Exploring Social Care Policy and Provision

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Exploring Social Care Policy and Provision

Defining poverty is not easy and there are several reasons for it and

again in different countries levels of poverty differ depending on

culture. Dallos, R and McLaughlin, E describes one reason for poverty

being ‘the welfare state, and calls for fundamental changes in its

operation’. I will be exploring how poverty and the welfare state are

linked how it has emerged and what has been done to help eradicate

this for those immersed in this lifestyle. One of the ways people can

be helped and poverty can be targeted is though through welfare rights

Bateman, N (2005). I will look at the role of the welfare rights unit

where I had my first practice placement and will look at their role in

the continuous struggle against poverty.

‘Welfare rights practice is one way of empowering and protecting

people living in poverty’ Bateman, N cited in Blackwells (2002). The

placement I was on was the welfare rights unit mainly offers service

to those already accessing social services, and consists of the adult

population. The clients are supported through Care Management. The

aims of the welfare (welfare rights has many aims) rights unit is to

assist on the take up of benefits as per their policies which are

driven through the National Health Service, (NHS).

All humans have basic needs like food shelter clothing and also have

the right to have a part in society at whatever level that person

wants to fit in. To assist in this and the idea of social inclusion

and to meet these needs the welfare state was created after the

compilation of the Beveridge Report 1942 which is the main ideal of

the Bri...

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Hampshire

McLeod, E and Bywaters, P (2000) ‘Social work, Health and Inequality’

published by Routledge London

Pierson, J and Thomas, N (ed.)(2002) ‘Collins dictionary of Social

work’ HarperCollins publisher Glasgow

[Online] Available at: http://www.NHS Care in the Community Act 1990

(accessed on 06 April 2005)

[Online] Available at: http: www.labour.org.uk/ourpolicies (accessed

on 11 April 2005)

Bibliography

Bateman, N February 24 2005 Care in the Community ‘Poverty Rebranded’

(get who publishes this????

‘Blair faces welfare test’ (1999) [Online] Available at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/276268.stm (Accessed: 11 April

2005).

‘Welfare state faces overhaul’ (1999) [Online] Available at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/275856.stm (Accessed: 11 April

2005).

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