47-204- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 102 pages long!)
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Examines various ideologies that shape the social welfare system and their impact on citizens, clients, organizations, and society as a whole. The impact of these diverse perspectives on the different roles of social workers are examined with particular emphasis on value conflicts and how these conflicts shape and affect policies and programs. Further, the role and development of professional ethics relative to social service delivery through social welfare systems are explored. Different political ideologies lead us to different types of social welfare systems. Different types of social welfare systems lead us to different understandings of social work (as a profession) and its role/place within those systems. *** we can"t understand social work as a profession without understanding the social welfare systems in which it operates **** Institutions are concerned with performing certain societal functions to maintain social order i. e. law, health, education, transportation, etc.