Chapter 1 social work notes

what are the program called that social work offers?

social welfare instituitions

Definition of social welfare

A nation’s system of programs, benefits, and services that help people meet those social, economic, educational, and health needs that are fundemental to the maintence of society

The goal of social welfare

To fufil the social, financial, health, and recreational needs of everyone in a society

Definition of sociology

the study of human social behavior

definition of psychology

the study of mental health

Definition of anthropology

the study of human communities, systems, etc

Change in social welfare programs

They are now doing their own research

Definition of human services

• meeting human needs through knowledge, prevention, remediation, commitment to improving quality of life

• system of services, allied occupations/professions that focus on imrpoving or mainting physical and the mental health and general well being of people

• libraries, law enformcement, etc

The residual view of social work

-Only provide services when all resources have been used (gap filling and last resort)

-services and funds are temporary and should not last forever

-the people are to blame

• programs in the 1930s

The institutional view of social work

-no shame

-outside forces are to fault

-services are a ligit part of society

• old age, suvivors, disability, and health insurance

Definition of the Developmental view of social welfare

Process of planned social change desigend to promote the well being of the population as a whole in conjuction with a dynamic process of economic development

-both political parties like

-mostly done in developing countries

Pillars of the developmental view of social welfare

• resources will help economic development

• there will be harmony between economy and social institutions

• econimcis is a needed pillar in the social process

• goverment gets an active role in planning

• integrating economic and social development will benefit all of society

definition of humanitarianism

ascribing a high value to human life and benevelently helping those in need

time frame of poor laws

mid 1300s to mid 1800s

most common poor law

Elizabethan poor law of 1601

• try to get rid of begging

3 types of people under the poor law

-able bodied poor = you can do it, get your ass off the couch

-impotent poor = disabeled or single moms > alsm houses

-dependent children = became aprentances

limitations to the poor law

-citizen

-can’t register if you can get help any other way

Definition of protestant ethic

• individualism

• masters of your own fate

• you are judged by your wealth (primary)

• its your fault if you are poor

Definition of the lassiez fair economic view

• setting saftey standards

• passing minimum wage laws

• prohibiting child labor

• the gov should just bug out of buissness lives (primary)

families would support each other but then a big change happened, what?

The industrial revolution

In the 1800s who provided social services?

The church or rich volunteers

In the 1930s who provided social services?

private agencies

Who was lester ward

• dynamic sociologist

• did not like social darwinism

• we need social programs to continue as society

The 1935 social security act made what?

AFDC (aid to families with dependent children)

How did society change its view about AFDC?

• in the 50s and 60s needy moms were stigmatized cuz women were working

• in the 50s and 60s divorce was going up

What year was the TANF made? (temporary assistance to needy families)

1996

• it replaced AFDC

When did profesionals start working in the field?

the 1900s

What is pauper money?

someone getting social disgrace for receiving public relief money

What happened in 1929?

• The stock market crashed

• great depression

What was herbert hoovers ideology (1930)?

• private organizations should still be running things

• gave money to cattle instead of people

What was shattered after the 1930s?

Individualism

Rosevelts ideology (1933 to 1945)

• liberty and security can coexist

• made temporary emergency programs for the unemployed

• passed the social security act in 1935

2 ways social security can help

-unemployment money

-disability and health insurance money

ways to quality for social security

• blind

• disabled

• old age

• AFDC

Who declared war on poverty in 1960?

Lydon B Johnson

Why did war on poverty not get all the money?

the vietnam war

In the 1960s we went making clients ajust to?

Meeting the needs of clients

What did Lyndon B. Johnson make?

• headstart

• medicare

• medicaid

in 1974 aid to the blind, disableed, and old age became?

SSI (supplemental security income)

When did AFDC go bye bye and what replaced it?

• 1996

• Temporary assistance to needy families (TANF)

Limitations to TANF

• 2 years on it max without work

• 5 years on it max (20% state leniancy)

Purposes of social welfare institutions

To prevent, alliviate, and contribuite, to the solution of recognized social problems so you can improve the well being of individuals, groups, families, organizatoions, and communities

In the 70s, 80s, and 90s, what happened?

no new social programs were innitiated

In 1980 ronald reagan did what?

• cut funding

• gave money to miltary

• ducked up taxes

Definition of the devolution revolution

resources go from the feredal to states handeling them