Social Work 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Best Interests, Genogram, Behaviour Therapy

• School: Western University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: Social Work 1022A/B
• Professor: Stewart J Smith

Document Summary

Families & individuals and the work they do population, lone parent families, poverty, immigration/cultural shifts. 4 key factors: demographic changes: increase demand for service. again, devolution of services: public to private provision of services, funding cutbacks: decreasing financial support for social workers, technology: intensification of the use of technology in the workplace. Social work practice: consists of a series or process of interventionist actions, not a mechanical practice/process but rather an interplay of action, Casw: canadian association of social workers was founded in 1926, federation of 10 provincial associations that regulate the profession, Caswe: canadian association of schools of social work (education) was including professional conduct reflection, and more action established in 1967 to replace the national committee of schools of. Social work (1948) replacing the international permanent secretariat of 1928 help workers participate in social policy: advances the standards, effectiveness and relevance of education, approves social work educational programs.