Showing papers in "International Social Work in 1974"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine one of the major policies of the Social Welfare Commission, which examines the relationship between a Commission and a Department both of which are responsible to the same Minister.
Abstract: Australian Government to evaluate pilot projects under the Aistrolion Aosistance Plan in South Australia. HHORTLYafter the Whiitam Government s was elected in December 1972 a num.. ber of Commissions were formed by the Government. Several of these Commissions, for example the Schools Commission, the Cities Commission, the Social Welfare Commission, have approached their tasks with great ,gusto. In some cases there has been some confusion ower the relationship between a Commission and a Department both of which are responsible to the same Minister. Delineation of Departmental and Commission roles is a topic that needs detailed examination, but this is not the purpose o-f this paper, which examines one of the major policies of the Social Welfare Commission.
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TL;DR: In the United States today, the Social Work profession is subject to, careful scrutiny and undergoing an agonizing reappraisal of its goals, knowledge base and repertoire of intervention skills.
Abstract: * The author is an Assistant Professor in the Community Services ’Degree Programme at Seattle University. Her Social work practice experience and professional training were in both the United States and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). N the United States today, the Social Work profession is subj,ect to, careful) scrutiny and undergoing an agonizing reappraisal of its’ goals, knowledge base and reperto,ire of intervention skills. It would
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on transforming social work aims from merely being &dquo;prob(emoriented and individual-centred) to a source of distinctive contributions to programmes of social development.
Abstract: a part of national efforts towards growth and social equity has widened the professional concern to include the develo~pmental function in the traditional work with marginal groups in the community. A matter of major importance therefore is to transform social work aims from merely being &dquo;prob(emoriented and individual-centred&dquo; to a source of distinctive contributions to programmes of so,cial development.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose that the prevention and diminution of social problems are social work's overarching purpose and that the framework for curriculum development has at least four components: the perso,ns of concern, extant or needed societal resources, the fields for intervention, and modes of intervention.
Abstract: as consultant to UNICEF in family and child welfare in the Philippines, Turkey and Uganda, and as rapporteur for a UNESCO conference in social work education. HERE is wide diversity among the aims T and organizing principles for educational programmes in social work. If we desire more continuity among the level’s of educational preparation and better coherence among the parts of any training programme, a common set of professional purposes and a framework for curriculum planning seem necessary. This paper pro~poses that the prevention and diminution of sociale problems are social work’s overarching purpose and that the framework for curriculum development has at least four components : 1) the perso,ns of concern, 2) extant or needed societal resources, 3) the fields for intervention, and 4) modes of intervention. The rationale for t’hese propo,sals and the meanings of these terms are discussed in this
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TL;DR: In 1973, social scientists from Western Europe and No,rth America met at Delphi upon the invitation of the Nationail Centre for Social Research (and will meet again in 1975) for training & study of intrapnationa' social world experience as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: * Dr. Pelekan is a Professor at the School of Social Welfare of the Society for the Protection of Minor’s, Athens, Greece. REECE is a country that attracts many G foreigners : archaeologists, historians, visiting professors, and tourists of all shapes, sizes and economic means. In 1973, social scientists from Western Europe and No,rth America met at Delphi upon the invitation of the Nationail Centre for Social Research (and will meet again in 1975) for training & study of intprnationa’ social world experience. There was no formal organisation, but the meeting arose from an experi-
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TL;DR: Martin t Shaw as mentioned in this paper discusses some of the ethical problems of behavioura-1ly-o,riented social work practice and reflects the growing recognition of the fact that there are philosophical questions and considerations of particular interest and relevance to students and teachers of social work.
Abstract: * Lecturer in Moral Phitosophy, University of Glasgow. N a stimulating recent discussions 1 Martin t Shaw discusses ’some of the ethical problems of behavioura1ly-o,riented social work practice’. His discussion reflects the growing recognition of the fact that there are philosophical questions and considerations of particular interest and relevance to students and teachers of social work. Shaw quotes Gold~iamonad2 as arguing that ’increasing an individual’s freedom means, in behavioural terms, setting up conditions in which a wider range of response alternatives is available,.’ In be-
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TL;DR: The Minnesota Restitution Centre in Minneapolis has responded to the crisis currently confronting the correctional field by initiating such a programme, which aims at the development off a contractual relationship between the offender and his victim, the diversion of offenders from the prison setting, the conduct of rigorous evaluation research, and the involvement of the larger community in a policy-making role as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: prisons; juwenile institutions, traditional probation and parole services. Too frequently, corrections planners and service deliverers have overloo-ked the plight of the victims, the need for rigorous research accountability and the’ necessity to irivolve the larger community in the planning and delivery of correctional programmes. The Minnesota Restitution Centre in Minneapolis has responded to the crisis currently confronting the correctional field by initiating such a programme. This programme aims at the development off a contractual relationship between the offender and his victim, the diversion of offenders from the prison setting, the conduct of rigorous evaluation research, and the involvement of the larger community in a policy-making role.
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TL;DR: Wodarski as mentioned in this paper reviewed the implementation of behaviour modification techniques in social work practicel and debated issues regarding this area of knowledge and presented a detailed explanation of the various theor etical models (i.e., operant, respondent, and modelling) which provide the foundations of this practice.
Abstract: * Dr. Wodarski is Adjunct Professor of Social Work at the University of Washington, St. Louis, Miss. U.S.A., & Research Director, Group Integration & Behavioural Change Project. N recent years social work theorists have reviewed the implementation of behaviour modification techniques in social work practicel and debated issues regarding this area of knowledge.2 Few theorists have presented a detailed explanation of the various theor etical models (i.e. operant, respondent, and modelling) which provide the foundations of this practice. The lack of a detailed
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TL;DR: * Mr. Gokhale is Assistant Secretary-General of the International Council on Social Welfare and has been Founder Superintendent of the Beggars’ Home in Bombay.
Abstract: * Mr. Gokhale is Assistant Secretary-General of the International Council on Social Welfare and has been Founder Superintendent of the Beggars’ Home in Bombay. ISTCtRiCALLY, Leprosy had been one of H the most dreaded diseases afflicting man-kind. It was disfiguring, disabling, and eventually fatal and since without scientific treatment, its contagiousness remained unchecked, segregation of the leprosy-afflicted was the only recourse left to the society. Now with the discovery of life-saving drugs, leprosy is no longer the dangerous and crippling disease it was. However, the old attitude and prejudice die hard, !leading to continued avoidance and separation of the patient wrhich is not only inhuman but mili-
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TL;DR: In this paper, the merging of the departments of community development and social welfare into the Department of Social Development and the complementary move in the University of Social Work UNZA to teach general m~ethodology of social worn rather than the traditional casework, group work and community organization.
Abstract: a community developer could use. Notice that I use social worker, community devetoper and social development worker interchangeably in this paper. This is in line with the Zambian move to merge the departments of community development and Social Welfare into the Department of Social Development and the complementary move in fhe Department of Social Work UNZA to teach general m~ethodology of social worn rather than the traditional casework, group work and community organization. Nevertheless, there is a real emphasis on the gaining of community development skills. It is felt that the mer-
TL;DR: The contribution of casework to social development is discussed in this article, where the authors argue that casework is a luxury in countries where basic needs are not met, and that planning and social development must centre round community work.
Abstract: FTER experience of teaching social A work students from deveiioping countries in Britain as well as working abroad, I should like to share my thinking on the contribution of casework to social development, in the hope that this will be useful to countries which have fairly recently started Social Welfare planning,. I speak as a casework teacher and practitioner who. trained in Britain in the days when casework &dquo;was&dquo; social work, even if not called by this name: then I was indoctrinated in Freudian and phychoanalytic theory in Canada and the United States in the 1940’s and 1950’s, then came back to Britain in the 1960’s. No~w in the 1970’s I am working in Britain, where the emergence of the Seebo’hm report(1) has led to a complete reorientation of the social services, and much emphasis o-n community work. Sandwiched in between has been experience in developing countries, Uganda, the Sudan, and most recently Bangladesh, where I have just spent a year as Visiting Professor of Sociall Work at the University of Rajshahli. I feel at the outset of this paper that there is an analogy with Marie Anto~inette who, when told that the starving French people had no bread, said &dquo;Let them have cake&dquo;. One can take fhe point of view that casework is a luxury in countries where basic needs are not met, and that planning and social development must centre round community work. Alsa a recent American article was entitled &dquo;Casework is Dead&dquo;,~2~ but the author used this provocative title to prove that in her opinion it was nat. I agree with her and wish to make a p~lea for casework which, white by
TL;DR: The British Home Office set up a research project entitled Intensive Matched Probation and After-care Treatment, which is being carried out by special units in five different parts of England as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: HE British Home Office hos set up a j research project entitled &dquo;Intensive Matched Probation and After-care Treatment&dquo;, which is being carried o~u~t by special units in five different parts of England. The aims of the projects were briefly described in the IMPACT Planning Report as follows: &dquo;Attempts will be made to demonstrate ways in which more intensive and varied treatment can be provided and matched more closely to the needs of different types a-f cases&dquo;. Emphasis was also laid on &dquo;situational treatment&dquo; i.e, intervention, if necessary, in the client’s work, leisure ,and family situations.
TL;DR: The Leeds Emergency Training Course for Social Workers as discussed by the authors adopted an integrated method of teaching on a cross-disciplinary basis throughout the course, and the reasons for adopting the integrated syllabus, factors which facilitated its development, the advantages and disadvantages.
Abstract: N January 8th, 1973, fifty students were admitted for ’two years of study ~‘o,n the Leeds Emergency Training Course for Social Workers, and were introduced to a totally new syllabus which had just been completed and approved. While the contenfi of the syllabus resembled that of the previous two years, it was organised and presented in quite a new way. Orthodox ’demarcation ilines’ (Sociology, Psychology, Social Policy, Social Work Methods) had been abandoned and, instead, an integrated method of teaching on a cross-disciplinary basis throughout the course had been adopted. This article sets out the background of the course, the reasons for adopting the integrated syllabus, factors which facilitated its development, the advantages and disadvant-
TL;DR: In this paper, Galand and de Vos Von Steenwijk describe the conditions of pre-school children in the fourth world with no instruction, recognized emlopyment or political power.
Abstract: * Mile. de Vos Von Steenwijk is Director of the Institut de Recherches et de Formation aux Relations Humaines. Mlle. Galand is psychologist in charge of the pre-school programme of Aide a Toute Detresse Science et Service, to which the Institut is attached. Their article was first published in French in Les Carnets de l’Enface/Assignment Children, no. 25, 1973, under the title Les Enfants du Quart-Monde, and is reprinted here in translation by kind permission of the editors of that journal and of Pere Joseph Wresinski, Secretary-General of Aide a Toute Detresse. (ATD) HE &dquo;fourth world&dquo; is a population gro-up T with no instruction, recognized emlopyment or political power. Right at the foot o~f the social ladder these deprivations may we(!1 be chronic in the same per-
TL;DR: Those charged with developing or implementing a sound social worn education and training programme must decide how to impart information and knowledge to students so that it is useful and retainable.
Abstract: * Dr. Morrison is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology at the Univ. of Kansas Medical Centre. Dr. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Social Work at the Centre, and Associate Director of the Children’s Rehabilitation Unit offiliated with the Centre. EDUCATORS have long grappled with the issue o’f how to impart information and knowledge to students so that it is useful and retainable. This is especially perplexing in the area of social work training, in that preparing students for the propfessional practice of social work entails attitudinal and personal as well as conceptual growth. Those charged with developing or implementing a sound social worn education and training programme must decide how to
TL;DR: The essence of the argument is that the discipline of social’ work can make a large contribution to the successful care and understanding of hospital patients, and that this should represent, not a luxury on the sidelines of surgical or medical activities, but an essentially integrated aspect of them.
Abstract: The essence of my argument is that the discipline of social’ work can make~ a large contribution to the successful care and understanding of hospital patients, and that this should represent, not a luxury on the sidelines of surgical or medical activities, but an essentially integrated aspect of them. Though my arguments represent entirely my sown views there is evidence, presented below, to suggest that many social workers would agree with them.
TL;DR: Obviousty, Stress can be iloo-ked at in many ways, e.g. the G.A.S. (Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome) and his 3 stages alarm, resistance, exhaustion; the somatic changes that take place; t’he transcendental meditation graph on relief from stress.
Abstract: Obviousty, Stress can be iloo-ked at in many ways, e.g. the G.A.S. (Hans Selye’s general adaptation syndrome) (Selye, 1950) and his 3 stages alarm, resistance, exhaustion; the somatic changes that take place; t’he transcendental meditation graph on &dquo;relief from stress&dquo;; the many symptom that reflect something is wrong; the adrenal, thymus, lymph, gastrointestinal and blood pressure changes. What piece of STRESS
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conclude that there is a great need for further definition and demarcation of social activity without making the mistake of expecting neat precision in social activity, which was one of the general conclusions of some of the first small books on community development published by the National Council of Social Service in the early 1960s.
Abstract: a great need for further definition and demarcation, without, of course, making the mistake of expecting neat precision in social activity. Such was one of the general conclusions of some of the first small books on community development published by the National Council of Social Service in the early 1960s. In &dquo;Community Work&dquo;, the first book to bear that precise title, published in 1~968, the conclusion was very much the