The Societal Context of Professional Working

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The liberal party won a landslide election victory in December 1905. They introduced a programme of social reform, which laid the foundations of the welfare state. This meant that the government accepted responsibility for the lives of its citizens. Sir William Beveridge chaired a government committee on the welfare system. He seized the opportunity to rewrite the script of the welfare, and redesigned the outlines of the British welfare. The Beveridge Report, distributed in 1942, was the blue print for the welfare state, which was presented by the Labor government after the war. He said that there was 'five giants' that blocked advancement, which were want, disease, squalor, ignorance and idleness. His report recommended methods for beating all these obstacles. His answer for "want" and "disease" was a protection plan, which would run by all working people, employers and the state making a single weekly payment, which would allow for a free national health service, benefits for sickness, disability, unemployment and old age, and allow for child allowances. This meant that the state would care for its citizens ‘from the cradle to the grave’. In 1948 the National Health Service (Scotland) Act and the National insurance Scheme were implemented by the Labour administration and the NHS was created (Field, 2011). Titmuss (2001) was known for shaping the attitude of a generation on social policy issues. Regardless of not being a household name, his work helped welfare strategies that might touch the lives of a lot of people. His work played a crucial part in making the investigation of social arrangement as an experimental order; it served to shape the improvement of the British Welfare State and impacted contemplating social approach ar... ... middle of paper ... ...bilitystudies.leeds.ac.uk/files/library/BCODP-workbook4.pdf The Guardian, (2013). The complexity of defining community. Retrieved April 8, 2014, from http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2013/may/03/community-spurs-fans Theos, (2014). The future of welfare: a Theos Collection. Retrieved April 9, 2014, from http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/files/files/Reports/The%20future%20of%20welfare%20a%20theos%20collection%20combined.pdf ‪Titmuss, R. (2001). Welfare and Wellbeing‬: ‪Richard Titmuss's Contribution to Social Policy‬. Bristol: Policy Press. ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Triandis, H. (1971). Attitude and Attitude Change. New York: John Wiley & Sons. White, A. (2013). Why is there silence on the impact of welfare cuts on disabled people? Retrieved April 13, 2014, from http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2013/07/why-there-silence-impact-welfare-cuts-disabled-people

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