The changing nature of social work

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ID9973750
AuthorsJonathan Beckett (0000-0003-2495-3781, University of Wolverhampton, corresponding author), Jonathan P Beckett (University of Wolverhampton)
Year2017
Volume61
Issue6
Pages968-973
Publication date2017-03-07
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0020872817695645
OpenAlexW2592677801
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited24

Defining the nature of social work can be both complex and nebulous. This article seeks to analyse the three historical strands to the subject: (1) the centralisation of poor relief, (2) the development of the philanthropic ‘settlement’ movement and (3) the proliferation of charitable outreach projects into the community. In so doing, it examines social work and social change, the interface of social work and the law, and the tensions and contradictions within the law governing social work and practice. The boundaries between society, the law and social work practice appear ambiguous, and changes within the state and law have left paradoxes

Centralisation · Economics · Outreach · Political science · Settlement (finance · Social change · Sociology · Subject (documents · Work (physics · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work

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