The social worker speaks [ a history of social workers through the twentieth century

"Since the war, histories of social work have concentrated on practice theory and methods, developments instigated by legislation, university training and professional status, but there has been little attention paid to who social workers were, what they believed, what they actually did, and wh...

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Main Author: Burnham, David Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Surrey, England : Ashgate , c2012
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Online Access:http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/ASHGATEB0000843/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-205) and index 
505 0 |a 1. 1904-1914. Visiting societies, the poor law and local activists -- 2. 1904-1914. Missioners, inspectors, lady visitors and Mr Cramp the almoner -- 3. 1914-1930. The Great War and after: a new breed -- 4. 1919-1939. Public assistance: new ideas, old attitudes? -- 5. 1939-1948. The impact of the Second World War -- 6. 1948-1970. Social workers: public servants -- 7. 1948-1970. Training, outsiders and themes -- 8. 1971-1979. Seebohmising -- 9. 1980-1989. This is alright 
520 |a "Since the war, histories of social work have concentrated on practice theory and methods, developments instigated by legislation, university training and professional status, but there has been little attention paid to who social workers were, what they believed, what they actually did, and what they thought of what they did. If part of the aim of this book is to remedy this partial coverage, another aim is to offer a more human history of social workers. There is too little celebration or humour in what has been published about the history of social workers; The Social Worker Speaks deliberately includes stories of how social workers behaved, their frustrations and triumphs, passions and occasional sins. So this is deliberately not a history of social work, but a history of social workers - the first of its kind"--Provided by publisher 
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