Canadian Social Work Understandings
Understanding on the Comparisons
Perusing the various Canadian literature and comparing them to my past experiences in child protection enlightened me to the differences in practices between the First world and the third world as created and influenced by Western concepts and practices. First, social workers are bestowed with high power that it must be used with caution. The use of power by the social worker contributes and influences how the interaction between the client and the worker will unravel (Gladstone, Dumbrill, Leslie, Koster, Young, & Ismaila, 2012). For these reasons, various theories employed in practice stresses the significance of consciously minimizing the power imbalance within and while …show more content…
What astounds me is the vast literature that exists on diverse topics. A vast study in the discipline implies maturity of the social work profession. Further, it grants the profession recognition. The importance of advancement in social work academia cannot be underscored. As a social worker from a third world country, I envy the resources available in social work even if I have access to them already. I ascribe to those from my country that do not have access or limited access to that information. Further, these vast information cumulates to more information and studies that will help the profession and ultimately the clients. Third, the Canadian government’s will through promulgation of laws and systems that protect the children is a good indicator of advancement, maturity, and recognition of the social work profession. In large part, this social policy depends greatly on a government’s viability to financially sustain the …show more content…
The availability of resources affects how the profession evolved and established. Economics affects the academic advancement of the profession. The amount available for the government mostly affects the kind of social services to be provided and how they are to be provided. Social work practice and social welfare programs and systems are not only affected by national economics but also by the macro or global economic policies. As a result, there is a commoditization of social welfare services by the designs of private agencies in the implementation of delegated social welfare structures. This lead to diminishing and limiting social welfare responses and direction of the social work profession. (Spolander, Engelbrecht, & Pullen Sansfaçon, 2016). The availability of resources does not equate nevertheless to efficient solutions to social problems. Even though the trust of social work has been toward intervening in individual and community level, social workers neglected to engage in critical interventions at national and even international levels in Canada. Further, there is bereft to train future social workers towards awareness of social policies (Gal & Weiss-Gal, 2014, as cited in Spolander et al., 2016). The ambivalence of the professionals in understanding social welfare policy
Understanding on the Comparisons
Perusing the various Canadian literature and comparing them to my past experiences in child protection enlightened me to the differences in practices between the First world and the third world as created and influenced by Western concepts and practices. First, social workers are bestowed with high power that it must be used with caution. The use of power by the social worker contributes and influences how the interaction between the client and the worker will unravel (Gladstone, Dumbrill, Leslie, Koster, Young, & Ismaila, 2012). For these reasons, various theories employed in practice stresses the significance of consciously minimizing the power imbalance within and while …show more content…
What astounds me is the vast literature that exists on diverse topics. A vast study in the discipline implies maturity of the social work profession. Further, it grants the profession recognition. The importance of advancement in social work academia cannot be underscored. As a social worker from a third world country, I envy the resources available in social work even if I have access to them already. I ascribe to those from my country that do not have access or limited access to that information. Further, these vast information cumulates to more information and studies that will help the profession and ultimately the clients. Third, the Canadian government’s will through promulgation of laws and systems that protect the children is a good indicator of advancement, maturity, and recognition of the social work profession. In large part, this social policy depends greatly on a government’s viability to financially sustain the …show more content…
The availability of resources affects how the profession evolved and established. Economics affects the academic advancement of the profession. The amount available for the government mostly affects the kind of social services to be provided and how they are to be provided. Social work practice and social welfare programs and systems are not only affected by national economics but also by the macro or global economic policies. As a result, there is a commoditization of social welfare services by the designs of private agencies in the implementation of delegated social welfare structures. This lead to diminishing and limiting social welfare responses and direction of the social work profession. (Spolander, Engelbrecht, & Pullen Sansfaçon, 2016). The availability of resources does not equate nevertheless to efficient solutions to social problems. Even though the trust of social work has been toward intervening in individual and community level, social workers neglected to engage in critical interventions at national and even international levels in Canada. Further, there is bereft to train future social workers towards awareness of social policies (Gal & Weiss-Gal, 2014, as cited in Spolander et al., 2016). The ambivalence of the professionals in understanding social welfare policy