This is an RSW experiment in providing resources for the educational commons that are freely available to all using creative commons licensing.
In this case we are releasing a podcast interview. Neil Ballantyne (Open Polytechnic of New Zealand) interviews Liz Beddoe (University of Auckland) about the social policy text she edited with Jane Maidment (Maidment & Beddoe, 2016). Neil asks Liz three questions:
- What is social policy?
- What is unique about social policy in Aotearoa?
- Why do social work students need to study social policy?
Post a comment to let us know what you think and tell us if we should create more resources like this one.
This podcast is copyright RSW Collective and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to download it and embed it in your own teaching and learning resources, so long as you attribute it to “RSW Collective (2021, January) https://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2021/01/what-is-social-policy/”
Reference
Maidment, J. & Beddoe, L. (Eds.) (2016). Social Policy for social work and human services in Aotearoa New Zealand: Diverse perspectives. University of Canterbury Press.
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Podcast music: cello pizz 01 by Morusque (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
6 replies on “What is social policy?”
I love resources like this and have posted a link to the podcast in a course I teach to social work and human service provision students in South Australia, thankyou!
Thanks for the feedback Michele and Jim, we are already thinking of other possible options.
An excellent, clear explanation of why we must all develop a critical analysis of the social policies that direct our mahi.
Well done and more of these please.
Thanks for the feedback Michele and Jim. We’re making a list.
Excellent explanation Liz – and a really useful resource for all social workers – whether it is new information or a refresher – social work is a political activity and its helpful to be reminded of that …. thanks Neil and Liz – more resources along these lines would make a difference
As a first year social work student at UniSA Mount Gambier, I really enjoyed this informative explanation of what social policy is, and why it is important for social workers to understand it. I would certainly appreciate more resources like this, thank you kindly! 🙂