Social Welfare Concepts

Question 1

What is social work’s primary focus?

Answer 1

Advancing the well-being of individuals, families, and communities.

Question 2

What are the two components of the Canadian Welfare system?

Answer 2

Income Security and Social Services

Question 3

________ ________ programs provide monetary or other material benefits to supplement income or maintain minimum income levels.

Answer 3

Income Security

Question 4

__________ __________ programs help people by providing non-monetary aid (eg. parent-child programs, child care centres, youth drop in centres, women’s shelters, etc.)

Answer 4

Social Services

Question 5

What are the three different approaches to social welfare?

Answer 5

Residual approach
Institutional approach
Social investment approach

Question 6

Which of the three approaches to social welfare highly target those who are deemed the most in need?

Answer 6

Residual approach

Question 7

The ________ approach to social welfare is a limited, temporary response to human need, implemented only when all else fails.

Answer 7

Residual

Question 8

The residual approach to social welfare is based on the premise that there are two “natural” ways through which an individual’s needs are met. What are the two “natural” ways?

Answer 8

Through the family and through the market economy

Question 9

Which of the three approaches to social welfare believes social welfare is a necessary public response that helps people attain a reasonable standard of health and well-being?

Answer 9

Institutional Approach

Question 10

The _________ approach to social welfare attempts to even out, rather than promote economic stratification or status differences.

Answer 10

Institutional

Question 11

What program is the most revered institutional approach to social welfare?

Answer 11

Family Allowance that began in 1945 and ended in 1992.

Question 12

The __________ approach to social welfare is also called the “third way”. It’s goal is inclusion, equity, and social justice.

Answer 12

Social Investment Approach

Question 13

The __________ approach to social welfare recognizes the multidimensional nature of social issues. It focuses on all aspects of social well-being and investing ways that alleviate the structural disadvantages faced by high-risk and vulnerable populations.

Answer 13

Social Investment Approach

Question 14

There are different ways of categorizing social welfare provision. What are the two most important ones to distinction between?

Answer 14

Public and Private Welfare

Question 15

__________ welfare refers to monetary benefits and services that are provided directly by any of the three levels of government: the federal government, a provincial or territorial government, or a regional or municipal government.

Answer 15

Public

Question 16

_________ welfare is delivered through non-profit organizations or for-profit organizations and individuals.

Answer 16

Private

Question 17

Eligibility for social welfare programs differs across the country. Programs are distinguished as either __________ or ___________.

Answer 17

Universal or Targeted programs

Question 18

____________ programs are available to everyone in a specific category, regardless of income or financial situation.

Answer 18

Universal program

Question 19

___________ programs provide benefits based on a means test (sometimes called an “income test” or “needs test”).

Answer 19

Targeted program

Question 20

The Elizabethan Poor Law defines those who were able to work, and those who were fit for work and willing to take any job offer at rates determined by the employer as _____________.

Answer 20

Deserving poor

Question 21

The Elizabethan Poor Law defines those who were deemed able to work but did not do so for whatever reason as _____________.

Answer 21

Undeserving poor

Question 22

Why did the state only recognize limited responsibility of the deserving poor?

Answer 22

The thinking was:
-Providing the deserving poor with more aid would discourage them from ever seeking work again and would encourage others not to take jobs for low pay or unbearable working conditions

Question 23

What did the principle of less eligibility ensure?

Answer 23

This ensured those in work would always be terrified to lose their employment and forced to live an unspeakably miserable life.

Question 24

How did the state determine the bare minimum that poor relief recipients could receive?

Answer 24

They used the principle of less eligibility.
This ensured the minimum was lower than the minimum wages that day labourers were receiving.

Question 25

What is the difference between indoor and outdoor relief?

Answer 25

Indoor relief was when poor individuals and families were forced into a workhouse. They were expected to earn their aid by working in the workhouse or for employers who had contracts with the workhouse.

Outdoor relief was aid provided by the local authorities for those who remained in their own homes (eg. money, food, clothing). This was more common because it was cheaper than building workhouses.

Question 26

___________ was thought to be the result of family defects, and individuals were considered to be responsible for their own poverty.

Answer 26

Pauperism

Question 27

In the residual model of welfare, how would the state separate the deserving poor from the undeserving poor?

Answer 27

Means Test/Needs Test

Question 28

Where did the 1919 General Strike take place?

Answer 28

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Question 29

What was the largest strike in Canadian history?

Answer 29

1919 General Strike

Question 30

The Great Depression was so financially devastating that people were shocked into changing which long-held beliefs?

Answer 30

-Why people were poor
-What the state should do to help out
-People began to see poverty and unemployment were not the result of an individuals inadequacy or laziness, but common and insurable threats to everyone’s livelihood.

Question 31

What was the first federal universal income security program in Canada?

Answer 31

Family Allowance (Began in 1945 and ended in 1992)

Question 32

Where was the Beveridge report released from?

Answer 32

Britain

Question 33

Where was the Marsh report released from?

Answer 33

Canada

Question 34

Which report was released first, the Beveridge report or the Marsh report?

Answer 34

Beveridge

Question 35

What did the Marsh report identify as a need for Canada?

Answer 35

Comprehensive and universal social welfare programs

Question 36

What are the 5 program criteria the provinces/territories must meet in order to receive full federal funding under the Canada Health Act?

Answer 36

1. Public Administration
2. Comprehensiveness
3. Universality
4. Portability
5. Accessibility

Question 37

Which level of government is responsible for management, organization, and delivery of health care services to residents?

Answer 37

Provincial and territorial government

Question 38

Who is recognized as the father of Canadian Medicare?

Answer 38

Tommy Douglas

Question 39

Humanitarian, collectivism, equality, freedom are the social beliefs of which political party?

Answer 39

Social Democratic

Question 40

Freedom, individualism, Inequality are the social beliefs of which political party?

Answer 40

Liberal

Question 41

__________ party sees government intervention as government interference

Answer 41

Conservative

Question 42

_______ party has the political beliefs of wanting to keep things the same unless it benefits the economy

Answer 42

Conservative

Question 43

________ believe in a minimum living standard

Answer 43

Liberals

Question 44

The “taken for granted contexts”, within which one locates facts and methods and ascribes meanings to them.

Answer 44

Paradigms