SOCIAL WORK EVOLUTION IN UK AND US

1. Development of
Professional Social Work in
UK & USA
PRESENTED BY
AMIT KUMAR
MGCU2017SWRK4001
DEPARTMENT OF INTERVENTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL WORK
FACULTY- DR. RASHMITA RAY

2. Content
Introduction
Origin of
Social
History of
Social
In UK
History of
Social Work
In USA

3. Introduction
 MORE THAN CHARITY
 In a professional way
 Scientific way
 Expertise human
relation

4. Origin of Social Work
1750 BC- BABYLONE KING, HAMBRU BAI,
HELPING ON AN OTHER DURING THE TIME OF HARDSHIP IS THE DUTY OF EVERYONE
1200 BC- JEWS
GOD accept them who help people in need
Jesus Christ
Helping others, Loving others is will of GOD
600 AD -Prophet Mohmmad
People had obligation to the poor by paying Jakat (charity)
Rigveda- may one who gives shine most
Upanishad-every house holder must practice charity
Gita-I have no right to eat my food unless I assure my neighbor get food (Krishna)

5. History of Social Work in UK
FEUDAL SYSTEM CHURCH NEEDY PEOPLE BUT RELIGIOUS PARTIALITY(1200 AD
TO 1500 AD)
Renaissance (15th – 17th century) People Rational thinking

6. The Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601
• The able-bodied poor who were forced to work in the house of correction and to
whom citizens were forbidden to give alms.
• The impotent poor who were unable to work; namely are, the sick, old, blind,
mute, lame, and mothers with young children. They were given out-door relief such
as food, clothes, and fuel in their own homes.
• Dependent children, who were orphans abandoned by their parents, or whose
parents were poor, were placed in ‘free homes’ (any citizen who was willing to take
them without charge).

7. Beveridge Report, officially entitled Social Insurance and Allied Services, was an influential document in the founding
of the welfare state in the United Kingdom which was published in November 1942.
Octavia Hill Society, Individual groups go to poor people and help them by providing free medicines, clothes
Settlement House Movement, wealthy students go to slum area and helped
Result- increased awareness in people, University started it as
professional course in UK
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8. History of Social Work in USA
Charity Organization Movement in 1877 New York
1. Reverend S.Humphreys Gurteen, who had been previously in London and was, acquainted with the Charity
Organization Society, organized in 1877, the first society of this type in the United States in Buffalo, New York.
2. The introduction of C.O.S. gained momentum in promoting and enforcing social legislation for improvement
of housing, clearance of slum. The societies established employment bureaus, loan societies,
workshops, laundries, ‘wayfarers’ lodges, shelters, training centers for the rehabilitation of the handicap, blind,
deaf, and crippled. They also created domestic training of girls, hospitals, dispensaries, visiting nurses,
recreation and summer camps, nurseries for young children, and related facilities.

9. HULL HOUSE MODEL
1. The Hull House was founded in 1889 following the visit of Jane Addams to Toynbee Hall
2. Young students, giving nearby adult education, counselling, day care service and gave solutions
Economic depression in 1929
1. Child motivation to follow the right path for their future.
CHILD WELFARE MOVEMENT
1. Welfare activity by Government like federal emergency plan 1931 provided new energy to this movement, gave
unemployment relief.
Result- University adopted social work as a professional course in USA

10. REFERENCES-
1. Evolution of social Work in UK, US and India, by S. Rengasamy, Madurai
institute of Social Sciences.
2. Social Work Practice: History and Evolution encyclopedia
3. Origin and development of Social Work, SCERT.