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Social Welfare - a nation's system of programs, benefits and series that help people meet the social, economic, educational, and health needs that are fundamental to society. Social Justice - the equitable distribution of societal resources to all people as well as equity and fairness in the social, economic and political spheres. Social Problems - concerns about the quality of life of large groups of people either by consensus or voiced by social and economic elites. Strengths Perspective - philosophical approach where the goals, strengths, and resources of people and their environment should be the central focus of the helping process. Social Programs - the specified set of activities that are designed to solve problems and/or meet basic human needs. Social Needs - the gap between an existing condition and some societal standard or required condition. Social Policies - the laws, rules, and regulations that govern the benefits and services provided by agencies to assist people in meeting their needs. Policy Practice - efforts to change policies in legislative agency and community settings whether by establishing new policies, improving existing ones, or defeating the policy initiatives of others Service - They would address problems and put others above their self Social Justice -
- Advocate for patients by enforcing policies about mandated reporting for elder abuse Competence - - Be knowledgeable about preexisting policies Dignity and worth of a person - - Advocate for more funding for wellbeing/lives of elderly
Importance of human relationships - - Develop strong bonds Integrity - - Take into consideration how changes would affect residents FDR's New Deal— - Social Security or Unemployment Policy (the Fair Labor Standards) LBJ's War on Poverty— - medicare, Medicaid (the great society), welfare rights movement, community action program, Reagan Bush Years— - tax reform, family support act, privatization of public services, block grants Clinton Presidency— - reduction act, 1990 budget enforcement act, budget reconciliation act of 1993, balanced budget act George W. Bush Years - Patriot act, department of homeland security, No child left behind Obama Administration - Obamacare, American Recovery Act, immigrant reform Name the Policy Practice Principles according to Rocha & Johnson. - Ø Determining the effect of social policy, through analysis, assessment, and implementation Ø Linking direct services to social reform efforts through both systems theory and person in environment approaches Ø Understanding how organizational policies set the scope and limits of practice Ø Participating directly in the policymaking process at all levels through action steps Ø Increasing social and economic justice in resource distribution in the social environment What are the three branches of government? - § Executive § Legislative § Judicial List out what GAO means and tell me what they do. - § US Government Accountability Office—they are a government agency that provides auditing, evaluation, and investigative services for the United States Congress. It is the supreme audit institution of the federal government of the United States. Case Advocacy - ndividual or family: micro; stanford rapist Cause Advocacy - whole group: Macro—black lives matter
Used for the elderly and people with disabilities Medicaid - Medicaid - Used when you have low income, don't get paid, are blind, elderly, disabled, or a child Affordable Care Act - - Almost all Americans get health insurance, it was a federal statute as a part of the healthcare reform agenda of the Obama admin, expanded Medicaid eligibility, establishment of health insurance exchanges and prohibiting health insurers from denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions. Process evaluation - How well the rules, regulations, and procedures developed for implementation are working Outcome evaluation - What results have been accomplished, extent to which goals have been attained Progressive taxes - - Rich pay higher rates (e.g. Federal income tax) Regressive taxes - - Flat rate; poor feel it more (e.g. Sales tax) Alleviative— - alleviates suffering (TANF) Curative— - targets root cause of poverty (denmark) Preventative— - prevents poverty from occurring (SS) What are the 7 roles for social workers in social policy? - Broker, Advocate, Case Manager, Educator, Facilitator, Organizer, and Manager. What are two ways the federal government spends money? - Mandatory - Entitlement programs: SS, Medicare/Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, Student loans Discretionary - Defense, HHS, education, justice, agriculture, environment Name one social worker who is/was an elected official. What do you think might motivate them to run for office? - Barbara Mulkulski—Congress for MD; she may want to be on the front line of fighting for the issues that social workers see every day and do not receive recognition for. This reflects the growing recognition within the profession of the important contribution of social workers to public decision-making and the democratic process.
- What did you take away from The Senior Center activity in connection to agency policy?
- It's important to listen to different perspectives, and since supervisors/directors may not allow for outside for funds to be use it's up to workers to figure out how to reallocate funds. What is the Hatch Act? - limits certain political activities of federal employees, as well as some state, D.C., and local government employees who work in connection with federally funded programs. The law's purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation. Explain the three sectors and give an example of an entity in each one. - Public (government) Private ("for profit" businesses) Voluntary ("nonprofit") Name and describe one element of a media plan. Explain why it is important to social work. - Timing & intensity- The timing of the media coverage of an issue can impact how the issue is prioritized by the public or whether it is prioritized at all. The amount that the issue is covered also directly impacts the public's perception or awareness of the issue. Agency policy - Easier to change, within the agency, principle/guidelines Legislative policy -
- Broader context, higher levels, laws What is the Action-Strategy Model of Agency Policy Change? - Dream Analyze Develop Implement Evaluate Solution-based incrementalism - Social workers focus their attention on the positive aspects of a potential change situation - those factors and characteristics in which they can build in any situation Bottom-up approach - A practice domain wherein social workers regardless of their standing in their agency apply their trade to improve their services for clients/consumers Macro practice - Professionally directed intervention designed to bring about planned change in organizations and communities in internal and external environments Empowerment in agency policy change -
