SOCWK120R Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Troubled Families, Nonverbal Communication, Lester Frank Ward
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Lecture one: social work as a part of social welfare in canada. Social work & social welfare: charles zastrow pp 3-19, 26-31, 1-2, 53-75, 90-109. Goal of social welfare to fulfil the social, financial, health and recreational requirements of individuals. Change from rural to urban living in industrial revolution produced more social problems. Social welfare as an institution: nations system of programs, benefits and services that help people meet those social, economic, education and health needs that are fundamental to maintain society: ex. Foster care, daycare, suicide counselling, ymca, aa, meals on wheels. Social welfare as a discipline: study of agencies, programs, personnel and policies which focus on the delivery of social services to individuals, groups and communities. Social welfare related to: sociology, psychology, political science, economics, psychiatry and cultural anthropology. Social welfare relation so social work welfare encompasses the worker. Social welfare relates to other careers: psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, nurses, attorney"s, recreational therapists, teachers, physicians and planners.