Sociology of Social Work

Sociology of Social Work

2005

Sociology of Social Work

Introduction

The issues of social policy have always been very important in the well-being of the state , and during different ears leaders of countries have devoted crucial attention to these issues . In most of the cases the state of social policy in the country defines the perception of reality by the nation , its goals and expectations . Those countries which have provided efficient social policy for years have achieved outstanding results in many aspects of the country 's life , and have

built strong economies . Since people 's desires and actions are closely connected with the social policy provided in the state , the nations with successful social policy have also always been successful in their economy . Social work is the reflection of social policy in the society With the help of social workers , the social policy which is provided by the government is delivered to the citizens . According to Harris (2001 social work is the operational embodiment of the welfare state 's intervention in individual citizens ' lives (Harris 2001 : 12

Social class remains fundamental to an understanding of social work . In every society , the class dictates the number of social services which the person is going to receive during his life . With the help of social services , the government is able to reduce the gap between the highest and the poorest classes in the society . Each social class is subject to different social programs and different social services which social workers will be able to provide for them . Social workers achieve their goals the most efficiently in those countries where social programs are designed most appropriately for different social classes

The investigates the issue of social work 's relation to social class in depth . First , the research of social work theories is provided Major attention is devoted to the identification of sources of social work and their relation to the existence of classes in the society Further , social work challenges for British social workers are discussed and legislation regulating social sphere is analyzed . Finally conclusions are made about the correspondence of social work in Britain with social class of recipients of social programs

Social Work Theories

Due to the importance of social work in the modern society , research of social work theories can be found in a large analysis of social work as science is represented in the works of Etzioni (1969 , Wakefield (1996 , Thyer (2002 ) Greenwood (1957 , and D 'mmer et al (2004 /2005 . Hermann Nohl , Silvia Staub-Bernasconi , Hans Thiersch , Niklas Luhmann have developed theories of social work based on their perception of the role social workers need to play in the society Mayadas , Watts (1995 ) devote considerable attention to the problem of training social workers for them to bring maximum benefit to the society

The issue of social work being classified as science has been debated by many authors . For example , Amitai Etzioni (1969 ) considers the profession of the social worker not a real profession but rather lower-level profession due...