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Social Work Department

Dr. Sandeep M. Bhowate
Head of the Department
Designation:  Associate Professor
Qualification: MSW., Ph.D.
Experience: 28 years (U.G./P.G.)
Research supervisor: J.J.T.University, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan
Subject Expert: J. J. T. University, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan,
Sukodiya University Hanuman Vadh Rajasthan,
Sardar patel university Balaghat

Cellphone: 9921807791
Email: Sandeepbhowate@gmail .com

Teaching Staff

  1. Dr. K. S. Gore In-charge Principal / Associate Professor
  2. Dr. S. M. Bhowate Associate Professor
  3. Dr. S. N. Deshmukh – Associate Professor
  4. Dr. G. S. Borkar – Associate Professor
  5. Dr. K. D. Kaware – Associate Professor
  6. Dr. B. P. Awachar – Asst. Professor
  7. Ku. S.M. Paralikar – Asst. Professor
  8. Dr. S. S. Kale – Asst. Professor
  9. Prof. N. B. Bade – Asst. Professor
  10. Prof. M.S. Wagatkar – Professor
  11. Dr. R. P. Kale – Asst. Professor
  12. Dr. A. N. Dharme – Asst. Professor
  13. Dr. Ketan Wakode – Asst. Professor
  14. Dr. P. P. Jadhav – Asst. Professor
  15. Dr. Balwant N. Patil – Asst. Professor
  16. Mr. P. R.Pachapute – Asst. Professor
  17. Dr. D.R. Deshmukh – Librarian

POs, PSOs & COs

Bachelor of Social Work /B.A. in Social Work

Programme Objectives

  1. To sensitize students about the needs of the haves not or the disadvantaged sections of the society
  2. The students are able to think critically about the societal issues, its cross cutting nature, stakeholders,
    involved in the process, macro level perspective
  3. The Students shall acquire knowledge about the legal rights of the client he/ she serve for, administrative
    machinery involved in it, procedures for facilitation of the issue
  4. The Students shall acquire psycho-social and cultural aspects for the holistic understand
  5. Students shall acquaint himself with the skills such as resource mobilization, facilitation of the process
    capacity building of the client groups and the care givers
  6. To develop capacities in the students to organize training programmes, awareness campaigns
  7. To build capacities like identification of the felt and unfelt needs of the client groups
  8. To build-up training skills, organization of events for societal betterment, promoting livelihood aspects of
    the families and the community
  9. To inculcate professional values and ethics that guide social work graduates in professional practice

Program Outcomes

  1. The Pass out students would be absorbed in the jobs of the various government departments meant for public welfare, protection of special groups and the posts where the participation of the special groups and the posts where the participation of the people / user groups is expected. The students shall also be getting jobs in the non government organizations, C.S.R groups, government sponsored projects, survey activities in which the need of the disadvantaged section count a lot.
  2. Students would be able to make use of the knowledge acquired where critical thinking about the societal issues, roles of the different stake holders, legalities involved in the issues, micro and macro perspective, administrative procedures matters a lot while dealing with the client system.
  3. The socially sensitized students would be able to safe guard and advocate the needs, rights of the disadvantaged sections of the society and shall built up their capacities to fight against the exploitation.
  4. The Students would be able to protect the dignity of the individuals and groups irrespective of caste, creed, religion, gender, age, regionality, disability, marital status, sexual orientation etc.
  5.  Analyzing the impact of social policies on individuals, groups and society.
  6. Student would be able to work in the multi disciplinary teams of Para professionals where the technical knowledge of the barefoot level helps each other while serving the needs of the client groups as well as in conducting the awareness, sensitization and training for their capacity building
  7. Students while working in the agency structure shall be able to make use of acquired skills in planning, organizing, staffing directing and coordination, reporting, budgeting etc.

Employability Potential in Social Work Program

  1. There is a clear progression from the social work programme to professional practice. A significant number of our graduate students find work in the agency or authority where they have been placed and many others are successful in gaining employment within the region – many in a statutory setting, others in voluntary organizations or the private sector.
  2. Employability as a set of achievements which constitute necessary proponents of ‘core’, ‘key’ and ‘transferable’ skills and are strongly aligned with the academic valuing of good learning.
  3. Employers generally see a graduate’s achievements related to the subject discipline as necessary but not sufficient for them to be recruited. In some employment contexts the actual subject discipline may be relatively unimportant. Achievements outside the boundaries of the discipline (such as the possession of so called ‘soft skills’) are generally considered to be important in the recruitment of graduates.
  4. ‘Employability’ refers to a graduate’s achievements and his/her potential to obtain a ‘graduate job’, and should not be confused with the actual acquisition of a ‘graduate job’ (which is subject to influences in the environment, a major influence being the state of the economy).
  5. Employability derives from complex learning, and is a concept of wider range than those of ‘core’ and ‘key’ skills.
  6. Employability is not merely an attribute of the new graduate. It needs to be continuously refreshed throughout a person’s working life.
  7. The Social Work Programme is not only an academic discipline but also a practice based profession, hence the learner or student enroll to the Programme enhanced his/her skills through learning and doing process. The Social Work Programme prepared to student for performing certain roles which are purely depends on the various skill sets, which increases the opportunity of good employment, as the follows –

Common Roles Of Social Workers

Over the course of their career, a social worker at any one time may perform multiple roles to varying degrees.

  1. Facilitator: A social worker acting as a facilitator assists and links people with services or resources. In this role social workers assess the needs of the individual while also taking into account the client’s overall capacity and motivation to use available resources.
  2. Case Manager: A social worker acting as a case manager identifies the needs as well as the barriers of their clients. Occasionally case managers may also provide direct service to their clients. Case managers often engage with clients who require multiple services from a variety of agencies and work with the client to develop goals and implement interventions based on the identified goals.
  3. Advocate: A social worker as an advocate seeks to protect client’s rights and ensure access and utilization of services they are entitled to receive. Social workers may perform advocacy work by advocating for a single client or by representing groups of clients with a common problem or identified need. Social workers may advocate with other organizations/providers and encourage their clients to advocate for themselves in order to address a need or obtain a service.
  4. Educator: Social workers acting as a teacher or educator often help in times of crisis for many clients. In this role social workers help clients develop insight into their behaviors through providing education aimed at helping clients learn skills to handle difficult situations and identify alternative life choices.
  5. Counselor: A social worker acting as a counselor helps clients express their needs, clarify their problems, explore resolution strategies, and applies intervention strategies to develop and expand the capacities of clients to deal with their problems more effectively. A key function of this role is to empower people by affirming their personal strengths and their capacities to deal with their problems more effectively.
  6. Risk Assessor: Social workers acting as risk assessors have been given a major role in the assessment of needs and risks over a variety of client groups. Assessment is a primary role for social workers and often times is what dictates the services and resources identified as needs for clients. While working as a risk assessor in the mental health field the social worker may experience conflict between encouraging client self-determination and addressing safety risks.
  7. Mediator: It is common that social workers act as mediators and negotiators as conflict is the root of many areas of social work. Social workers acting in these roles are required to take a neutral stance in order to find compromises between divided parties.
  8. Researcher: A social worker in the role of researcher or program evaluator uses their practice experience to inform future research. The social worker is aware of current research and able to integrate their knowledge with the current research.

Employability skills of effective social workers

The Social Work Programme not build the skill set of Students but also develops their personality by imparting values to them, through which they can work in any situation. Those skills and values are as follows –

  1. Interpersonal Skills
  2. Personal Qualities
  3. Critical Thinking Skills
  4. Applied Academics Skills
  5. Resource Management Skills
  6. Information Use
  7. Technology Use
  8. System Thinking
  9. Communication Skills
  10. Leadership Skills

Values of Social Work Programme

  1. Service
  2. Social justice
  3. Dignity and worth of the person
  4. Importance of human relationships
  5. Integrity.
  6. Competence

Employment Opportunities for Students of Social Work Programme

There are plenty of employment opportunities in social work sector depending the skills set and employability of Social Worker. These opportunities are available in both the sector private and public. At National & International Level. These courses also develop the skills of entrepreneurship of students for building their capacities to work in social entrepreneurship sector. Some Employment opportunities for Students of Social Work Programme as follows; Student can work as independent professional Social Worker, Labour Welfare Specialist, Teacher, Social Security Officer, Criminology specialist, Family Counselor, Social Entrepreneur, Women & Child Welfare Officer, Social Welfare Officer, CSR executive, Human Resource Manager, Project Officer, Research Officer, Superintendent in Govt. Hostels, Departments, content writer etc.

Academic Committee

Academic Calendars

  1. Year 2017-18
  2. Year 2018-19
  3. Year 2019-20
  4. Year 2020-21
  5. Year 2021-22
  6. Year 2023-24
  7. Year 2024-25

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