http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0106399
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Social Work, School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Hooson, William Thomas
issued: 2012-02-17T00:49:26Z
issued: 1953
related degree: Master of Social Work - MSW
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: "Rehabilitation" is the term commonly and often loosely used in public welfare to connote the restoration of the physical functioning of the client. Restoration on a physical and economic level has, to a marked degree in the past, taken precedence over the casework treatment process. Although such restoration is vitally important, its lasting value to the client and his family is doubtful if not accompanied by a thorough effort on the part of the worker to mobilize the client's personal resources. This study examines a public assistance caseload of a small size coastal city with a population of approximately 60,000, as it existed during one particular month of the year, with the view to analyzing the rehabilitation possibilities of the clients. The initial classification distinguishes (a) the temporarily dependent person, that is, one who is receiving public assistance for reasons other than chronic physical or mental illness and likely to become self-supporting, and (b) the permanently dependent person, one who is unlikely to become self-supporting because of age, physical or mental illness, or disability. Within these classifications, sub-groupings of partial and total dependency were evolved. Factors promoting or retarding rehabilitation have then been analyzed in two groups, summarized as "extrinsic" and; "intrinsic". "Extrinsic" factors are physical and economic including; the reason for the granting of assistance, the length of time the grant has been in pay, and the degrees of skill and the work histories of the wage-earners. The "intrinsic" include personal and emotional factors conditioning the acceptance of assistance and the potentialities for improvement or readjustment. Two basic methods are employed: (1) statistical classification of the total sample group (Chapter II) and (2) case description of typical individuals (Chapter III). As a byproduct of the study, a rating scale of emotional maturity has been compiled (Appendix A) as an aid to future case r…
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/40750
note: THE REHABILITATION OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS An Analysis of Reh a b i l i t a t i o n P o s s i b i l i t i e s Among Current S o c i a l Assistance Recipients, Based on the Caseload of the So c i a l Welfare Department, V i c t o r i a , June, 1952. by WILLIAM HOOSON Thesis Submitted i n P a r t i a l Fulfilment of the Requirements f o r the Degree of MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK i n the School of S o c i a l Work Accepted as conforming to the standard required f o r the degree of Master of gpcial. Work School of S o c i a l Work 1953 The University of B r i t i s h Columbia - i i -TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I Rehabi l i t a t i o n and Public Welfare Page "Rehabilitation" defined. Types and phases of r e h a b i l i t a t i o n . Casework i n r e h a b i l i t a t i o n programmes. Rehabil i t a t i o n i n the public welfare f i e l d . Casework i n public welfare. Development of public welfare programmes. Method of study. Definitions 1 Chapter II " E x t r i n s i c " Dependency; Physical and Economic Factors Economic and physical e l i g i b i l i t y requirements f o r assistance, and the measurement of i n d i v i d u a l needs. A sample public assistance caseload. D i s a b i l i t i e s of s o c i a l assistance cases. Temporary dependency - p a r t i a l and t o t a l . Permanent dependency - p a r t i a l and t o t a l . Special groups. Summary .. 1 6 Chapter III " I n t r i n s i c " Dependency: Personal and Emotional Factors The meaning of emotional dependency. The casework process and the role of the s o c i a l worker. Casework t r e a t -ment goals. Comparative case studies: temporary dependency — p a r t i a l and t o t a l ; permanent dependency - p a r t i a l and t o t a l . Summary 40 Chapter IV Essentials of Rehabi l i t a t i o n i n Public Assistance The comprehensive programme. The need for s o c i a l workers. Evaluation of the r e h a b i l i t a t i o n process. Measurement of c l i e n t movement. Factors a f f e c t i n g r e h a b i l i …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0106399
language: eng
degree discipline: Social Work
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
scholar level: Graduate
title: The rehabilitation of public assistance recipients : an analysis of rehabilitation possibilities among current social assistance recipients, based on the caseload of the Social Welfare Department, Victoria, June 1952
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40750