History of Social Work: Mary Richmond and Social Case Work

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Holland ◽  
Jonathan Scourfield

‘Community social work’ shows that social work in communities has played an important role throughout the history of social work and is still relevant and widespread today as, despite the case work model being dominant in the Global North, it is central to the delivery of social welfare in the Global South. It explains how social work addresses societal inequalities and improves distribution of resources and attempts to work nearer the ‘macro’ rather than ‘micro’ level of human society. The different forms of community are considered before looking at contemporary community social work and the future of community social work.


2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Isabel Rose ◽  
Daria Hanssen

Although the feminist perspective has been significant throughout the history of social work, its presence in the contemporary profession seems less prominent. This qualitative pilot study explores the views of social work educators (N=56) on the role of the feminist perspective in social work education and their experience with student responses regarding the tenets of feminism as applied to social work education and practice. Although a majority of respondents expressed support for integrating feminism into the curriculum, some sought guidance on the presentation of the feminist perspective in social work education and practice. In addition, an analysis of social work scholarly periodicals for feminist topics and perspectives revealed an apparent fading of feminism in the literature.


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