The study of social service organizations, their structure, strategy, and the quality of services they provide is important to user outcomes of services and for professional development. A sociological perspective defines an organization as a “social unit” constructed to perform a specific function in order to achieve a specific goal (Fulcher and Scott, 2007). How the organization achieves its goals depends entirely on the type of membership, mechanisms and motivations behind the function. This essay will analyze the organizational structure, strategy and culture in the context of the statutory agency, the Children with Disabilities Team (CDT), drawing on practical experience within the team and establishing links to political and political factors and sociological theory. Payne (2005) has argued that social work is socially constructed in practice as well as in theory. With this principle in mind, organizations are as much constructed as the human service professions that operate within them. The role of social work is essentially paradoxical, on the one hand it promotes the rights of vulnerable groups and individuals and on the other hand it is politically constructed to provide elements of social control. Therefore, a social worker's knowledge of organizational theory is essential to understanding how organizations themselves can be a representation of political and ideological structures. CDT provides and commissions a range of services to meet assessed needs, based on guidance issued by the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families (DoH, 2000a). The agency exists and provides services as part of a wider integrated organisation, the Department for Children and Education (DCE), headed by a Director of Services. CDT is a multi-...... middle of paper....../www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/equalityanddiversity/equalityimpactassessments/eiaareaservicesforvulnerablechildren.htm [Accessed 20 November 2009].Wiltshire Council., 2009. Latest News – New policies in place. Available at: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/latestnews.htm?aid=92722 [Accessed 20 November 2009].LegislationCarers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995. Elizabeth II. The Stationery Office, 1995. Equal Opportunities for Carers Act 2004. Elizabeth II. The Stationery Office, 2004. Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000. Elizabeth II. The Stationery Office, 2000. Children Act 1989: Elizabeth II. The Stationery Office, 1989. Children Act 2004: Elizabeth II. The Stationery Office, 2004Disability Act 1995. Elizabeth II. The Stationery Office, 1995. Human Rights Act, 1998. Elizabeth II. The stationery office, 1998.