SWRK 1001H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sixties Scoop

• School: Trent University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWRK 1001H
• Professor: Shana Almeida

Document Summary

Macro: working with organizations or communities to improve or change laws or policies. Marginalization: separating people into groups that leave them at a disadvantage in society (see more in depth definition farther down in note) We cannot blame marginalized individuals for their experiences of hardship and suffering. Ex. / don"t blame alberto (from reading) for beating his wife. Telling him to go get help for his depression is addressing the individual, not the larger scale (why he is depressed) But ex. / teen pregnancy; you cannot solely blame the system. Helping: identify your biases, find a context to the situation, understand if the client is marginalized in any way. Wealthy white women helped people in society based purely on their judgement of the deserving and undeserving poor. 7: to be a good social worker you must be aware of the social policies that relate to your speciality .