PAD436 - Social Welfare Administration in Nigeria
Social welfare administration relies on standard management functions, tailored specifically to human services:
- Planning: Identifying community needs and setting long-term goals.
- Organizing: Structuring the agency and defining staff roles.
- Staffing: Recruiting, training, and supporting social workers and support staff.
- Directing: Guiding the team and making critical operational decisions.
- Coordinating: Linking various departments, government bodies, and NGOs together.
- Reporting: Maintaining transparency through documentation, audits, and keeping stakeholders informed.
- Budgeting: Managing public funds, grants, and donations responsibly.
i)Translation
of social mandates into operational policies and goals to guide organisational
behaviour;
ii)Design
of organisational structures and processes through which goals can be achieved;
iii)Securing
of resources in the form of materials, staff, clients, and societal legitimation
necessary for goal attainment and organisational survival;
iv)Selection
and engineering of the necessary technology
v)Optimizing
organisational performance to facilitate systematic and continuous solution of
problems
Sarri further stated that social welfare administration is usually designed to
address the problems of individuals and groups in society.
Teacher: Dr Adetoun O.E. Adenuga