History of Social Work

S.Rengasamy
Madurai Institute of Social Sciences

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S.Rengasamy-History of Social Welfare / Social Work

Contents
History of Social Welfare/ Social Work ..........................................................................................................................3 The need to understand history of social work .............................................................................................................3 Framework to understand History of Social Welfare / Social Work ..............................................................................4 Understanding History through Historical Phases .......................................................................................................5 Photos of Walter Friedlander & Simon Patten 9who used the term social work first time) ....................................9 The Settlement House ............................................................................................................................................10 Understanding the History of Social Welfare from various Welfare Traditions .......................................................11 Social Work in historical perspective ......................................................................................................................11 2. Understanding the History of Social Welfare from various welfare Traditions ....................................................11 Three Social Welfare / Social Security Tradition ........................................................................................................11 The Poor Law tradition ...............................................................................................................................................11 Poor Law Tradition ..................................................................................................................................................12 The Poor Law Tradition

References: from the United Nations Organizations relating to traffic in Women and Children •Care of pre-school children including pre-primary education •National Nutrition Policy, national Plan of Action for Nutrition and National Nutrition Mission. •Charitable and religious endowments pertaining to subjects allocated to this Department •Promotion and development of voluntary effort on the subjects allocated to this Department Implementation of •Immoral Traffic in Women and Girl Act. 1956 (as amended up to 1986) . •The Indecent Representation of Women (Prevention) Act, 1986 (60 of 1986). •The Dowry Prohibition Act. 1961 (28 of 1961) •The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 (3 of 1988), excluding the administration of criminal justice in regard to offences under these Acts. •Implementation of the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Food (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 (41 of 1992). •Coordination of activities of Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) •Planning, Research, Evaluation, Monitoring, Project Formulations, Statistics and Training relating to the welfare and development of women and children, including development of gender sensitive data base. •United Nations Children 's Fund (UNICEF) •Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) •National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) •Food and Nutrition Board •Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) (i) Development and popularization of subsidiary and protective foods. (ii) Nutrition extension. •Women‟s Empowerment and Gender Equity. •National Commission for Women. •Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) •The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (56 of 2000). •Probation of Juvenile offenders. •Issues relating to adoption, Central Adoption Resource Agency and Child Help Line (Child line.) •The Children Act, 1960 (60 of 1960). •The Child Marriage – Restraint Act, 1929 (19 of 1929). 43 S.Rengasamy-History of Social Welfare / Social Work 44