Poverty and Social Workers

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This paper examines how social workers can include poverty concerns into their practice and not sideline them as political and policy issues. The writer looks at the community needs profiling being carried out in Great Britain . Further, the writer makes suggestions on what social workers need to do to address the needs of the increasing ranks of those living in poverty today.

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"Poverty is taking on a new face in the new globalized economy and with America shipping so many jobs overseas and current economic trends, many more people are being laid off and having difficulty finding jobs which pay as much as the ones they are losing, if they are lucky enough to find jobs at all. Traditionally, social workers have dealt with individuals or families and because the systems work so slowly, much of their time is spent in the more practical areas. Day Social workers are not ... "

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