Issues in Social Work Methods and Contemporary Project in Africa

Abstract

The study assessed various methods with which social work practice namely: Social Case Work, Social Group Work, Community Organization, Social Action, Social Welfare Research, Social Welfare Administrator were carried out. The work highlighted the available indigenous practice in Africa and evaluated extent to which this practice has impacted the beneficiaries so far. The researcher identified the workforce in social work out fit and her agencies who were deemed to be professionals. Evidence based practice has developed as an innovation by the workforce and its effects examined as applicable in Nigeria. The need for evidence-based practice which had been in the global domain was also illustrated and recommended for continental application if social work practice is to attract administration and proper status and expected recognition.