Social Welfare Policy and Service Delivery Systems I

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SSWO 670 is the first of two courses in a sequence that introduces social policies and service delivery. Students will become familiar with basic issues, concepts, values, terminology, frameworks and ethical issues that define social welfare policy and that influence their ability to work with diverse groups and populations at risk and to think critically. Students will learn about the core policies that comprise our social response to difficulties faced by individuals, families, groups and communities. This course focuses on: the development of social work as a profession, the historic social, economic and philosophical trends which have shaped and influenced the emergence of social welfare institutions, the intersection of the role and history of social work and social welfare institutions and policies in defining and reducing social problems, and contemporary and global shifts in social welfare.