Chapter 2: History Flashcards
2 kinds of relief in Poor Law of 1601?
poorhouses (elderly/sick), workhouses (ablebodied)
charity visitors identified if applicant was ___or ____
deserving poor; undeserving poor
Factory Act of 1833
made it illegal for children <9 to work in textile factories
first Poor Law followed this major historical event
Bubonic Plague
in 1869, proponents of better organization for charitable assistance in England formed the ____
Charity Organization Society (later Family Welfare Association)
what is settlement house movement?
workers move in to neighbourhoods they help–>connected to start of schools of SW
founder of US settlement house mvmt and considered early influencer of SW
Jane Addams
individualist view of poverty
result of personal failing or character weakness
the turn of the twentieth century marks the era of:
social reform
idea that political community should seek to ensure that members can all enjoy at least minimally decent standard of living
social minimum
what is scientific philanthropy?
move away from moral deservedness, rooted in social reform; encourage scientific assessment of human behaviour and ways of finding solutions
Mary Richmond’s description of social work process (med model):
1) collection of social data on family hx and data pt prob
2) critical examination of material leading to diagnosis
3) develop case plan with involvement of client
social work directly concerned with probs, needs, adjustments of individual cases, esp those involving study of person’s family hx and personal circumstances
casework
first social work school?
U of T (then Macgill)
what is social gospel mvmt?
1880s mvmt in Protestant churches that favoured more socially oriented church that work to improve living and labour conditions as well as basic social justice
the CASW replaced the _____ which was originally called ____
social service council of Canada; moral and social reform league
how did Great Depression shape worldviews on poverty?
shattered idea that market forces should be unregulated and ppl start to see that unemployment is socioeconomic prob requiring national response, not just personal prob solved by charity
Canada’s first social worker?
Marguerite Bourgeoys
the years of Maurice Duplessis in Quebec were called:
the great darkness
___ approach emphasizes understanding of person’s prob by reference to causal events in their early life; ___ approach based on belief in potential of ppl to determine own future directions
diagnostic; functional
time of huge expansion for social work profession
1960s-1970s
in most Canadian jurisdictions, social work ___ body is separate from ___ association
regulatory; advocacy
2 fundamental philosophies that pervade social service practice and impact INDG children:
1) assumption of pious motivation and effect 2) desire to improve others
first step of reconciliation?
recognize harm without rationalizing
what comes first: Aboriginal decision making or building capacity?
decision making
how we rationalize harm instances:
1) acted based on sensibilities of day (we know better now) 2) didn’t know about harm 3) it was outside of their mandate 4) harm so appalling that it cannot be rationalized as coming form place of good intentions (they were immoral exceptions)
what is Jordan’s principle?
child-first principle aimed at resolving gov jurisdictional disputes
4 phases of reconciliation:
1) truth telling 2) acknowledging 3) restoring 4) relating
5 principles to guide reconciliation:
self determination, holistic approach, structural interventions, culture and language, non-discrimination
advocates of _____ supported extensive privatization, fiscal austerity, deregulation, free trade, reductions in gov spending to enhance role of private sector in economy
neo-liberalism
what is the environmental justice mvmt?
protest fact that pppl who live, work and play in world’s most polluted and damaged enviros are most often ppl of colour and poor
what is Idle No More?
Indigenous environmental sovereignty movement
what is anti G20 mobilization?
anti-capitalist anti-colonial multi vulnerable group coordinated movement org to protest poverty, lack of inclusion, repressive immigration policies, enviro degradation
future challenges for SW?
info technology, income inequality, demographic changes, economic globalization, immigration/multiculturalism
what does stove-piped mean?
arranged in vertical hierarchies
contemporary caring SW practice includes:
relationnship building, collaborative practice, interdisciplinary practice, evidence based practice, community based practice, mobility
