CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIAL WORK
“Participation is considered a tool for reforming public services and for providing services that are better suited to people’s needs and that are more efficient” (Brody et al., 2006, p. 6).
The third sector, which includes the volunteer and nonprofit sector, has a great benefit for the welfare state, and often shoulders a large percentage of social services in the field of social work (Evers et al., 2004, p. 14).
It is hoped that by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of how youth conduct their work in the volunteer sector the result will be noticeable benefits to our social services.
The focus on indirect volunteering is also relevant to understanding how social services are carried out by volunteers at a macro-practice level.