Burt, Mike,
A history of the roles and responsibilities of social workers : from the poor laws to the present day / Mike Burt. - 1 online resource (x, 302 pages)
"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"--
9781000070392 1000070395 9780429295126 042929512X 9781000071382 1000071383 9781000070903 1000070905
Social workers.
Social workers--Legal status, laws, etc.
Volunteer workers in social service.
HISTORY / Social History
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work
HV40.35 / .B87 2020
361.3
A history of the roles and responsibilities of social workers : from the poor laws to the present day / Mike Burt. - 1 online resource (x, 302 pages)
"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"--
9781000070392 1000070395 9780429295126 042929512X 9781000071382 1000071383 9781000070903 1000070905
Social workers.
Social workers--Legal status, laws, etc.
Volunteer workers in social service.
HISTORY / Social History
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work
HV40.35 / .B87 2020
361.3