Showing papers in "International Social Work in 1979"
TL;DR: The United Nations social welfare advisory services program and bi-lateral technical assistance activities were widely used after the second war to start or improve schools of social work in Asia and, to a lesser extent, in Africa and Latin America as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Much has been said and written about Western influence on socicrl work education throughout the developing world, and this influences has indeed been considerable. Through the United Nations social’ welfare advisory services program and bi-lateral technical assistance activities, western educators were widely used after the second war to start or improve schools of social work in Asia and, to o lesser extent, in Africa and Latin America. American educators were recruited to introduce new areas of study (primarily casework) into establishes schools in Europe and Latin America, and tended to serve as role models for scores of foreign students who flocked to the United States to obtain what they and the world regorded as the ultimate in professional education for social work. In the developing world, and particularly in Asia, western educators as a group were universaily admired and emutated. Upon return to leadership roles in their
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TL;DR: In this article, a pilot study aimed at reducing the gap between learning and practice by giving students the opportunity to conduct interviews in a setting as close to actual fieldwork as possible.
Abstract: A pilot study aiming at reducing the gap between learning and practice by giving students the opportunity to conduct interviews in a setting as close to actual fieldwork as possible.
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TL;DR: This paper critically reviews various adult education programs in Tanzania, particularly focusing on "Literacy for Working" and radio programs with discussion groups.
Abstract: Since the Arusha Declaration in 1967, Adult Education in Tanzania has become a major instrument in national development. Programs in literacy, health care and hygiene, and in the acquisition of tec...
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TL;DR: Silverman et al. as discussed by the authors pointed out that one of the increasingly important spheres of professional concern in recent years has been the ireactions and coping patterns associated with various forms of natural and man-induced disasters.
Abstract: ness in the sense that most of the established patterns of behaviour are suddenly found inadequate. And, as Golan and Vashitz (1974)~ have soid, &dquo;one of the increasingly important spheres of professional concern in recent years :has been the ireactions and coping patterns associated with various forms of natural and man-induced disasters.&dquo; In such situations, it has been &dquo;a long and well-established tradition&dquo; in social work to pay special attention to children and their welfa.re (Silverman, 1977).z
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarise the policy issues that have preoccupied governments and theorists alike: what should be the relative tax/benefit treatment of parents and childless couples at various income levels and what are the best methods to achieve this differential treatment (tax allowances, tax credits or cash transfers or some combination of these instruments)?
Abstract: The paper first summarises the policy issues that have preoccupied governments and theorists alike: what should be the relative tax/benefit treatment of parents and childless couples at various income levels and what are the best methods to achieve this differential treatment (tax allowances, tax credits or cash transfers or some combination of these instruments) ? It then describes the instruments actually used in practice in OECD member countries under tax and transfer systems. Finally, it illustrates the results of the interaction of the various instruments by comparing what happens in practice to the disposable income of parents and childless couples at two different income levels.5
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TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper briefly discuss four significant social policy areas in the Peoples Republic of China: marriage and family; family planning; child care, and health care, focusing on the impact that the social system has upon individuals in China.
Abstract: The author was recently invited by the Chinese Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries to visit China on a special U.S.-China Relations Tour. One of the most impressive characteristics of the visit was the impact that the social system has upon individuals in China. Consequently, China's human services structure is designed to cooperate in the building of a strong, socialist state. This article is an attempt to briefly discuss four significant social policy areas in the Peoples Republic of China. These policy areas include: marriage and family; family planning; child care, and health care. These particular social policy areas will have a major influence as to whether China will have the domestic resources in order to achieve its goal of the four modernizations (agriculture, industry, national defense and science and technology). For those of us who perceive ourselves as world citizens, China should be of special interest because it now cares for over one-fifth of the total world population.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a questionnaire was designed to focus on material aspects of living conditions and a test for reliability was completed and is discussed, and for the purposes of this scale the terms materials conditions and living conditions are taken to be synonymous.
Abstract: T HE production of research based on JL an examination of case records is difficult because important pieces of information are frequently either missing or unreliably reported. One such problem is the evaluation of ’living conditions’. A questionnaire was designed to focus on material aspects of living conditions and a test for reliability was completed and is discussed. Hence, for the purposes of this scale the terms materials conditions and living ~conditions are taken to be synonymous. ’
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TL;DR: The post-industrial era, characterized by irregular and faltering economic growth accompanied by marked structural changes, has prompted shifts in values which further undermine remaining historic social structures and social policies as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: * Professor of Economics, Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306. THE post-industrial era, characterized by irregular and faltering economic growth accompanied by marked structural changes, has prompted shifts in values which further undermine remaining historic social structures and social policies. Under conditions prevailing during the past three decades, new human problems have emerged and the nature of old problems has been altered. We have become a service-oriented, government-reliant society with a strong preference for outlays supporting health, education, and welfare (public assistance) transfers which now total about $400 billion annually. But the future of many programs will depend on public priorities and program-specific accountability in a period of serious inflation control and slow economic
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed the childcare arrangements of working mothers and inquires into the existing resources for meeting this demand both within and outside the household, and concluded that demand for extramaternal childcare of both custodial and developmental nature is not fulfilled by existing resources.
Abstract: One of the changes brought about by the increasing employment of women outside the home is the demand for both custodial and developmental care for their pre-school age children 1. The demand situation for extra-maternal child care in Nigeria seems to be aggravated by the gradual erosion of the traditional resources for extramaternal childcare such as the community of friends and relations, hired nursemaids and servants, and the inadequate provision of extrafamilial institutions such as nurseries and daycare centres. Rather than quantify the demand for extramaternal care for children, this study assesses the childcare arrangements of working mothers and inquires into the existing resources for meeting this demand both within and outside the household. It is concluded that demand for extramaternal childcare of both custodial and developmental nature is not fulfilled by existing resources.Therefore, it is being suggested that an inventory of existing pre-school institutions such as nurseries and daycare cen...
TL;DR: In this paper, the author said: "Besides, Bouna could only take you for a ghost. You have to realise this. When men decreed you were mad, you were treated as a madman.
Abstract: "Besides you are dead yourself. You have to realise this. When men decreed you were mad, you were treated as a madman. When they decreed you were dead, Bouna could only take you for a ghost. Whatev...
TL;DR: In Australia, a first attempt to map the scope and efficiency of school welfare provision offered in each of the seven States of the Commonwealth was recently competed, as one of a number of studies commissioned as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: has progressively increased during the past decades. Guidance officers, councellors, school social workers and immigrant welfare officers, school health personnel, and youth employment officers are among the various specialists now to be found in and around secondary schools in many western countries, a team that has grown up piecemeal by a largely unplanned process of agglome~ration. In Australia, a first attempt to map the scope and efficiency of school welfare provision offered in each of the seven States of the Commonwealth was recently competed, as one of a number of studies commissioned
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest the continuing seminar as a framework for action research and training and suggest that such an approach may reduce the conflict of loyalties and provide social workers with a meaningful opportunity for professional growth.
Abstract: The increase in the need for social services and the decrease in available resources may intensify the conflict between professional and organizational loyalties of social workers. Unless this conflict is resolved social workers will remain frustrated and uncooperative. The paper suggests the continuing seminar as a framework for action research and training. It suggests that such an approach may reduce the conflict of loyalties and provide social workers with a meaningful opportunity for professional growth.
TL;DR: As Minister for Social Services and Development in my county, the Phili’pPlines, had given me a profound understanding of the dimension and complexity of poverty and human misery, and the immensity of the chaHenge posed by them as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: as Minister for Social Services and Development in my county, the Phili’pPlines, had given me a profound understanding of the dimension and complexity of poverty and human misery, and the immensity of the chaHenge posed by them. In a sense, my present duties ore a natural extension of my previous work, except that it is no longer restricted to one country, but embraces all the children of the world.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify various steps in the rational planning process and discuss major issues involved in the steps and the major steps in social planning process may be delineated as follows:
Abstract: * Professor and Chairman, Administration, Policy and Organization, Jane Addams College of Social Work University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. THE purpose of this paper is to identify various steps in the rational planning process and to discuss major issues involved in the steps. Social planning process refers to logically sequential activities involved in choosing a preferred alternative for accomplishing the goals of a social policy. The major steps in social planning process may be delineated as follows:
TL;DR: This article pointed out that the almost complete abuse of the treatment of inmate families by the slate; and where there are attempts at treatment, one finds serious mistakes in the method and manner.
Abstract: Research on the subject of inmate families points out sharply the almost complete abuse of the treatment of inmate families by the slate; and where there are attempts at treatment, one finds serious mistakes in the method and manner. Research that has been carried out in England5 raises arguments against community welfare for p~recisely the reason that welfare officials are not aware of the problems of the families of inmates. In addition, one finds criticism of prison welfare workers because they do not maintain contact with inmate families, are not familia.r with their problems, and therefore cannot properly help the inmate. There is abundant research which focuses on financial problems, yet the mental-emotional problems
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a set of practices to increase mutual understanding and collaborative evaluative efforts in social work clinicians, administrators, and researchers, where the administrator, clinician and searcher utilize it in separate rather than interlocking pathways.
Abstract: Questions of service effectiveness, and helpfulness are challenging social work clinicians, administrators and researchers. Evaluative research, has been utilized to meet this challenge. However, too infrequently the administrator, clinician and re searcher utilize it in separate rather than interlocking pathways. Presented are practi cal suggestions to increase mutual understanding and collaborative evaluative efforts.
TL;DR: This article found that social workers derive considerable satisfaction from working with clients, but identify organisational issues, work pressures and scarce resources as their main obstacles to working well with clients in social work.
Abstract: cover areas ignored in most other research. In fact, only four studies in England2 have referred in any detail to social workers’ attitudes towards their jobs those by Jefferrys (1965) in th’e rural county of Buckinghamshire, Nursten and Pottinger (1970) in an earlier Bradford study, Goldberg and her colleagues in Southampton (Neill et al., 1973, 1976), and Shields (1978) in Sh’effield. These studies suggest that social workers derive considerable satisfaction from working with clients, but identify organisational issues, work pressures and scarce
TL;DR: The Northern Ireland and Probation and After Care Service employs 100 Probation Officers of whom 40 per 100,000 people as discussed by the authors, with a province-wide ratio of approximately 35 per100,000.
Abstract: state sponsored and since 1973 has been under the control of fou’r Area Health and Social Services Boards.1 The number of social workers ’has roughly doubled in the last ten years with a province-wide ratio of approximately 35 per 100,000 though this ratio is less satisfactory in areas of greatest need, which are also the areas of greatest unrest. The Northern Irel’and Probation and After Care Service also employs 100 Probation Officers of whom 40 ara receni
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between professionals and volunteers and the types of socialwork activities in which these volunteers were involved in providing personal social services in Great Britain. But they focused on the use of volunteers by social work professionals employed in the statutory sector.
Abstract: This is an account of the findings of the study commissioned by the British Association of Social Workers. The study broadly concerns use of volunteers by social work professionals employed in the statutory sector which provides personal social services in Great Britain. It examines the nature of relationships that exist between Professionals and Volunteers; and the types of socialwork activities in which these volunteers
TL;DR: In this article, a simple procedure for deriving, from census data, a more realistic estimate of the number of one-parent families in Australia is presented, based on a single-parent family count.
Abstract: Despite the steady growth in their numbers, very little is known of single-parent families in Australia. Even estimations of the number of one-parent families are often crude and inaccurate. This paper outlines a simple procedure for deriving, from census data, a more realistic estimate of the number of one-parent families.
TL;DR: The two studies discussed in this paper highlight some of the current trends in Batchelor of Social Work programmes which have been accredited by the Council on Social Work Education since 1974.
Abstract: Baccalaureate social work personnel in the United States have gone through a significant transformation during the past decade Always a significant part of the social work labour force, they are now being prepared to assume a profes sional role The two studies discussed in this paper highlight some of the current trends in Batchelor of Social Work programmes which have been accredited by the Council on Social Work Education since 1974 As this transition continues into the 1980's, the Baccalaureate practitioner will play an increasingly important role in the delivery of social services in the US