Kerala Plus Two Social Work (DHSE) study plan

Trace the historical development of social work from charity organization and settlement house origins to professionalisation, and list at least six turning points with dates and significance in your own notes

Distinguish charity, philanthropy, and professional social work, and state how the Kerala voluntary welfare tradition fits this sequence

State the philosophical foundations (human dignity, social justice, self-determination, empowerment) and explain how each one constrains practice decisions

Write out the core values and the code-of-ethics obligations on confidentiality, informed consent, competence, and dual relationships, and apply them to three short practice dilemmas

Define casework, group work, community organization, and social action, and contrast their aims, worker role, and typical settings in a comparison table

Apply the casework process (intake, study, diagnosis, treatment planning, intervention, evaluation, termination) to a written case vignette step by step

Identify and use at least four casework techniques such as interviewing, listening, acceptance, reassurance, and resource linkage, noting when each is appropriate

Explain group work stages (forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning) and the worker's changing role at each stage

Describe community organization approaches (locality development, social planning, social action) and match each to a Kerala community problem you know

Demonstrate the use of at least three recording methods (process, summary, problem-oriented) and state the purpose of each

Classify major social problems in India and Kerala by type (economic, health, family, deviance) and state the magnitude and affected population for each

Analyse at least five Kerala-specific issues such as migration, ageing population, alcohol use, suicide, child abuse, and coastal or tribal deprivation, with data sources named

Link each identified problem to a level of intervention (individual, group, community) and justify the choice

Summarise the relevant legal and policy responses to each problem, for example the Juvenile Justice Act, POCSO, Domestic Violence Act, and Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act

Write a short problem statement and intervention plan for one Kerala issue using a defined planning format

Explain the structure and functions of social welfare administration at central, state, district, and panchayat levels in Kerala

Distinguish POSCO, registered society, and trust structures, and state the compliance obligations of each

Describe the planning cycle from need assessment to policy formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation

Outline the main Indian social policies on child welfare, disability, women, and ageing, and name the delivering agency for each

Draft a simple project proposal with objectives, activities, budget lines, and an evaluation indicator for each objective

Distinguish quantitative and qualitative research designs and choose a defensible design for two sample research questions

Write a research problem statement, objectives, hypotheses, and operational definitions for one small study

Construct a short questionnaire and a semi-structured interview guide, and pilot-test each on two respondents

Compute and interpret mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and percentage from a small dataset by hand

Describe fieldwork requirements: supervision, process recording, agency expectations, and the ethical standards of consent and confidentiality

Chart physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and moral development across infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age, naming the theorist behind each stage framework

Identify developmental tasks and common risks at each life stage and match them to social work responses

Profile the needs and rights of children, women, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and marginalised communities, and name the key protections available to each

Explain vulnerability, discrimination, and social exclusion, and describe how a social worker counters each at case and community level

Apply a strengths-based rather than deficit-based approach to one vulnerable group in a written analysis

Describe the social worker's role, team position, and typical tasks in health, mental health, education, family, child welfare, and community development settings

Explain medical versus psychiatric social work and the multidisciplinary team role in each

Outline school social work functions including attendance, counselling, and home-school linkage, and describe child protection and family welfare services

Match at least ten field settings to the methods most used in each, with justification

Evaluate one field setting of your choice against its stated objectives and identify one service gap

Revise all nine domains using your own notes and produce a condensed one-page summary per domain

Answer at least two full-length mock papers under timed conditions and self-mark against the syllabus

Revisit every item you marked for review and resolve each uncertainty from a reliable source

Practise structuring long answers with definition, explanation, example, and Kerala application in each

Identify your three weakest areas from mock results and re-drill them with targeted questions