Social Policy for Social Work

✍ Scribed by Robert Adams

• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 282
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Social Policy for Social Work provides a comprehensive, critical and engaging introduction to social policy for students and practitioners of social work. The text is clearly structured into three parts that cover contexts, policies and issues. The first part explores changing perspectives on social policy and social work and provides an introduction to the broad range of specific policy aspects discussed in part two which include: social security health and community care family and child care criminal justice. Part three focuses on key issues such as tackling divisions and inequalities, the control of services including empowering people receiving services, and future policy trends. Additionally, appendices provide a key to common abbreviations, dates of the main legislation and internet addresses of main information sources on policy and research. Illustrations from practice are included throughout to highlight implications for social work practice. The text focuses on contemporary Britain but also draws examples from European, global and historical contexts wherever appropriate. This exceptional text demonstrates clearly the relevance and implications of social policy for social work practice. It is an essential and practical resource for all students and practitioners in the welfare field.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 11
PART I: CONTEXTS......Page 14
1 Changing Perspectives on Social Policy and Social Work......Page 16
Social work consists of more than merely implementing the law......Page 17
How do social workers use social policy in their practice?......Page 18
What changing contexts affect social policy and social work?......Page 19
What are social policy, social administration, social security, social services, social care and social work?......Page 39
How does social policy relate to social work?......Page 42
PART II: POLICIES......Page 48
2 Social Security......Page 50
Policy context......Page 51
Key policy changes and related issues......Page 58
Implications for social workers......Page 66
Policy context......Page 68
Key policy changes and related issues......Page 74
Implications for social workers......Page 82
Policy context......Page 85
Key policy changes and related issues......Page 87
Implications for social workers......Page 102
5 Health and Community Care......Page 105
Policy context......Page 106
Key policy changes and related issues......Page 107
Implications for social workers......Page 120
Policy context......Page 123
Key policy changes and related issues......Page 125
Implications for social workers......Page 137
7 Youth Justice and Criminal Justice......Page 140
Policy context......Page 142
Key policy changes and related issues......Page 150
Implications for social workers......Page 159
PART III: ISSUES......Page 162
8 Tackling Divisions and Inequalities......Page 164
Key aspects......Page 165
Implications for social workers......Page 184
Policy context......Page 186
Key changes and related issues......Page 190
Implications for social workers......Page 197
Contexts......Page 199
Key aspects......Page 201
Implications for social workers......Page 210
Contexts and key aspects......Page 213
Implications for social workers......Page 224
How have social conditions changed since 1981?......Page 226
Can government policies deliver improvements to the people?......Page 230
What are the implications for social workers?......Page 237
APPENDICES......Page 240
1 Abbreviations......Page 242
2 Key Dates: Legislation......Page 247
3 Internet Addresses of Main Sources of Information on Policy and Research......Page 250
Bibliography......Page 252
C......Page 276
D......Page 277
H......Page 278
M......Page 279
P......Page 280
S......Page 281
Z......Page 282