A New Era for Social Policy: A New Enlightenment or a New Leviathan?

1991 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Glennerster ◽  
Anne Power ◽  
Tony Travers
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Common Elements ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
New Era ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Housing Estates

ABSTRACTA succession of Acts of Parliament passed between 1988 and 1990 mark the most decisive break in British social policy since the period between 1944 and 1948. This paper examines the extent to which common principles underlie this legislation. One of the most important common elements has been the reduction in the powers of local government and in the presumption that local authorities should be the main providers of social welfare outside the social security system. Schools, housing estates and social care services are to be given greater powers to run themselves or to become separate organisations. Local authorities are to use their resources to fund and contract with external agencies. The possible outcomes of this change in governance are discussed.

scholarly journals Personalisation and Partnership: Competing Objectives in English Adult Social Care? The Individual Budget Pilot Projects and the NHS

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Glendinning ◽  
Nicola Moran ◽  
David Challis ◽  
José-Luis Fernández ◽  
Sally Jacobs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Previous Decade ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
The Individual

As in other countries, improving collaboration between health and social care services is a long-established objective of English social policy. A more recent priority has been the personalisation of social care for adults and older people through the introduction of individualised funding arrangements. Individual budgets (IBs) were piloted in 13 English local authorities from 2005 to 2007, but they explicitly excluded NHS resources and services. This article draws on interviews with lead officers responsible for implementing IBs. It shows how the contexts of local collaboration created problems for the implementation of the personalisation pilots, jeopardised inter-sectoral relationships and threatened some of the collaborative arrangements that had developed over the previous decade. Personal budgets for some health services have subsequently also been piloted. These will need to build upon the experiences of the social care IB pilots, so that policy objectives of personalisation do not undermine previous collaborative achievements.

scholarly journals The Macro- System Analysis of Social Care Services in Albania, According to An Ecological Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 494
Author(s):  
Phd Cand.Entela Avdulaj
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Old People ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

This paper, takes in consideration the most important components of the macro system, of social care services in Albania, according to an ecological perspective. It analyzes the impact and the implementation of national legislation, social policy, national strategies, and different models of interventions in the social care services. The ecological model of Bronfenbrenner (1979, 2000), reveals that the devlopment is result of interaction between the person and its environment and varies according to social context. The macro system, one of the component of this context is defined as the set of attitudes, values and social rules imposed by the other subsystems of other levels. Considering the institution as a whole, we identify its macro- system as a set of legislation, social policies and different models. The macro system analysis serves as a starting point for a depth assessment of the social care programs, based on the eco-systemic perspective. There are 24 public residential centers in Albania, which have dual dependence between the central government (State Social Service) and local governments (municipalities). These centers treat and support with services 6 social categories of people in need: children (orphans, abandoned, in vulnerability situation); people with disabilities (children, young and old people); old people; victims of trafficking; victims of domestic violence; families in need. Their establishment and functioning is regulated according to the Albanian legislation, social policies, strategies and standards. Through the study of law, social policies, strategies and standards set, that exist in Albania for social care services and through the interviews with leaders and services specialists, as well, have been identified the models used in the design of legislation and social policies and theirs impact in the development of social care services in Albania. The results showed that despite the changes in legislation and social policy based in a social inclusion perspective, the programs of social care services are not fulfilling this perspective.

scholarly journals Analysing public service outsourcing: The value of a regulatory perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 958-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Cunningham ◽  
Philip James
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Regulatory Perspective ◽  
Longitudinal Case Studies ◽  
Voluntary Organisations

This article draws on findings from two longitudinal case studies of voluntary organisations engaged in delivering social care services via purchaser–provider relations with local authorities. The study focuses on changes to contractual relations, employment conditions in provider organisations and service quality. The article argues the influence of the market on these changes can only be adequately comprehended by rooting the analysis in an understanding of the way in which surrounding regulatory frameworks shape its structure and operation. In doing so, it reveals how in an era of shifting market conditions characterised by greater competition and dramatic local authority cuts, a ‘soft’ regulatory framework offers little support to partnership relations between voluntary organisations and local authorities. Instead, the regulatory environment undermines financial security among voluntary organisations, degrades employment conditions in them and raises concerns regarding their service quality.

scholarly journals Maintaining social care provision in the context of financial austerity

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarunkorn Chotvijit ◽  
Malkiat Thiarai ◽  
Stephen A Jarvis
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
City Council ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
Vulnerable Children ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Using Data

There is significant national interest in tackling issues surrounding the needs of vulnerable children and adults. At the same time, UK cities are under significant financial strain, as local government financial settlements (the distribution of central government resources) decrease in real terms and yet urban populations, which draw on local government services, continue to grow. This study focusses on the city of Birmingham, the UK’s largest and most populous city outside of London. In a data-led study, using data derived from personal social care records, we analyse the management and delivery of social care services by Birmingham City Council, which itself is the largest local authority in Europe. This research employs state-of-the-art data analytic techniques to analyse six years of Birmingham City Council social care data, to identify: (i) Service cost profiles over time; (ii) Geographic dimensions to service demand and delivery; (iii) Patterns in the provision of services, which may assist with future service planning and provision, and (iv) The extent to which data value and data protection interact. In response to recent fiscal challenges, Birmingham City Council is expected to make savings of £815 million over the 9-year period 2011/12 to 2019/20. Delivering savings of this scale, whilst protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable citizens within a growing urban population, is one of the biggest challenges facing the UK’s second largest city.

scholarly journals INFORMATIZATION OF SOCIAL PROVIDING AS A MAIN ELEMENT IN THE FORMATION OF DIGITAL ECONOMY

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-106
Author(s):  
Halyna KULYNA ◽  
Nataliya NALUKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
The State ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social

Introduction. In the conditions of digital society formation, the informatization of the social security sphere is a necessary component and guarantee of successful implementation of social policy aimed at quality and timely satisfaction of citizens' needs. Therefore, a prerequisite for the effective functioning of social protection and public service authorities is the development and technical innovation of social services and channels for their implementation through automated information systems, should be consistent with the innovation strategy of development of the social sphere as a composite digital economy of the state. Purpose is to substantiate the expediency of application of the newest digital technologies in the sphere of social security and novelization of social services on this basis, as well as to reveal features and advantages of social protection of the population through automated information systems and channels of their implementation. Results. The necessity and role of informatization in the modern digital society and the main challenges that lead to its implementation in the field of social security have been substantiated. The key automated information systems, which contribute to the construction of a common information space of the social sphere and allow to increase social protection of the population in domestic conditions, as well as the emergence of a new service-oriented social service with a wide range of information and communication services, have been analyzed. The necessity of training and retraining of highly qualified creative specialists of new specialties was noted and generalized principles of systems of skills development in the conditions of informatization, which are important in the selection of social workers, were defined. Conclusions. Social protection and social welfare institutions, when formulating their own strategies, should consider the information and communications technology vector of development as an essential means of improving their functioning, since this will determine the effectiveness of social policy implementation in the State and the level of satisfaction of citizens with social services. The results of informatization of social processes are manifested in the implementation of automated information systems and the construction of a single unified information space of social security, the development of new service products, electronic filing of documentation and simplification of procedures for obtaining social security, transparency of social security and, as a result, successful social policy.

scholarly journals The “Silent Reserves” of the Patriarchal Chinese Welfare System: Women as “Hidden” Contributors to Chinese Social Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
pp. 5267
Author(s):  
Yingqi Wang ◽  
Tao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Unpaid Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rural Dwellers

Scholars of social inequality in China have commonly concentrated on strata-related social welfare systems that divide the population into urban and rural dwellers, and additionally, into different welfare classes such as civil servants, employees, and migrant workers. Following Esping-Andersen, Siaroff, Sainsbury, and others, this paper brings the perspective of “gendering welfare” into the study of Chinese social policy. Focusing upon two major social policy branches in China—the old age pension insurance system and care services within the household—it discusses the role of Chinese women in these two fields. Through a gender-sensitive analysis, this paper elaborates the social phenomenon of “silent reserves” (namely, women) within the Chinese welfare regime. While women assume a crucial role in intrafamily care services, constituting the chief contributors of long-term care and childcare, their care contributions at home are not recognized as “social achievements” and are not monetarily compensated by the patriarchal Chinese welfare state. In addition, this paper argues that women are systematically disadvantaged by pension insurance arrangements. Furthermore, the individualization of care services in the intrafamily context weakens the pension entitlements of women, since their unpaid care constrains their ability to maintain full-time jobs in the labor market.

Social Policy Digest NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE May to July 1997

1998 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-121
Author(s):  
FRAN BENNETT
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Income Maintenance

Contents1 Social security and income maintenance2 Health care3 Education4 Housing and environment5 Personal social services6 Law and the treatment of the offender7 Unemployment and the labour market8 Race relations9 The voluntary sector10 Local government11 Gender12 Demography

Social Policy Digest NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND NINE May to July 1998

1999 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-138
Author(s):  
FRAN BENNETT
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Income Maintenance

Contents1 Social security and income maintenance2 Health care3 Education4 Housing and environment5 Personal social services6 Law and the treatment of the offender7 Unemployment and the labour market8 Race relations9 The voluntary sector10 Local government11 Gender12 Demography

The Adequacy of the Social Security System in Belgium, 1976–1985

1989 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman Deleeck
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Security ◽  
European Community ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Social Security System ◽  
Security System ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Broad Outline

ABSTRACTFor over 15 years the Centre for Social Policy at the University of Antwerp has been involved in research on social security. More specifically, it has tried to develop research methodologies which would make it possible to quantify the adequacy of the social security system in Belgium, and to assess its impact on the income of households. The first part of this article provides a broad outline of the social security system in Belgium. The second and major part presents the main results of the research. The same methodology and the same standardised presentation of results is currently being used in a comparative study financed by the Commission of the European Community and undertaken by research groups in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Ireland, Spain and Greece.

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