SOWK 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Old Age Security, Naturopathy, Physical Therapy

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOWK 2100
• Professor: Susan Braedley

Document Summary

Sowk 1000- introduction to social work and social welfare. Organized power (government, deliberately in some places then others, legislation- ontario. Establish: programs, regulations (health/safety, minimum wages) & program administration (forms/conditions) People depend on selling labour for wage or salary; there may be a reason why people who depend on selling their labour cannot do so aka social contingencies. Social contingencies (unemployment, lack of education, illness, workplace accident, maternity, child care, care of family members, disabling condition, death etc. When market forces lead to economic & social instability, government may become involved to reduce instability; may be responding to the pressures from business, organized workers or from civil society organizations. Gst rebate, provincial and territorial social assistance, old age security, Available on basis of need, paid from general revenues of governments, applications, assessment of eligibility, cash scale typically linked to household size and age of dependents to the amount that is available.