Social Work in Britain, 1950-1975

A Follow-Up Study, Volume 2
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-24549-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1978, Social Work in Britain, 1950–1975, a two-volume work, describes and analyzes the main developments in the education and employment of social workers during the twenty-five years 1950–75. These developments are placed within the context of unprecedented rapid change within both the statutory and voluntary social services.

This book examines in detail every aspect and method of contemporary social work, including childcare, probation and prison welfare, medical social work, family casework, residential care, psychiatric social work, services for the elderly and the handicapped, education welfare, the youth service, group work, and community work. Above all, it evaluates the nature of the changes that occurred and the response of a young and emerging profession to these developments: to structural changes in the social services resulting from the Kilbrandon and Seebohm reports; to the changing role of voluntary agencies and the growing use of volunteers; to the growth of professional associations; to the massive increases in the number of those undergoing training and education in the universities, polytechnics and colleges; and to the development of new theories of social work and of social work research. Throughout the book, Dame Eileen compares and contrasts the achievements, problems, and outlook of the 1950s with the mid-1970s.

This is a unique and comprehensive study based on first-hand knowledge, wide reading, and considerable consultation with key people in the public and voluntary services, the training councils and in the field. It will be an invaluable resource for social workers, administrators, social work educators and researchers of social work.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Younghusband, Eileen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Curricula: Planung und Entwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Education for social work 1. Developments in education for social work 2. The changing content of teaching 3. Curriculum planning and educational method: post-qualifying courses 4. Fieldwork and field teaching 5. In-service training and staff development 6. Contributions to social work education 7. Characteristics of the training councils in the 1960s: the Seebohm report’s recommendations on training: and in the early days of the central council for education and training in social work Part 2: Developments in social work theory and practice 8. Changes in casework theory and practice: social work with groups 9. Consumer reactions to casework 10. Had social work become a profession? values and a code of practice 11. Social work and social research 12. Some professional associations in social work 13. Functions and staff in residential care: training for residential care 14. Social work and hostels for special groups Part 3: People with special problems 15. Social work and groups with special problems 16. Social work and violence in the home 17. Social work with unmarried mothers: one-parent families Part 4: Beyond the bounds of social work?  18. Community work 19. Training for community work 20. The youth service: training for the youth service 21. Counselling and education welfare

Über Autor(innen)

Eileen Younghusband (1902–1981) was an internationally renowned British social worker.