Social Workers Should Engage In Policy Practice

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Alcock (2008, p.2) defines social policy as “actions taken within society to develop and deliver services for people in order to meet their needs for welfare and wellbeing.” Social policy represents the state’s intervention in the public sphere in order to combat “social evils” that threaten a harmonious welfare state. It is argued that for social workers to understand social policy, they should engage in “policy practice”. As defined by Jansson (2003, p 10.)“This includes efforts to change policies in legislative, agency and community settings whether by establishing new policies, improving existing ones or defeating the policy initiatives of other people” In order for Janson’s words to be applicable, Banks (1999) argues that social workers

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