SWP 302 Lecture 1: Week 1&2

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Defining social policy: society"s struggles to promote wellbeing, process of claiming/defining individual and collective needs, courses of action and/or inaction, so al pol y as s t o" valu s. Includes the following areas: health, education, environment, can be laws, legislations, human rights code, agency protocols, housing, social welfare, criminal justice. -> social policy tool/ instrument that determines directions for how to deal with issues. -> media/issue + political will + social will. Impacts all areas of workers and service user/ consumer relations. Individuals/ families/ communities tend to be simultaneously impacted by policies. Social policy can shape and give definition to a more just and inclusive society. Individual level: service delivery level, worker- client interaction. Administrative level: guidelines, regulations, that regulate operations, mandates and mission statements. Government level: fed/prov/ municipal, laws and legislation, structural, dominant discourses. Social policy= often implemented as public policy: governs, guides, and regulates citizens.

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