Contemporary Social Policy Course Through this course you will increase your awareness of the extent to which social policy affects all of us in our everyday personal & working lives. It builds on your knowledge by considering substantive areas of social policy, in particular policies on health, community care & housing, & encourages you to think more broadly about the interrelationships between different aspects of social policy & the range of providers of welfare in society. Some of the major debates in social policy will be introduced & considered, as will the various political perspectives that have informed social policy developments. Finally, the implications of these debates for health & social care professionals, particularly in terms of their role in the definition of need & its implications for dependency, is considered.