•Skills for Social Action

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•Objectives of Social Action

•When there is need to bring about some change in social structure or to prevent the negative from happening, which may influence the general population or a large number of people social action comes into play.

• proper sharing and development of socio-cultural environment in which a richer and fuller life may be possible for all citizens.

•Stages of Social Action

•Developing awareness

•Organization

•Making strategies

•Action

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•Skills required

•Relational Skills[human relation,social relation etc)

•Intervention Skills

•Managerial Skills(technical,interpersonal,conceptual,diagnostic,communication,decision making and time mangaement skills

•Communication Skills

•Training, Networking and Lobbying Skills

•Analytical & Research Skills

•Relational Skills

• building rapport with individuals and group and maintaining those relationships

•Ability to work with established leaders

•Ability to work with intra and inter group conflict

•Developing and maintaining cordial relationship with other NGOs and agencies working in the area and similar issues

•Social Services

•social services designated to provide meaningful opportunities for social and economic growth of the disadvantaged sector of the population in order to develop them into productive and self-reliant citizens and promote social equity. 

•Special Social Services

•social welfare services extended to children, youth and adults with special needs, such as the orphaned, neglected, abandoned, disabled, etc.  

•Such services include family life education and counseling, adoption, guardianship, foster family care, rehabilitation services, etc.

•Social Welfare

•Welfare refers to a broad discourse which may hold certain implications regarding the provision of a minimal level of wellbeing and social support for all citizens without the stigma of charity.

•This is termed "social solidarity".

•Charity to WELFARE

•In most developed countries, welfare is largely provided by the government, in addition to charities, informal social groups, religious groups, and inter-governmental organizations.

•The Term WELFARE replaces "charity" as it was known for thousands of years, being the act of providing for those who temporarily or permanently could not provide for themselves.

•Team Work

•Types of Action

•Action of social workers into two primary classifications of direct practice (action with the client) and indirect practices (actions with other systems of the client ).

• The practice involves direct action by individuals, families and small groups that focus on changes in both transactions within the family or system of small groups or in the way individuals, families and small groups functioning in relationships with people and societal institutions in their environment.

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•Knowledge for Social Workers in Social Action

According to Mary Richmond (1917), the general knowledge of social workers

•Knowledge of the client,

•both clients as individuals, groups and communities

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•Knowledge

•of the social environment, ie knowledge related to family, group, organization, community, and culture, (Society and Culture)

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•Knowledge about the profession of professional social workers who includes self-knowledge as a social worker, professional and integration.

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