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SSE – 110 Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work

SSE – 110 Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work. Chapter 1 Social Welfare: It’s Business, History and Future. Goal of Social Welfare. The goal of social welfare is to fulfill the social, financial, health and recreational requirements of all individuals in a society.

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SSE – 110 Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work

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  1. SSE – 110Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work Chapter 1 Social Welfare: It’s Business, History and Future

  2. Goal of Social Welfare • The goal of social welfare is to fulfill the social, financial, health and recreational requirements of all individuals in a society. • Social welfare seeks to enhance the social functioning of all age groups, both rich and poor. • See page 2. Social Welfare Institutions: • Attempt to improve the well being of individuals, groups and communities.

  3. Social Welfare • A nation’s system of programs, benefits, and services that help people meet those social, economic, educational and health needs that are fundamental to the maintenance of society. *Overlap in knowledge base area:

  4. Social Welfare • The purposes of social welfare institutions are to prevent, alleviate, or contribute to the solution of recognized social problems in order to directly improve the well-being of individuals, groups and communities. Social welfare institutions are established by policies and laws, with the programs and services being provided by voluntary (private) and governmental (public) agencies. *Social Work – is the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities to enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and to credit societal conditions favorable to their goals.

  5. Social Welfare • See page 6. • Human Services – library services, law enforcement, fire, consumer protection. • Social Welfare – nurses, social workers, attorneys, teachers, psychiatrists – (helping professions). • Social Work Residual View Verses Institutional View of Social Welfare • Residual – gap filling or first-aid role. Funds and services are not seen as a right. Cause of social welfare clients’ difficulties are rooted in their own malfunctioning. • Institutional views – many people today will need aid/services due to changes in our society.

  6. History of Social Welfare The Elizabethan Poor Law 1601 • England passed poor laws in 1300’s to 1800’s 1. Able-bodied poor refused to work – stock or in jail – (low grade employment). 2. Impotent poor placed in institutions (food, clothing, fuel). 3. Dependent children (apprenticed out) * Poor Laws – became part of social welfare policies – Colonial America.

  7. History of Social Welfare The Industrial Revolution • Social Darwinism – survival of the fittest? Wealthy – superior – weak – needy - ????? • Laissez – Faire Economic Views – do whatever you desire to make a profit – govt. not interfere. • In 1900 social welfare became more professional. Before this services provided by do-gooders (upper middle-class and wealthy volunteers). • First schools of social work/social welfare developed/founded. • See page 17 – The Devolution Revolution

  8. History of Social Welfare The Great Depression and Social Security Act • Role for federal government to play in financial assistance and social services (Franklin D. Roosevelt). 1935 – Social Security Act 1. Social Insurance 1. Unemployment 2. Old Age Survivors, Health and Disability Insurance (Medicare, Social Security). 2. Public Assistance – AFDC – Medicaid 3. Public Health and Welfare Services.

  9. History of Social Welfare The Great Society and War in Poverty • Lindon B. Johnson – president (1965 – 1969). 1. Head Start 2. Medicaid 3. Medicare Increased funding for social programs * Social Action * Advocacy

  10. Recent Years: Conservatism • Page 14 – Case Exhibit 1.1 • No new social programs • Reagonomics cut social program. • First large scale cutbacks. • Same with Bush • Shift back since 1993 – Clinton elected president. • See picture of President Barrack Obama – page 19

  11. The Future Biomedical Technology 1. Artificial insemination (page 21 – Dr. Jacobson) 2. Surrogate motherhood 3. Test tube babies 4. Genetic screening 5. Cloning 6. Stem cells 7. Breaking the Genetic Code

  12. New Family Forms • Childless couples accepted. • Postponing childrearing until middle-age or later. • Professional parents. • Serial and contract marriages (prenuptial agreements). • Open marriages  pursue individual interests. • Group marriages. • Transracial adoption. • Co-marital sex (mate swapping or extra marital) • Single parent-hood • Same Sex Marriages • Blended Families • The Single Life

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