Class Social Policies II

The study of SP is fundamental in the training of SW. This course, a continuation of Unit I, reflects on the SP as a process and result of complex and contradictory relationships, as a set of actions and inactions that aim to ensure redistribution, risk management and social inclusion. To understand the SP, the context of the emergence of neoliberalism and the crisis of the social state and the consequences for SP in the space of the (current) hegemony of neoliberalism are presented. Policy analysis is exposed as a fundamental tool for the SW, with special emphasis on the process in phases. In the interconnection between SP and SW, the sectoral SP are presented, in which the SW operates in the regulation of social problems and inequalities as well as in the realisation of rights and social justice. The diversity of SP in social protection, health, justice, education and local power is presented, as well as the competences of the SW in these areas

I. Crisis of the Welfare State

1. The emergence of neoliberalism and the crisis of the welfare state: European and Portuguese context

2. Consequences and trends of social policies in the context of hegemony of neoliberalism

II. Analysis of social policies

1. Brief presentation of models of public policy analysis

2. The model of analysis of the process by stages and its utility for the social worker

III. Sectorial social policies: the Portuguese reality

1. The social policies in social protection (social security and 3rd sector) and the role of the social worker in them

2. The social policies in health (social security and 3rd sector) and the role of the social worker in them

3. Social policies in justice and the role of the social worker in them

4. Social policies in education and vocational training and the role of Social Worker in them

5. Social policies in local government and the role of Social Workers in them

Simulated practice work

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