Methods of Social Work

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Methods of Social Work
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Last Updated on September 18, 2025 by MUZAMMIL IJAZ

Social Work methods are purely professional knowledge, not barrowed from any other disciplines. It is also called social work practice. These methods and application differentiate social work and many others social sciences that base mere on theoretical knowledge. For instance, sociology, psychology, anthropology and philosophy all lack specific methods like social work although having well advanced theory. A method is well understood to be an orderly way of procedure and therefore it is always carried out towards achievement of a specific aim. Social work methods is such method that social workers use to help people of all ages and from various sections of society to enhance their social functioning and to cope more effectively with their problems. Social

workers don’t pick and choose what problems and issues they would like to address. They see a problem even a very difficult problem, and try to help people solve it. They must prepare themselves to help people with individualized personal problems on the one hand and very broad problems that affect whole organizations and communities on the other. Methods of social work are grouped as primary method and secondary method.

Primary Method

These are that systematic and planned way of performing an activity, which is fundamental to Social Work. These are just like roots of social work, which give birth to other branches.

  1. Social Case Work
    1. Social Group Work
    1. Social Community Organization

Secondary method

These are secondary because it facilitates the primary methods. There are also the derivatives of primary methods.

  • Social Research
    • Social Action
    • Social Welfare Administration

These methods are the important part of social work that makes social work practice different than any other theoretical knowledge. Among these methods primary method will be the first method which will be elaborated and theoretically understood their concepts, techniques,

principles and processes. Each of the methods have different types of principle, techniques and process while intervention procedure for the elimination of the problems of individual or group. The above mentioned methods will be elaborated in next chapter.

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