A history of the roles and responsibilities of social workers : from the poor laws to the present day / Mike Burt.
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TextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (x, 302 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781000070392; 1000070395; 9780429295126; 042929512X; 9781000071382; 1000071383; 9781000070903; 1000070905Subject(s): Social workers | Social workers -- Legal status, laws, etc | Volunteer workers in social service | HISTORY / Social History | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social WorkDDC classification: 361.3 LOC classification: HV40.35 | .B87 2020Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement Summary: "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 19th 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"-- Provided by publisher.
"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 19th 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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