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Vietnam Era _______ Social Work
Expanded
Over half a million people affected in United States
Homelessness
Home Ownership is an important form of
investment and savings
Work is linked to....
Survival
How War Impacts Soldiers...
•Psychological injuries
•PTSD, helplessness, shame, and survivor’s guilt
•Co-occurring problems
•physical, psychological, and substance abuse
Higher risk of uncertainty in (At Risk Communities)
Reasons for enlisting.
•Identification with warrior mentality
•Family tradition of military service
•Benefits of being a member of military
•Escape from difficult life circumstances
Meet Criteria for PTSD
1 in 5 Veterans
2 Housing Options
•Rental housing
•Subsidized housing
•Section 8
•Shared housing
•Halfway houses
•Shelters
•Residential treatment centers
•Hospitals
Work Related Issues (2)
•Unemployment
•Underemployment
•Minimum wage
•Gender inequality
•Harassment
•Lack of union participation
•Occupational health
Industrial revolution... (living standards)
elevated living standards
Client Housing Issues (1)
•Foreclosure
•Landlords
•Slum landlords
•Eviction
•Substandard Housing
Risk Factor For Suicide in Military (1)
Relationship, legal, and financial troubles
Issues Affecting Military Families (1)
•Family separation
•Strain on military families
•Fear for soldier’s safety, living conditions, and health
Spouses lonely, adapting to unfamiliar roles
•Post-deployment
•Household roles/routines require renegotiation
•Soldiers need to reconnect with their children
•Children in military families
•One third between ages 5–12-years-old
•Adjust to relocations
Prolonged periods of separation from parent(s)
Issues Affecting Wounded Veterans (1)
•Adjustment to physical impairments that alter future plans
•Navigating systems of care
•Veteran/ family post-war adjustment
•Social work knowledge
Current Social Trends Related To Work (1)
•Working at home
•Aging workforce
•Gender pay gap starts to close
•Career growth delayed
•Global markets become more integrated
•Job searches are continuous
Social Work Ethics might _____ with Military Codes
Conflict
HUD recommends spending less than __ of household income on housing
30%
Employee Assistance Programs reviewed issues that...
negatively impact job performance
Worker's Demand Reforms (2)
•Equal and universal free education
•Public lands for settlements
•No more abuse of child labor and apprentices
•Restrictions on competitive prison labor
•Better working conditions for women
•Establishment of a ten-hour day
•Governmental control of currency
•The right to organize
•Jobs for the unemployed in public works programs