SOWK 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Narrative Therapy, The Roots, Play Therapy

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOWK 201
• Professor: Jessica Shaw

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Welfare state: a system of government in which the state plays an active role in the protection and economic well-being of its citizens, based on the principles of equality of opportunity and the redistribution of wealth. Britain, germany, canada, france, the netherlands, and the nordic countries, for example- a(cid:396)e ofte(cid:374) (cid:396)efe(cid:396)(cid:396)ed to as (cid:862)(cid:449)elfa(cid:396)e states(cid:863) Social services: non-monetary personal or community services, such as daycare, housing, crisis intervention, and support groups, provided by the state and non-profit organizations. Income security: income support in the form of social insurance, social assistance, and income supplementation that can be unconditional or based on an income or needs test; it can also be provided through the tax system. Social policies: these are the overall rules and regulation, laws, and other administrative directives that set the framework for state social welfare activity. Medicare is a social policy to which the government of canada is committed.