Year: 2014 | Month: November | Volume 3 | Special Issue
Social Works Perspective on Policy Making
Abstract:
Social Policy entails the study of the social relations necessary for human wellbeing and the systems by which wellbeing may be promoted. The social policies to which societies give birth may be understood as the way in which any particular society recognizes and gives expression to the interdependency of its members. Today
social policies are huge, expanding, fast changing aspects of government. Good social service policy requires special knowledge and expertise. Today most public policy makers have no direct experience in social service /work and as a result they lack firsthand knowledge. Helping professionals, or for that matter clients and
consumers, would bring needed knowledge and experience to public policy making. An understanding of social policy is vital for engaging practically with social work values, dealing with political and ethical questions about responsibility, rights, our understanding of ‘the good society’.
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