Midterm social welfare Flashcards
why we learn social welfare policy
-we will possibly be helping individuals navigate through some of these situations so it is important to have knowledge on these topics.
- Social workers advocate for and help people access the social welfare supports they are entitled to.
Public and private sectors
Public: services provided by government ex health care
Private: business /services operated by private individuals or companies for profit ex retail, private schools
Neoliberal social program “stelth” cuts
Government slowly cuts down the finical support by cutting taxes
ex fed gov money toward services downloaded to provincial
employment equity act
-Canadian law aimed at ensuring equal opportunities for all employees
-promoting equality
targets women, FMNI, disabilities, visible minorities
basic income projects
-system where gov provides
regular payments to everyone regardless of income or employment
- reduce poverty/ provide finical stability
The 3 social welfare models of family
1 patriarchal model
2 individual reasonability model
3 social reasonability
confederation
1867**
the first phase of social welfare when the settlers took the indigouns peoples land, during this time there was limited charities, run by church
institutional
residual
social
institution- welfare is a necessary part of society to support everyone at different times
residual- only if desperately needed
social- focuses on creating polices to improve overall quality of life and prevent social problems
early childhood
- cost, 1 thousand a month for childcare, hard to get into and find
- important to development
neoliberalism
emphasis individual responsibility
-businesses make most decisions
-gov not involved
-letting business make own rules without gov help
leads to downing sealth cuts -
Human right legislation
laws protects people from discrimination:
the rights to which people inherently entitled to because they are human beings. They define what we are all entitled to
inigounrs, lgbtq excluded
ex income sucrity
workers compensation benefits
- eligible,
most are covered if injured at workplace, if register with provincial bord you will receive benefits - 4 kinds of benefits
-replace wadges
-cover medical bills
-long term disability
-return to work program
Regional disparity and unemployment
economic differences between regions often seen in employment rates, income, and services
courses: caused declining industries lack of investment rual vs ubran.
parental leave
time off work for parents after a child is born
-maternity / paternity
-4 months of leave for each parent, have to have been working to be eligible (600h past y)
basic income projects
a guaranteed livable wadge, reduce poverty and improve lives