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INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION OF FIELD WORK
Field work in social work education means any kind of practical experience in a social organisation or agency, this experience has been deliberately arranged for the education of the students who are undertaking the courses partly or wholly designed for those who intend to become social workers.
OBJECTIVES OF FIELD WORK
• To develop professional skills through practical learning apply acquired knowledge for the study of relevant facts, analysis of the problem and selection of appropriate means of solutions towards the problems.
• To develop the skills for solving the problems in work at the micro level(individual), family, groups and communities and the change at micro level in social situations and processes.
• To provide concurrent opportunity for the integration of classroom learning, in field practices and vice versa.
• To develop the skills required for professional practices at a particular level of training.
• To objectively develop professional attitudes involving impartiality and non-judgemental attitudes.
• To develop professional values and commitments, such as respects for human dignity and width, to the right of participation and self-determination compatible with a better society
• To develop an awareness of self and one’s professional ideas.
CONCEPT OF FIELD WORK.
Field work is a social work education refers to training and education. The training is repetitive and skill oriented and education is imparted with broad perspective. It consists of accumulating knowledge from different situations. It is a dynamic process of observing, implementing and creating and innovative ideas. More over, it fosters the development of intellectual and emotional process and attitudes.
Field work programme provides an opportunity to students to apply their theoretical knowledge taught in the classroom appropriately in different practical situations. Similarly, it serves as a social laboratory, where in a student test his theoretical knowledge in practical situations and develops the skills for social living; it is a way to transform knowledge through certain skills and techniques into action.
HOLIDAYS & LEAVES.
Annually the workers have 3 national holiday and 10 festival holiday, totally 13 holidays with wages. These holidays were scheduled during the first month with the guidance of District Labour Officer, and consult with the trade union leaders.
Leaves were allotted for the employees according to the total number of working days.Here in Augustan Textiles, there are 240 working days in a year, for working 20days one leave can be taken, i.e for 240 days=12 Leaves can be taken with wages.
REASON FOR JOINING TRADE UNIONS
GREATER BARGAINING POWER
If an employer is not satisfied with the wage and other conditions of employment, he cannot leave the job. The better course for him is to join a union that can take concerted action against the employer. The threat or actuality of a strike by a union is a powerful tool that often causes the employer to accept the demands of the workers for better conditions of employment.
MINIMIZE DISCRIMINATION
The decisions regarding pay, work, transfer, promotion, etc. are highly subjective. The personal relationships existing between the supervisor and each of his subordinates may influence the management. A trade union can compel the management to formulate personnel policies that press for equality of treatment to the workers.
SENSE OF SECURITY
The employees may join the unions because of their belief that it is an effective way to secure adequate protection from various types of hazards and income insecurity such as accident, injury, illness, unemployment, etc. The trade union secure retirement benefits of the workers and compel the management to invest in welfare services for the benefit of the workers.
SENSE OF BELONGINGNESS
Many employees join a union because their co-workers are the
members of the union. At times, an employee joins a union under group pressure; if he does not, he often has a very difficult time at work. On the other hand, those who are members of a union feel that they gain respect in
the eyes of their fellow workers. They can also discuss their problem with’ the trade union leaders.
FUNCTIONS OF TRADE UNION
• To achieve higher wages and better working conditions
• To raise the status of workers as a part of industry
• To protect labors against victimization and injustice
• To take up welfare measures for improving the morale of workers
• To generate self confidence among workers
• To encourage sincerity and discipline among workers
• To provide opportunities for promotion and growth
• To protect women workers against discrimination
BENEFITS UNDER ESI SCHEME
MEDICAL BENEFIT
The Employees’ State Insurance Scheme provides full medical care in the form of medical attendance, treatment, drugs and injections, specialist consultation and hospitalization to insured persons and also to members of their families. For the families, the benefits were
• FULL MEDICAL CARE
This consists of hospitalization facilities and includes specialist services, drugs and dressings and diets as required for in-patients.
• EXPANDED MEDICAL CARE
This consists of consultation with the specialists and supply of special medicines and drugs as may be prescribed by them in addition to the out-patient care. This also includes facilities for special laboratory tests and X-Ray examinations.
Apart from the curative services provided through hospitals and dispensaries, the Corporation also provides the following facilities including family welfare services.
• IMMUNIZATION
The Corporation has embarked upon a massive programme of immunization of young children of insured persons. Under this programme, preventive inoculation and vaccines are given against diseases like diphtheria, pertusis, polio, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, tuberculosis etc.
• SUPPLY OF SPECIAL AIDS
Insured persons and members of their families are provided artificial limbs, hearing aids, and artificial appliances like spinal supports, cervical collars, walking calipers, crutches, wheel chairs and cardiac pace makers as a part of medical care under the Scheme.
SICKNESS BENEFIT
Sickness Benefit represents periodical cash payments made to an IP during the period of certified sickness occurring in a benefit period when IP requires medical treatment and attendance with abstention from work on medical grounds.