Social Work Intervention for Ex-Militants of Kashmir

Aijaz Ahmad Bund

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to develop a social work intervention plan for the rehabilitation of ex-militants of Kashmir. Social work intervention is a strategy by social workers offer intervention to individuals, families and groups which enables them to meet their needs and issues. The main purpose of these interventions is to aid clients in alleviating problems and improving their well being. The ex-militants of Kashmir prolong to be a suffering lot because their problems are not tackled in a rational way. Present paper will access the approach to be followed to rehabilitate the ex- militants of Kashmir in social work perspective. Social work as a discipline is a helping process which seeks to improve the social functioning of individuals by helping them to augment and more efficiently employ their own problem solving and coping capacities. Social work uses many approaches to remove the social dysfunctions among the individuals. The multifaceted and deep rooted problems of ex-militants need to be addressed within the framework of such approaches.

Keywords: Social work, intervention, rehabilitation, ex- militants, Kashmir