SOCWORK 1A06 Study Guide - Final Guide: Unemployment Benefits, Welfare, Domestic Violence
11 Apr 2016
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Department
Course
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SOCIAL
WORK 1A06
December Exam Review
2015
(1) The Canadian Context of
Social Work
Social services – personal & community
Income security
Welfare state
Key approaches to social welfare – which
included : residual (temporary), institutional
(a necessary response which allows people
to maintain a reasonable standard of life
and health & structural - underlying
problems of society are linked to private
concentrations of wealth
3 levels of practice – micro, mezzo and
macro
What is social welfare?
Social services – provision of personal and
community services to help people improve their
well-being (i.e. child care, child protection services,
women‘s shelters, counseling etc..)
Income security – monetary support to individuals or
families, i.e., transfers - benefits to supplement income or
maintain income levels
4 types: social insurance, minimum income,
demogrants, income supplementation
employment insurance, social assistance, old age
security, workers‘ compensation
In Canada – we have a WELFARE STATE – meaning
we have a system where the state protects the
health and well-being of its citizens – particularly
those in social or financial need
