Evolution of Social Case Work: A Historical Overview

Explore the rich history of social case work in the United Kingdom, United States, and India, from charity-based initiatives to the development of professional social work disciplines. Learn about the types of poor individuals identified throughout history and the evolution of relief programs to cater to their needs. Delve into significant landmarks like the enactment of the Elizabeth Poor Law in the UK and the establishment of social work training programs in the early 1900s.

• Social Case Work
• History
• Charity
• Relief Programs
• Professional Discipline

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1. History of Social Case Work BY: URVASHI ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (SOCIAL WORK) C.S.J.M.U, KANPUR

2. History of Social Case Work HISTORY OF SOCIAL CASE WORK IN UK HISTORY OF SOCIAL CASE WORK IN USA HISTORY OF SOCIAL CASE WORK IN INDIA

3. History of Social Case Work in United Kingdom AD 1200-1500: C harity based Work AD 1501-1600: Security for beggars like( Tax and Licensing) AD 1601-1800: Elizabeth PoorLaw (1601): M any reliefsprovision forthe eligible 1 . Work in workhouse (Workhouse Act-1692) 2.

4. Types of Poor Able Bodied Poor: Forced to Work on house of corrections ImpotentPoor:Unable to Work (Sick,Old, Blind) DependentPoor:Orphans ,Deserted

5. AD 1800-1900 In thisbelief on Malthus Theory : More the free servicemore the desire of child 1. Royalcommission(1832):Able Bodied 2. Formation of COS ( charity organization society,1869): 3. 1. Stopped giving charity 2 . C o-ordination in distributionof relief 3. verified each application 4 . C onductInterview 5. Formulated plan fortreatment

6. Statement House Movement Canon Samuel,Augustus Barnet formulateduniversitysettlement house named as Toynbee house Education and C ulturalDevelopmentofPoor Imparting information to poorforimprovement Development of Motivation for Health issues.

7. AD 1900 towards 1899- Social Work trainingwas started and introduced first. 1905- Poor Law Commission: Pension for aged and unemployed. 1906-M ealAct:Providing free meals 1907- EducationAct: Free medical exam of school children. 1911- National Insurance Act:compulsory health insurance to workersbelongs lower income grade 1925:Old age C ontributoryAct:Old age Pension 1941:Beverage C ommittee:SocialInsurance,Public Assistance and children allowance 1944: Disabled person (employment)Act: Employed to disabled person in commercial

8. History of Social Case Work in USA The C olonialPeriod (1620-1776) Civil War & Industrial Revolution(1776-1860) Industrialization (1860-1900) SocialWork Seeking Profession (1900-1930) Highly professionalDiscipline (1930- Onwards)

9. Charity organization society (COS, 1877) at Buffalo Boston (1878) Detailed investigation on application of charity. C entralsystem of registration Co-operation between religion agencies Excess use friendlyvisitors

10. Settlement House Movement Education Training Counselling M ethodsof SocialWork

11. Child Welfare Movement C hildrenAid Society (1853) Prevention ofcruelty to children (1857) NYC OS(1898) : C olumbia University M ary Richmond : FirstSocialWorkerIn US 1917: SocialDiagnosis T reasurerof Baltimore C OS 1. 2. 3. AmericanAssociation ofSchoolof socialwork (1919)

12. History of Social Case Work in India 1. Social Reform in ancient Period (2500BC-AD1200) Nature is C harity (Rig Veda) SocialWelfare ( Yagnas) Vedic Period : Dana associated with religion 2. SocialReform in M edivalPeriod Buddhism,Ashoka, Kanishka: Comprehensive system of social welfare and Support for women welfare. Akbar, Humayun: Prohibited Sati system and abolished slavery

13. SocialReform in M odern Period 3. Raja Ram M ohan Roy:Abolitionof Sati system Ishwar Chand Vidya Sagar: Widow Remarriage, Female Education. M ahatma Gandhi:Peace,Sarvodaya,Non- Violence.

14. References Gordon , Hamilton,(1940) Theory And Practice Of Social Case Work: Columbia University Press.: New York School of Social Work Hollis, Florence (1964) Case Work - A Psychosocial Therapy, Random House, NY Mathew, Grace (1992) An Introduction to Social Case Work Bombay; Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Misra. P.D. (1994) Social Work: Philosophy and Methods. InterIndia Publications, New Delhi Perlman, Helen H (1973) Social Case Work - A Problem solving process, University of Chicago Press, Chicago. (16th) Robert, & Robert Nee (1970), Theories of social case work, (ed) University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Samalley, Ruth Elizabeth (1971), Theory of Social Work Practice; Columbia Univ. Press, NY. Sundel and Sundel (1999) Behaviour Modification in the Human Services, Sage, Newbury Park. Timms, Noel (1964), Social Case Work : Principles and practices, Rutledge and Kegan Paul., London Trevithick (2005) Social Work Skills, A Practice Hand Book, Open University Press, London. Upadhyay, R.K (2003) Social Case Work, Rawat, Jaipur