Introduction to Social Work
Social work is a hands-on profession that strives to help people and families deal with their different problems. The exact work that social workers perform depends on their specific field of their study and specialisations. The social workers help people cope with challenges in every stage of their lives. They help with a wide range of situations, such as adopting a child or being diagnosed with a terminal illness, etc.
The social workers work with many populations, including children, people with disabilities and people with addictions. Social work can be mentally and emotionally exhausting and always considered as a challenging field of work. Social workers often have a heavy caseload with limited time and resources. Sometimes, the social workers are needed to be compassionate, yet firm and assertive when dealing with hostile clients.
Few details about Master in Social Work (MSW) Course
Master in Social Work or (MSW) is a 2-year specialised post-graduate course that is divided into 4-semesters. The course consists of macro and micro aspects of professional social work practices in community, hospitals, schools and other fields of social services. The course trains the students and turns them into skilled social workers. The primary aim of the course in a society is on the marginalised and weaker sections of the society who are often suppressed and neglected.
The course imparts the knowledge and training related to the upliftment of the marginalised communities in the students. The course gives a greater picture about education sanitisation and welfare related programmes for the students. The course offers specialisation in the four main areas like industrial relations and personnel management, family and child welfare, psychiatric social work and community development.
Eligibility for Master in Social Work (MSW)
The students who have passed their under graduation in any stream with 50% aggregate from the recognised university are eligible to apply for MSW course.
Admission Procedures
The eligible students can join to master in social work (MSW) by two modes of admission. The first one is merit-based admission and the second one is direct admission.
1. Merit Based Admission
There are many top colleges and universities that conduct institution-based entrance exams for the admission to MSW course, such mode of admission is called merit-based admission. The colleges will be having specific and limited number of merit-seats and entrance exams are conducted to select deserving students for these merit seats. The students who qualify the entrance exams are allotted merit seats. The main idea for conducting institution-based entrance exams is to select the right candidates from the group of non-serious students. The fees are also nominal for merit-based admission.
