Unemployment

Paper Summary:

This paper explores some of the problems faced by individuals who are unemployed. It specifically focuses on the range of social problems that they face. The paper then shows how social work may help those that are unemployed. The paper also looks at the personal and psychological issues that those who are unemployed face and discusses social work's role in addressing them.

Table of Contents:
Introduction and Thesis
Unemployment: a Social Problem or a Social Work Problem?
Unemployment as a Personal and Psychological Problem
Social Work: What it Can and Cannot Do
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In order for social workers to more effectively address the individual and community-level problems related to unemployment, two conditions must be met. First, lawmakers need to protect citizens through effective social services including access to career counseling. Minority communities should receive specialized social workers and social support systems. Second, American society needs to embrace ideas of collectivism. When communities work together to alleviate the problems related to unemployment, social workers can become more effective at intervening and offering their professional expertise."

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