Social Work Under Pressure
A British Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9974481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R I Mawby (Social Work Research Unit, University of Bradford), Rob Mawby (0000-0002-5922-8638, University of Bradford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 47-57 |
| Publication date | 1979-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002087287902200306 |
| OpenAlex | W2032973891 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
ing strike action on a larger scale, and for a longer period, than ever before. To many, such action may seem surprising. Social workers in England have never been parti-cularly well paid, and are in any case seen as protective towards their clients, who are the chief group to suffer from a strike. Why then did the social workers strike? What problems currently face social workers in Britain? Here no attempt can be made to assess the mood of social workers at the time of the strike. However, data collected from questionnaires completed by social workers at a slightly earlier period, 1975, can provide a background to present dis-content.1 Here it will be used to assess the difficulties which social workers considered to be facing them in their work. This study was, unfortunately, limited to one area of England, Bradford, a northern textile city in West Yorkshire. Nevertheless the results are important, not only because of their topicality, but also because they cover areas ignored in most other research. In fact, only four studies in England2 have referred in any detail to social workers’ attitudes towards their jobs- those by Jefferrys (1965) in th’e rural county of
Political science · Social pressure · Sociology · Law · Psychology · Research in Social Sciences · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |