Social Welfare, Social

Development and Development

Social Welfare
 Covers practically everything that men do for the good of
society.
 “the organized system of social services and institutions,
designed to aid individuals and groups to attain satisfying
standards of life and health.” (Walter Friedlander)
 Includes those laws, programs, benefits and services which
assure or strengthen provisions for meeting social needs
recognized as basic to the well being of the population
and the better functioning of the social order. (Elizabeth
Wickenden)
 Social Welfare Programs
 Social Security. This refers to the whole set of compulsory measures
instituted to protect the individual and his family against the consequences
of an unavoidable interruption or serious diminution of the earned income
disposable for the maintenance of a reasonable standard of living.
 Personal Social Services. These refer to service functions which have major
bearing upon personal problems, individual situations of stress, interpersonal
helping or helping people in need, the provision of direct services in
 Public Assistance