BUREAUCRACY AND SOCIAL WORK
A bureaucracy is a type of organization or subcategory of an organization, Zastrow (2009). It is a system of administration distinguished by clear hierarchy of authority, rigid division of labor, clear defined rules and regulations, specialization and impersonal relationships. The aim of bureaucracy is to help the agency to accomplish the most rational and efficient agency operation. The social work profession fits well with the Weber classic definition of bureaucracy in which that those whose role is to control how the organization functions are in structural position that enables them to do so Breakwell & Rowett (1982). An example from the fieldwork placement, the hierarchy was so vivid and respected that every time services like request for school transport fees, medical transport fees and rental financial help were rendered the social worker had to write the request, followed procedures by writing what is
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By implementing these laws and policies, social workers in an agency need to put them into practice directly to the specified situations. This is because legislative policies are often broad and general in their language, it is then up to the varies departments to interpret the broad language and make it specific enough so that programs can be created and implemented, Rocha (2007). As social work agencies are part of the Social Protection Department, the legislation passes policies such as Adoption Act, Children’s Act to their offices because they deal with children welfare issues. For instance, my supervisor from the fieldwork told me that any every child under the age of 18 is protected by the law, as she or he is considered a child by the Children’s Act. So if abused, the child could be taken from home to a place safer for their welfare when they see it fit alongside the court of