{"id":5588,"date":"2025-06-20T09:09:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/decolonising-social-work-in-industrial-settings-roles-challenges-and-prospects-in-india\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T06:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T06:17:08","slug":"decolonising-social-work-in-industrial-settings-roles-challenges-and-prospects-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/decolonising-social-work-in-industrial-settings-roles-challenges-and-prospects-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Decolonising Social work in industrial settings: roles, challenges, and prospects in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article was originally published as: Decolonising Social work in industrial settings: roles, challenges, and prospects in India<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Abstract<\/h2>\n

Industrial social work is broad domain and a demanding specialization under the social work  profession in the world and India. For the  welfare of the industrial workers, the  Government  of  India made it compulsory for the  employment of  Labour Welfare Officers in  industrial  settings through  the enactment  of various  Labour  Laws and  Legislations such as the Factory Act, 1948, the Plantation Act, 1951, and the Mines Act, 1952. Professional Social Workers have  many challenges and opportunities for their intervention in Industrial settings. The study conducted base on secondary data to highlight the social work activities in and organization. The paper\u2019s primary  purpose is to  explore  the challenges  and the  perspectives  of the social work practice in the industrial settings. Professional social workers usually  use the six social work methods to address economic development, social the  wellbeing of  the workers,  and  wellbeing  of the  family  members. In addition,  all the social work methods consider women development and empowerment, health, education, and sustainable development of the workers and their family members.
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\nDas S. and Singh S. (2023). Decolonising Social work in industrial settings: roles, challenges, and prospects in India. African Journal of Social Work, 13(1), 12-21. https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.4314\/ajsw.v13i1.2<\/p>\n

Authors<\/h2>\n
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  • Subrata DAS and Shyam SINGH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Keywords<\/h2>\n

    industrial social work, group work, casework, community organization, social welfare administration, and social work research<\/p>\n

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