SOCIAL POLICY

Social Policy

Social Policy

Introduction

UK has developed into a polarized country, having severe societal and financial exclusions. Increase in scarcity is one of the basic causes of many of the societal evils that are raising community concern. There is significant uneasiness in UK community in relation to the effects of scarcity and the lack of societal fair dealing that this entails. If UK society develops into an inclusive (universal) community in which every person has a share and is capable to take part then the most significant problem experiencing the regime is the termination of scarcity and societal segregation. Being in the position of a civil servant, this report is presented to a government committee on a socially excluded group of disabled people. Moreover, the report will highlight social policies and step to support the inclusion of disabled individuals in the society.

Discussion

Social Exclusion

Social exclusion has its roots in the societal policy of the French communalist Governments in the year 1980 and was often applied to denote a particular group that is unrelated to the entire society (Walker& Walker, 1997). This disparate group of people used to live in the outskirts of the community and, particularly, without getting access to the scheme of the social indemnity. Concept of social exclusion is defined as a multidimensional procedure of community break, separating group of people and individuals from social dealings and institutes and deterring them from taking part in the usual, normatively prearranged actions of the community in which they reside (Lloyd & Patsios, 2007).

The word 'Social Exclusion' is also referred as marginalization. It is a notion that is applied in many areas across the world to characterize present-day structures of societal weakness and downgrading to the edging of the social order. It is a word applied generally in the UK and European Nation, and was first applied in French Society. It is often employed in a number of disciplines that takes account of educational domain, sociological domain, psychological domain, political affairs and financial side.

There are four main scales of social exclusion: economic failure or segregation from sufficient earnings or sources; labour marketplace segregation; employment segregation; and elimination from societal affairs and dealings. Social exclusion is a process in which individuals or group of people are analytically blocked-up from constitutional liberties, options and sources (e.g. accommodation, job, health care services, civil participation, self-ruled involvement and fair treatment through the normal judicial system) that are generally accessible to other associates of community and which are vital to societal assimilation. The resultant distancing or division is frequently linked with an individual's societal category, education background, relations in youth and lifestyles. It also relates to some level to group of individuals with a disability, marginal groups, to associates of Gray Community, to the aged, and to adolescence. Any person who diverges in any apparent manner from the custom of a populace may turn out to be exposed to social rapture or restrained types of segregation (Levitas, 2006).

The results of societal segregation is that exaggerated people or ...