•History of social work in UK and USA

•The movement began primarily in the United States and England.

History of England is divided into 7 phase:

1.Primitive stage

2.From 1200A.D- 1500A.D

3. 15OOA.D- 1600A.D

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4.The Elizabethan Poor law of 1601

5.Poor law reform(1834 A.D)

(Royal commission for inquiring into the administration and practical operation of the poor laws was formed

6. Poor law commission (1905A.D):

Royal commission on the poor laws and relief of distress was formed

7. The Beverage report(1941A.D)

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•Social work as a profession originated in the 19th century

•After the end of feudalism, the poor were seen as a more direct threat to the social order, the state formed an organized system to care for them.

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•In England, the Poor Law served this purpose. This system of laws sorted the poor into different categories, such as the able bodied poor, the impotent poor, and the idle poor. This system developed different responses to these different groups.

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žThe 19th century ushered in the Industrial Revolution.

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žThere was a great leap in technological and scientific achievement, but there was also a great migration to urban areas throughout the Western world.

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ž This led to many social problems, which in turn led to an increase in social activism.

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•Social upheavals and mass migration contributed significantly to the evolution of social work in UK

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•The UK government responded by offering free treatment in hospitals

•Hospital almoners were recruited to help in the treatment of patients.

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•The first social workers were called almoners, and were based in medical institution

•The Royal Free Hospital hired Mary Stewart as the first almoners in 1895

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•Her role was to assess people requesting treatment at the hospital

•Organized and scientific charity

•Charitable work flourished in industrialized countries from 19th century onwards

•Such work led to organizations being formed by the middle and wealthy classes to provide relief and welfare to the poor and less privileged

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•In later half of the 19th century, there was formed two types of organized and scientific charity approaches:

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•Charity organization society (cos), England in 1869

•Settlement houses: Samuel Barnett founded Tonybee Hall