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Social Policy Portfolio

   

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Unit 7: Social Policy PortfolioINSTRUCTIONSComplete your answer to the questions in the boxes below ensuring that you reference any sources you have used to support your discussion and complete a bibliography at theend of the section. For the purposes of this assignment you need to look at the significant changes over the years in social policy. You will need to look into the origins of the welfare state. You will also be investigating in particular the Equality Act 2010Task One Section 1 and 2 Section 1

Significant historical and contemporary landmarks in social welfare provision(AC 1.1, 1.2, M1) In this section you are asked to briefly describe social policy giving examples, in order toput the rest of the portfolio into context.What is social policy and how does it differ from organisational policy? (give examples to support your discussion)Social policy is different than the organisational policy as in it the management is liable forthe legal and prescribed roles of the employees and for this they are paid. But in the socialpolicy no such roles are defined of the people. As they can be regarded as the ethical roleswhich are to be played by the people in the society. The social policy is a great and widerconcept it is opted in the social life where people live. The organisational policy can be differas per the nature and workings of the company but the social policy is common at every placeand areas. The organisational policy is defined to the employees of the corporate but the socialpolicy is defined to all the people on the earth. These are the ethical responsibilities which areto be followed by all. Thus there is difference in the social and organisational policy.Explain the changes that have occurred since the Second World War in terms of the provisionand attitude to welfare. (you will also need to evaluate the impact of the provision of welfare)During the second world war board, William Beveridge was set to look into the matters relatedwith the social and poor elements of the society. The world war destroyed the social life of thepeople. So he decides to help the persons by providing various services of the welfare such ashome, shelter and food.1945- 1949 he promises with the public that he will help them. Between 1945-1951 clement Attlee, the labour prime minister and Aneuran Bevan, theminister of health made big changes to welfare in British and Northern Ireland. There was arevolution which was made to make a proper control on the most important part of theeconomy.A lot of people in Northern Ireland were living in slums with 35% of houses deemedunhealthy for occupation. The slum areas were removed and the employment provided tothem.

What were the agreements (consensus) and differences in post war policiesThere were in 1945 British lost its position, as the world's leading impairing power. It was abig social change that really was helpful for British society. In 1945-1951 Labour governmentlaunched a social democracy based on economics and welfare elements. But it was challengedin 1979. In 1945 family benefits were obtained and in 1946 due to national insurance Actunemployment and sickness was eliminated. In 1948 health care services were introduced andcare of population was done. Education level was also improved in 1945-1979. So there was agreat impact of the social reforms and laws which were made for the development of thesociety and the care of the poor people.Explain the reasons behind the breakdown of the consensus. (You need to analyse the role of key players of the era in policy making)The low out of the privatisation is the major reform that balanced the economy. Thegovernment was not properly ware of removing the evils of the societies such asunemployment and poverty. In 1983 the government won the landslide victory. And it gavethe division of the unemployment a hike, as this was the main issues which was to be resolved.Welfare issues were addressed in a bulk rather than resource testing. Government noticed thatit would not be able to become a world wide longer benefactor. The ultimate goal of theregulatory authorises was to bring a reform and to do the welfare of the people and to provide

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