MSW Courses and Career Opportunities in Social Workers

Gandhiji, Vinoba bhava like personalities are highlighted in the new generation people when they hearing about social workers or social reformers, are those willing to give up anything belongs to them for the society. Such kind of social working or social abilities can’t be inherited by the new generation people. But today social activity had become a job that secures their own life along with doing the social activities. So that a number of graduate and post graduate courses are available for teaching the social activities.

This can be selected as a profession for those who are willing to ensuring their own life, still having some elements of humanity in their activities. They can help poor ones by giving a hand, who are suffering from various problems and can also achieve credits in their life also.

MSW, a post graduate course is now the trend in this field. But more opportunities are in nongovernmental organizations (NGO) like Amnesty International, Green peace in international level and also in domestic hospitals and various NGOs. The increment in the number of environmental organizations and globalization are boon for this profession.

• Tata institute of social science Mumbai
• Delhi University, Bombay University
• Madras School of social work Chennai

 are the main centers which conducting the MSW course. MSW courses can also be done under various Universities in Kerala. Admission to this course is done through entrance examinations in various Universities. Any stream graduate can join this course, but graduates with sociology can easily study this course.

‘Is social working is a topic or subject that is to be studied in academic standards’ is a question remaining. It is better to look through the academic syllabus that to find that class room study is not a good medium, as this subject is to be taken into action from the deep mind interventions. Besides from a nervous level, it is better be a professional so that he/she can work in various conditions like AIDS carriers, alcoholics, persons with criminal backgrounds, natural calamity victims etc. MSW academic includes broad spectrum of levels from social security laws to various therapies like chemo therapy, psycho therapy, electro convulsive therapy, group therapy, plea therapy etc. Awareness lessons are included in the early classes for MSW scholars. Urbanization, cultural development, individual and society, family marriage, analysis of social problems, caste problems, bribes, women exploitation, AIDS and all other contemporary problems are included in the basic section of the MSW.

Family therapy, pre-marriage counseling, divorce counseling, group therapy, sex education, demography, family laws and structure and working of family courts etc are included to make the scholar more aware about the family relations. Counseling principles, relation between the counselor and the person undergo counseling, factors that influences the counseling, professional ethics, various levels of counseling, family/education/vocational/industrial/de-addiction counseling, placement counseling etc are very relevant in the modern world. These are helpful for doing social activity in association with educational institutions and hospitals or doing self.

Child security provided as per constitution law, national by law about child security, development projects, child abuse, street children, physical and mental retarded children, abortion, child marriage, international organizations like (ILO, UNICEF ) activities etc  are a part of most universities syllabus.

IRDP JRY, TRYSM, Peoples Plan, Slum eradication etc like subjects are included to get an aware about socio-cultural activities and the various development and evolution of psychiatry, definitions, psychosis, psychsophrania, alcoholics, suicide etc are also the part of the course. Knowledge about criminology, parole, probation, after-care, juvenile homes, child criminals etc are essential for the future job purposes.

Good communication skill is essential for the completion of any course and for attaining future opportunities. This principle is more relevant in the field of social education must be remembered.