Training for Social Work in Africa

Abstract

The United Nations Group of experts on Social Services, in its report on the Development of National Social Service programmes, defined "social service" as an organize'd activity that aims at helping towards a mutual adjustment of individuals and their social environment, through the use of techniques and methods which are designed to enable individuals) groups and communities to meet their needs and solve their problems,of adjustment to a ohanging pattern of society, and through cooperative, action to improve economic and social conditions.