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A History of the Roles and Responsibilities of Social Workers - From the Poor Laws to the Present Day (Paperback)
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A History of the Roles and Responsibilities of Social Workers - From the Poor Laws to the Present Day (Paperback)
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Tracing the origin of work with the 'impotent poor' under the Poor
Laws, to social workers' current responsibilities towards
vulnerable people, this book introduces the reader to the way in
which the identification of particular social problems at the end
of the nineteenth century led to the emergence of a wide range of
separate occupational groups and voluntary workers, which were
sometimes, but increasingly, referred to as social workers. Using
an extended single chronological historical narrative and analysis,
which draws heavily on original archival sources and contemporary
literature, it addresses the changes which took place as part of
the welfare state and the identification of common roles and
responsibilities by social workers, which led to the formation of
the British Association of Social Workers in 1970. The expansion of
roles and responsibilities in social services departments and
voluntary societies is analysed, and their significance for the
development of social work is evaluated. By highlighting the
changes and continuities in these roles and responsibilities, this
book will be of interest to all academics, students, and
practitioners working within social work, who wish to know more
about the origins of their discipline and the current state of the
profession today.
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