This document discusses five methods for social work: social case work, social action, community organization, focus groups, and social welfare administration. For each method, the document outlines goals, tools/space needed, participants, time, implementation, expected results, references, discussion questions, and reflections. The methods aim to help individuals cope with problems, encourage social functioning, gain community benefits, organize communities, test assumptions, and administer social welfare programs through activities like counseling, resource provision, and staff development.

1. CYPRIAN UDINAKACHUKWU NDIVE
TASK 1
METHOD 1:
SOCIAL CASE WORK
GOALS
 To help individual cope effectively with their problems
 To encourage them in social functioning
 To keep relationship with every member
TOOLS AND SPACE
An Informal setting that will be easily accessible to all participants. The rooms of
local community centers, libraries, churches, schools and so on are usually ideal. It
would not be advisable to convene a focus group about the quality of service provided
by an agency in that agency’s offices. Food and drink can be offered to participants
when they arrive to help them relax, but alcohol should never be provided. It is also
helpful to carry all participants along and elaborate them as well.
PARTICIPANTS
Six to ten people
Involvement of social network and Involvement of multiple providers in the
community both the locals
TIME:
It usually lasts for one to two hours and can often take a long time, depending on the
nature of the case.
IMPLEMENTATION
The professional care component looking at the engagement of several service
providers and the mutual care component assessing the ability of the client’s own
social network. Introducing different levels service delivery because most of the
services are based in one facility, the self-care component aiming at the capability of
the client to perform self-care activities and functions.
EXPECTED RESULTS

2. Change in behavior; skills levels and attitudes, and competently implementing
methods and techniques that are thought necessary towards achieving service
objectives.
The self-care component aiming at the capability of the client to perform self cares
activities and functions and the professional care component looking at the
engagement of several service providers. The mutual care component assessing the
ability of the client’s own social network.
REFRENCES
Vourlekis, B. and R. Greene (1992) Social Work: Case Management. New York:
Walter de Gruyter.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSIION
What are the basic principles of social work case management?
REFLECTION ABOUT THE METHOD
It’s the involvement and elaboration of both a professional and his/her client for
effective.
METHOD 2:
SOCIAL ACTION
GOAL
 To institute fairer policies
 To eliminate discrimination
 To prevent harm to the community
 To gain particular benefits to the community
 To include in policy deliberation
TOOLS AND SPACE

3. Measures of collectively members using the Media, Votes, Boycotts and other types
of social, political and economic pressure to convince those in power to rethink their
positions. It can be done in an open space.
PARTICIPANTS
Non-governmental organizations and communities in order to engage in effective and
impactful paths to sustainable change.
TIME
Time needs to be long enough to allow good group dynamics to develop but may be
subject to conflict in groups, and working cross-culturally.
IMPLEMENTATION
Operatively to implement this plan, each community will assign a social action
responsible, which will be the person to launch initiatives, acting as point of contact
for peoples who wish to participate in the programs; the coordinator of the activities
performed, and will monitor the indicators to measure the impact of initiatives.
EXPECTED RESULTS
People who have these skills will supports the groups they work with by developing
new leaders, transferring skills and knowledge between generations and creating more
participation within their groups and introducing new and transformative concepts,
educating and engaging constituents supporting meetings and resolving conflict and
disciplined actions.
REFERENCES
Homan. M., (2003). Promoting Community Change: Making it happen in the real
world (3rdedn.) Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
QUESTIONS FOR DICUSSION
What is the experience of participating in social action and the core disadvantages?
REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE METHOD
It is a good process to design and mobilize public opinions and solving general social
problems and sustain them for along struggle to achieve far-reaching goals.

4. METHOD 3:
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
GOALS
 To promote the development of teaching materials on community organization
and social administration.
 To stimulate the development of research in the areas of community
organization and social administration.
TOOLS AND SPACE
All the representatives from all levels of the organization a large meeting room, as
many flip charts as breakout groups, background music for the visualization exercise
in the Dream phase, coloured markers and various craft supplies to create visual
images of the Preferred Future.
PARTICIPANTS
Participants may range from organization representatives, service learning
students and volunteers.
TIME
Needs at least two and one half hours.
IMPLEMENTATION
This method will be implemented in the strengths of the communities and the
leadership to build on, and had identified challenges in their communities that they
wanted to address.
EXPECTED RESULTS
Group members are able to work very fast and time becomes an important factor.
People learn how to solve problems very fast and the cognitive processes are tested.
REFERENCES

5. Holt, Stan (2015). "What Every Community Organization Should Know About
Community Development". In Schutz, Aaron; Miller, Mike. People Power: The Saul
Alinsky Tradition of Community Organizing. Vanderbilt University Press.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
What are the shortcomings of this technique? How can group problems be solved?
REFLECTION ABOUT METHOD
I personally like this technique because it gets all members active and at the same
time it’s a lot of fun and helps people to work together for a common cause.
METHOD 4:
FOCUS GROUP
GOAL
 To provide you with a cost-effective means of testing your team’s initial
assumptions, beginning to identify relevant market segments,
 Exploring product ideas,
 Acquiring the data you need to create a research plan to guide product
development.
TOOLS AND SPACE
Choose a convenient location that will size the number of people and provide
refreshments. Do a pre-test: test out the questions that you plan to ask with one or two
colleagues.
PARTICIPANTS
Comprises of 6 to 12 peoples and 2 to 3 respondents respectively.
TIME

6. Try to keep the Focus Group session. Less than 3 hours
IMPLEMENTATION
To facilitate everyone’s participation, set the tone for a session by taking the time to
chat with each participant before launching a discussion of your planned topics.
Introduce yourself and volunteer some information about your personal experiences
to let participants get a feel for whom you are.
EXPECTED RESULTS
You’ll likely find that some of your questions turn out to be less important than you
anticipated, while others that you hadn’t considered to be pivotal turn out to be more
important than you thought.
REFERENCES
Klatt, B., Murphy, S., (2001). Accountability Agreement Workbook. Available
Wenger, Etienne, McDermott, Richard and William, M. Snyder. Cultivating
Communities of Practice.
QUESTIONS FOR DICUSSION
Should the moderator be the only person in control of a session in a focus group?
REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE METHOD
It can save you the cost and problems associated with launching a new policy,
developing a communication strategy, or making changes to which employees, clients
or partners may object. It can, instead, help you make changes that are more likely to
be well received.

7. METHOD 5:
SOCIAL WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
GOAL
 Formulating the Agency’s objectives
 The Provision of a Formal structure
 The promotion of co-operative Efforts
 Finding and Deploying Resources
 Supervision and Evaluation
TOOLS AND SPACE
Conducive Auditorium furnished with computer pen and paper for jotting is not
excluded.
PARTICIPANTS
Elderly, youth, family, disabled, offenders, communities, women,
adults...etc.;
TIME
More or less static for a long time, not until all appropriate measure is ascertained.
IMPLEMENTATION
Performing technical activities like counseling, referral, teaching, and provision of
material resources and Selecting/experimenting viable technologies to attain
organizational goals together with continuous staff development. Managerial level
(Middle level) Mediation between clients and professionals Procurement and
allocation of resources
EXPECTED RESULTS
Basic knowledge of the dynamics of human behavior and Knowledge of self and
meaning of being and executive feeling about authority and
Responsibility Adequate knowledge of the agency’s goals polices services and
resources.

8. REFERENCES
Goel, S.L and Jain R.K: Social Welfare Administration - Organization and Working,
Vol.II, New Delhi, Deep and Deep Publication, 1988.
QUESTIONS FOR DICUSSION
What’s the Familiarity with social welfare administration and social work practice?
REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE METHOD
Social welfare administration is all about Accepting, caring, creating, democratizing,
trusting, approving, maintaining equilibrium, planning, organizing, prioritizing,
delegating, interacting with community and professional persons, decision making,
facilitating, communicating, building and motivating.