBJECTIVES:

The researcher has kept following objectives to present this research article.

1. To bring out the importance of social worker who is able to build a new nation.

2. To ascertain the role of social worker to bring solidarity in the society.

3. To focus the system adopted by social worker to mitigate the evils routed in the society.

4. To focus the social workers role to council the victims of social evils.

METHODOLOGY:

The researcher has consulted literature to complete to this article. The researcher has consulted eminent social workers to ascertain their role in the society. Nurses, Gramsevikas, NGOs are consulted to know the role social worker. Several conferences are attended to have knowledge about the role of social worker.

HYPOTHESIS:

The social worker role is pivotal. The social work is a wonderful resource for the nation building. He/she mitigates the problems of the society. The workers form no of associations to show the solution to the social problems. The social worker requires knowledge about the society. Assessment, awareness, expression, patience and identification are the features of a social worker on the basis of these conclusions present article is completed.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY:

Theme of the article:

Social work is a profession committed to the pursuit of social justice, to quality of life, and to the development of the full potential of each and individual, group and community in a society. Social worker draw on the social sciences and on clinical expertise to solve social problems. The social worker work in research, practice, or both. Practitioners will usually possess a degree or registered licence the discipline, dependent on national law and Social work. Social work research is often focussed in areas such as individual and family therapy, social policy, public administration and development. Social workers are organized into local, national, and international professional bodies to further the aim of the profession.

Definition of social work:

As we have already point out social work as a profession is still in an evolutionary stage and there are countries with still equate social work with social welfare or social services and therefore, the definition of social work varies from country to country. However it cannot be denied that it is gradually being recognised as a profession all over the world.

Social work is the provision of services designed to aid individuals, singly or in groups in coping with present or future social and psychological obstacles that prevent or are likely to prevent, full or effective particular in society. In summary the main features of social work as pointed out by the international survey are.

1. It is a helping activity.

2. It is social activity established for the benefit of community and not for the profit motives.

3. It is a liaison activity through which the disadvantaged individuals or groups tap community resources.

Concept of social work:

So far as India is concerned social work has not as yet acquired a professional status and it is considered an activity to help economically dependent persons. The definition given by various writers in this country also testify this fact. In the inaugural speech at the all India conference of social work [1947] shri B. G. then premier of Bombay remarked: “the aim of social work as generally understood is to remove social injustice, to relieve distress, to prevent suffering and to assist the weaker members of society to rehabilitate themselves and their families and in short, fight the five giant evils of [1] physical want,[2] disease, [3] ignorance [4] squalor, [5] and idleness.”

Functions of social worker:

Poverty eradication:

Poverty is the main concern of social worker. The poverty stickle people are not in a passion to tackle the problems posed to them. Poverty is not just about income but also the quality of life and the home and community environment. However social services departments construct needs in ways that ignore needs arising out of poverty. The reason must be that poverty is perceived as something about which social services can do nothing. The links between poverty and health problems are well known. Poverty and illness together make people much more vulnerable and needy at all stages of their lives, and even more so in old age. Inequalities between social classes in the incidence of chronic illness and medical illness and in life expectancy are also well documented. Social work may endorse anti oppressive ideas but class inequalities remain as wide as ever. Clearly, anti-oppressive practise is at its weakest when it comes to the issue of class. Moral judgements about worth and deservedness permeate social work practice and unthinking class assumptions continue to influence the provisions of services. For example, social work assessments inevitably include considerations of how well poor clients are dealing with their poverty. Furthermore, when social work decisions are challenged the more likely to be successful in getting services they need than the less powerful working classes. The government assumes that the social workers can deal with poverty without taking the underlying causes. It continuously repeats the mantra of education as a panacea for all poverty and inequality. In reality social workers can do nothing about raising household incomes, improving housing or transforming the community environment. Social workers must therefore resist the notion that poverty can be tackled by political social work solutions. Social workers have a responsibility to work towards structural change to resolve the issues the clients face which are caused by inequalities of income and wealth.it is not enough to simply resolve individual issues as they arise. The social work profession promotes social change, problem solving in human relationships and the environment and liberation of people to enhance well-being. Utilizing theories of human behaviour and social systems, social work intervenes at the points where people interact with their environments. In recent years, the language of poverty inequality has been replaced by that of social exclusion. This has been introduced to disguise the true extent of poverty and to create the illusion that the problem is being tackled. This process inevitably requires the poor to be blamed for their poverty.

Juvenile delinquency:

Juvenile delinquency, also known as "juvenile offending", is participation in illegal behaviour by minors (juveniles, i.e. individuals younger than the statutory age of majority). Most legal systems prescribe specific procedures for dealing with juveniles, such as juvenile detention centres, and courts. A juvenile delinquent in the United States is a person who is typically below 18. (17 in New York, North Carolina, New Hampshire, and Texas) years of age and commits an act that otherwise would have been charged as a crime if they were an adult. Depending on the type and severity of the offense committed, it is possible for people under 18 to be charged and treated as adults. In recent years a higher proportion of youth have experienced arrests by their early 20s than in the past, although some scholars have concluded this may reflect more aggressive criminal justice and zero-tolerance policies rather than changes in youth behaviour. Juvenile crimes can range from status offenses (such as underage smoking), to property crimes and violent crimes. However, juvenile offending can be considered normative adolescent behaviour. This is because most teens tend to offend by committing non-violent crimes, only once or a few times, and only during adolescence. Repeated and/or violent offending is likely to lead to later and more violent offenses. When this happens, the offender often displayed antisocial behaviour even before reaching adolescence.

Female primary education:

Does education reduce fertility? The research done so far in India and elsewhere shows that the answer is generally 'yes' under a few circumstances, however, women with some education, particularly if they do not complete primary school, may have marital fertility that is higher than those who have no schooling. Such evidence has sometimes given the impression that education, unless it is completed to a level higher than the primary, is not effective in fertility reduction; from this perspective, the education sector resources should be allocated to higher education. By analysing the macro- and micro-level Indian data on education and fertility, the authors demonstrate that this impression is not correct. There is convincing evidence that female education in India monotonically increases the use of contraception and age at marriage, both of which, in turn, decrease fertility a). This study demonstrates that the effect of education on fertility differs from country to country more because of the differences among countries in the average fertility of women with no education rather than because of the differences in the average fertility of women with relatively higher education. It also demonstrates that the curvilinear nature of the relationship between education and marital fertility is attributable to the relatively low fertility of illiterate women with higher prevalence of fertility inhibiting factors such as breastfeeding. This means that the explanation for a curvilinear relationship between education and fertility should be sought in the factors which suppress fertility of women with no education. It is clear from the above discussion that primary education, particularly of women, deserves the highest priority among all the educational sectors, if fertility reduction is considered a worthwhile objective for national welfare. The framers of the Constitution of India did not, however, consider fertility reduction when they thought it desirable to provide free and compulsory education for all children up to the age of 14 years by 1960; there were many other worthy reasons. It is only in the Sixth Five Year Plan. Indian planning commission 1981 states that the role of education, especially female education, in reducing fertility was recognised. The recommendation that followed from this recognition did not, however, include an emphasis on primary education, but on increasing the enrolment in the high schools. The specific focus was on education in health and reproductive biology rather than the broader objective of education in increasing the awareness and widening the outlook of students. The words social worker and social reformer are different to each other. The social worker is one who assists the tribe’s people to have social co-ordination by creating unity among them. The social worker is a tireless worker to work for development of society. The society is facing the problems such as cast differences ill treatment of women, dowry problems and evils such as child labour intoxication and violence committed in the society. The social worker should play their role to mitigate the problems faced by the people with these evils. Fortunately the social worker form associations to provoke thoughts among the people the likeminded people coming together inculcate good ideas and harmonious thoughts among the minds of the people. One of the thoughts is the formation of Red Cross society by its founder dun ad of Germany. Similarly the formation of international women conference which plan to host the conferences to solve the problems of universal women. The social worker is a main source for the social building to solve the problems of society so many organisations have been formed to work for the welfare of the society. The organizations of nurses, gramsevikas, association Asha, NGOs like laya are the leading social worker associations to settle the problems that is being faced by the society. To define the term social worker is not an easy task. The social worker works for the development of society without any agitation is called the social worker. Further the term has been extended that is worker who propagates the proper social ideas for a good social building. All the people in the society are social workers. Hence no role can be given to a social worker. If role is assigned his/her performance would be limited. Hence the role of social worker is wide and variety. The social worker performs major duties to help the society to recover from its collapse. During the civil war the American society was divided into no of groups. A white organization was designed as white devil organization to threaten the lives of Negros that is the black people. Another white organization called ‘’saviour’’ was formed to protect the rights of American Negros with the efforts of the social workers associations 14^th amendment to the American constitution is made. Now the position of Negros is better and many of the Negros have reached to play the US open tennis. The Negros are awarded noble prize.

Social worker have played a notable role in building the nation in India non-governmental organizations have rendered their service for the development of the community. Asha workers have assisted the mothers and children to pursue cleanliness and take the children to the schools etc. The social workers council advises the couple to settle their marriage disputes outside of the courts. Both wife and husband can seek advice from the trained social workers to lead a happy married life. The major role of social worker is to render service to the AIDS patients. AIDS is a dangerous disease. It is a contaminated dread full disease. Medicines vitamin food shall be supplied to the AIDS patients and their children should be looked after which great care in the cities like Mumbai. The social workers are doing yeoman service to the senior citizens and differently abled. Marriages are arranged to differently abled by the social workers. They are helping the differently abled to find employment opportunities. Most of the social workers are running old age homes above 100 homes are being run by 20 NGOs in Mumbai. Here at Visakhapatnam about 7 old age homes are run by the social workers. Thakur Harish Chandra Prasad is a great social worker running an institution for mentally handicapped. A social worker NGOS swadhikar is proving training to the formers in natural forming. A number of women organizations are working for the upliftment of the homes are being run by the social workers for the deserted women. Home have been set up for victims of acid attacks bride burning etc. Thus the social workers play a vital role in the building of a strong nation.

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Received on 16.09.2018 Modified on 15.10.2018

Res. J. Humanities and Social Sciences. 2019; 10(1): 259-262.

DOI: 10.5958/2321-5828.2019.00047.0