Social Welfare Policies and Services – Crafting & Implementing Impactful & Life-Changing Initiatives

Program description & objectives

A multi-dimensional course, delegates to this program would learn about the history of social welfare policies, services, and the social works profession. Delegates would further explore current social welfare issues in the context of their history and the underlying rationale and values that support different approaches. Throughout the sessions, emphasis would be placed on major fields of social work service such as income maintenance, health care, mental health, child welfare, rehabilitations & corrections, and elderly services.

It is expected that participants to this program would expand their knowledge about analytic frameworks with regard to social welfare policies and services. These frameworks identify strengths and weaknesses in the current social welfare system with respect to multiculturalism and diversity, social justice and social change, behavioural and social science theory and research. Others areas include relevant social work promotion, and existing prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs. Essentially, this course would focus on the following four main areas: - The philosophic and practical basis for social welfare provisions. - The history of the social work profession and the emergence of specific policies and programs within their historical, social and political contexts. - A critical analysis of current social welfare policies in the U.S. and cross-nationally, and programs, nationally and cross-nationally with attention to the evolving policies. - An understanding of theory/research, debates, and trends in social welfare provision and patterns of service delivery.