General introduction to the values, perspectives, ideologies, settings and methods of social work within the broad field of social welfare. This course combines a practical and theoretical orientation to the field. The course explores the interrelated development of social policy, the philosophy of social welfare, and the evolution of the social work profession. It analyzed the values and assumptions that form the foundation of existing services and institutions, and explores the social, economic, political, and cultural contexts in which they have developed. The course focus in depth on such topics as, the emergence and transformation of the concept of the welfare state, the development of social services , the role of women in the development of the social services system in Uganda, the differentiation of functions among the public, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors, in social service delivery among others.
