I Daniel Blake Reflection

This case study is based on the movie I, Daniel Blake. In this paper I will describe my perceptions, opinions and feelings about my current workload situation and roles.

I think currently all social workers are overworked, including me. The amount of care needed vs. the number of social workers is insufficient. There are just not enough resources to go around in the community. I also think people are forced to endure too many tests and assessments before we can give them the help they need. I understand there is people who take advantage of the system but I think these are few and far between. The people who can’t work, from my own perspective, are the ones who most want to work; they just can’t because of a disability or need to care for someone else. I don’t think that enforcing job search activities is necessarily a bad thing, because there does need to be a way to see who is actively trying to get a job, but what about those whose health hinders them from searching for a job? …show more content…
The test should range from low activity jobs like receptionist to high activity jobs like construction laborer and you will be able to see exactly what jobs someone is able to do. Someone like Daniel Blake, for example, could do low or medium activity jobs but because of his bad heart couldn’t do the high activity jobs. The process isn’t as black as white as it seems, there are many jobs that someone physically disabled could do (data entry clerk, etc.). It just depends on the stamina and issues of the