Kerala Plus Two Social Work (DHSE) case studies
Kerala Plus Two Social Work (DHSE) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Social Work is one of the optional subjects offered at the Higher Secondary (Plus Two) level under the Directorate of Higher Secondary Education (DHSE), Kerala, and is usually taken by students in the commerce/humanities stream who are considering a career in social welfare, counselling, community development or further study in social work. The course introduces the profession rather than training you as a practitioner: you learn where social work came from, the values and ethics that govern it, the core methods (casework, group work, community organisation and social action), human development across the lifespan, and the social problems that matter in Kerala and India. The Kerala Plus Two Social Work (DHSE) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,174 words.
1Confidentiality and a Minor's Disclosure at a Family Counselling Centre
You are a social worker at a family counselling centre run by a voluntary organisation in Kottayam, which has a written confidentiality policy. A Plus One student, age 16, was referred by her school after her attendance fell to 58 per cent.
851 words, about 4 min2Waste Plant Protest in a Coastal Panchayat
You are a community organiser with an NGO in a coastal panchayat in Kollam. A bio-mining waste treatment plant with a capacity of 12 tonnes a day has operated for three years about 300 metres from a fishing colony of 280 households.
599 words, about 3 min3A Seven-Year-Old's Regression After Maternal Migration
You are a social worker attached to a government lower primary school in Malappuram. A seven-year-old boy was toilet-trained and spoke in full sentences until five months ago, when his mother left for the Gulf as a nurse.
621 words, about 3 min4Grant Delay and a Conditional Donation at an Old Age Home
You are the secretary of a registered society running an old age home in Thrissur with 42 residents, of whom 28 are women and 11 are bedridden. The state maintenance grant for 2023–24 has been pending for seven months, nine staff have not been paid for two months and three have resigned.
558 words, about 3 min5The Dropout Survey in a Tribal Hamlet
You are an MSW student doing a field study on school dropout in a tribal hamlet in Wayanad. The hamlet has 45 households and 22 children aged 6 to 14.
545 words, about 3 min