SWRK 1180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Safety Net, Social Network, Operation N
18 Sep 2015
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Huge caseload for social workers swamped in. Need to help people, provide support, create opportunities, empower, make a difference. Recognize that you work in a bureaucracy . Rely on strength & resilience of individuals. Remember, your profession is noblest of all. Includes not only the social services but also a range of income security provisions. Social services and income security make up the welfare state. The welfare state is the range of programs and services available to canadian citizens. Use of state power to provide essential social services to citizens. Use of grants, taxes, pensions, and minimum- income programs to provide income security. There are three types of service providers in. Mandated to provide a service but not create profit. Receive funds from government and private sources organizations. Earn money by providing services for other. Governments are moving more and more towards this model to save money: private welfare for-profit. May often be purchased by government on behalf of.
