Understanding the Relationship Between Social Welfare and Social Work
Social welfare and social work are interconnected concepts aimed at enhancing societal well-being. Social welfare refers to a nation's system of programs and services meeting essential needs, while social work involves professional activities supporting individuals and communities in achieving social functioning. These areas overlap, with social welfare being broader and incorporating social work practices. Overall, they strive to improve the quality of life and promote societal well-being.
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Relationship between Social Welfare and Social Work
According to Barker, 2003, Social welfare is a nations system of programs, benefits, and services that help people meet those social, economic, educational, and health needs that are fundamental to the maintenance of society . According to NASW(1973) Social work is the professional activity of helping individuals, families, groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and for creating societal conditions favorable to this goal. Social work practice consists of the professional application of social work values, principles, and techniques to one or more of the following ends: Helping people obtain tangible services (e.g., those involving provision of food, housing, of income). Providing counseling and psychotherapy with individuals, families and groups. Helping communities or groups provide or improve social and health services. Participating in relevant legislative processes.
Reid (1995) describes social welfare as an idea, that being one of a decent society that provides opportunities for work and human meaning, provides reasonable security from want and assault, promotes fairness and evaluation based on individual merit, and is economically productive and stable . While according to Herbert Stroup Social work is the art of bringing various resources to bear on individual, group and community needs by application of a scientific method of helping people to help themselves .
Walter A. Friedlander has tried to draw the distinction between these terms. He says: Social Welfare is the organized system of social services and institutions, designed to aid individuals and groups to attain satisfying standards of life and health. It aims at personal and social relationships which permit individuals the development of their full capacities and the promotion of their well-being in harmony with the needs of their community. Whereas social work is a professional service, based upon scientific knowledge and skill in human relations, which assists individual, alone or in groups, to obtain social and personal satisfaction and independence. It is usually performed by a social agency or a related organization. The term social welfare has a broader implication than professional social work .
Social welfare, then, is a broad concept related to the general well-being of all people in a society. According to definitions of social welfare there are two dimensions: 1. What people get from society( in terms of programs, benefits, and services) and 2. How well needs (including social, economic, educational, and health) are being met. Social welfare is a more comprehensive term than social work. Social welfare encompasses social work. Social welfare and social work are primarily related at the level of practice.
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