SW 220, February 5

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SW 220, February 5

• Questions from last week (presentation)
• The Women of Hull House
• History of Soc Wk and Soc Wlf (cont.)

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When last we left..

• Jane Addams, founder of Hull House and the WILPF,
  has won the Nobel Prize. Her belief that people
  are disadvantaged by structural (environmental)
  factors is vindicated by the advent of the Great
  Depression.
• Mary Richmond, popularizer of scientific helping
  (cure the person) is taught in Schools of
  Social Work. Her book, Social Diagnosis, is
  considered the first social work textbook.

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Inching towards professionalization

• 1919 Seventeen Schools of Social Work exist in
  the U.S. and Canada, all teaching psychodynamic
  theory (leading to a more professional image).
• 1920 Women enfranchised
• 1920s Growth of voluntary organizations (e.g.
  YWCA, CWLA, etc. 363 Community Chests by 1930
  (Huff)

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• 1929 Stock market crashes people lose fortunes
  overnight.
• 1933 New Deal establishes major programs to
  combat poverty sw turns its attention (back) to
  social reform
• 1935 THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (designed with
  huge contributions by SWs Harry Hopkins (WPA)
  and Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor).

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• 1936 Emboldened by the success of Bill W. and
  AA, American Assn. for the Study of Group Work is
  formed.
• 1940s having solved the problem of how to
  cope with environmental deficits, the profession
  returns to social casework.
• 1950 First licensing of independent social work
  practitioners, in San Diego (KS 1974).

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• 1955 National Assn. Of Social Workers
• 1958 Is Social Work a Profession? is revisited
  (next slide)
• 1964 War on Poverty Food Stamp Program is
  enacted, Bob Dole is instrumental in this (much
  more on this).
• 1996 Personal Work/Responsibility Omnibus
  Reconciliation Act ( welfare reform)
• 2001 GWB administration moves faith-based
  organizations to the foreground, bringing us FULL
  CIRCLE.

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What is a profession?Absolute
Relative

• Systematic body of theory
• Specialized skills and training
• Formation of professional associations
• Development of Codes of Ethics

• Full-time occupation
• Commitment to a calling
• Identification with peers
• Service orientation
• Authority restrained by responsibility