Week 2 Social Policy Intro

• Social Work
• Higher Education (degree)

What is social policy?

Survey- www.poverty.ac.uk

Survey –  completed by the public in an attempt to define necessities/ deprivation items

Class exercise:

Break into groups of 5 and complete the survey- feedback to the class your results.

Some examples of questions, your group will need to think about: 

Necessary or not?

• Appropriate clothes to wear for job interviews
• Regular payments into an occupational or private pension
• Fresh fruit and vegetables every day
• Heating to keep home adequately warm

Necessities

The long recession and austerity measures have taken their toll and people in the UK now consider many things which in the past were viewed as essential to no longer be necessities of life.

Less than 50% of the population currently believes these items are necessities:

1. Presents for friends or family once a year

2. Replace worn out clothes with some new ones

3. A small amount of money to spend each week on yourself, not on your family

4. Friends or family round for a meal or drink at least once a month

5. A holiday away from home for one week a year, not staying with relatives

6. Replace worn out furniture

7. An outfit to wear for social or family occasions such as parties and

weddings

8. Children’s friends round for tea or a snack once a fortnight

Agitator

Pioneer

social investigator

Clear conception of the society YOU want to see produced

Class Exercise- 

Social work contributions

Group work :-

In small groups spend time searching information on Eileen Younghusband and Jane Addams. 

What can you find about them and their impact?

What do you think is the most important social problem in NI right now?

Welfare

What do you understand about the term welfare?

Who is the current UK Prime Minister?

1. Rishi Sunak
2. Boris Johnson
3. Liz Truss
4. Theresa May

Who was the Prime Minister of the UK from 1997 - 2007 and is known for being a prominent left-wing politician?

1. Margaret Thatcher
2. David Cameron
3. Boris Johnson
4. Tony Blair

This politician served as the leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the UK from 1979 - 1990.
They are considered one of the most iconic right-wing politicians in British history.

Who is it?

1. Harold Wilson
2. Jeremy Corbyn
3. Teresa May
4. Margaret Thatcher

Who is known for leading the right-wing UK Independence Party (UKIP) and being a prominent advocate for Brexit?

1. Nigel Farage
2. Angela Rayner
3. Theresa May
4. Jeremy Corbyn

Which UK politician is associated with the left-wing Labour Party and served as the leader from 2015- 2020

1. David Cameron
2. Nigel Farage
3. Jeremy Corbyn
4. Boris Johnson

Who was the left-wing politician who founded the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK?

1. Harold Macmillan
2. Alec Douglas-Home
3. Clement Attlee
4. Eileen Younghusband

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.