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This programme is based upon a day's work in an area social services office in Lambeth. It illustrates the workings of the reception area, shows interviews between clients and social workers. The c...lients represent both reception and long term cases. The programme raises important questions about the effectiveness of social work in tackling clients' individual problems that are based in structural poverty. It leads the student to consider the relationship of caring agencies of the state and clients in a situation of scarce resource allocation.
This programme is based upon a day's work in an area social services office in Lambeth. It illustrates the workings of the reception area, shows interviews between clients and social workers. The c...lients represent both reception and long term cases. The programme raises important questions about the effectiveness of social work in tackling clients' individual problems that are based in structural poverty. It leads the student to consider the relationship of caring agencies of the state and clients in a situation of scarce resource allocation.
| Module code and title: | D336, "Policies, people and administration" |
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| Item code: | D336; 03 |
| First transmission date: | 19-04-1980 |
| Published: | 1980 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:24:21 |
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| Producer: | Francis Sealey |
| Contributors: | Christopher Pollitt; Bernard Monaghan; Georgina Bartlett; Vera Juggins; Phil Bodman; Lucy Felix; Lorraine Hosier; John Jolly; Simon French |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Administration; Decision making; Politics; Social work |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/73502 |
| Production number: | FOUD128H |
| Videofinder number: | 280 |
| Available to public: | no |
