SOWK 1011 Chapter Notes -Charity Organization Society, English Canada, Wdtk
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September 23- chapter 3- the history of social work (pg. In the 20th century it shifted to the provision of food and other necessities to people in need in their own homes and later to the provision of cash. From mid-20th century the state played an important role: after ww2 social welfare expanded and so did the social work profession. Private charities: an early approach to social work that involved private individuals and religious organizations that provided material relief to the poor. There were two religious thrust that underlie the subsequent history of divergent views of social work: native, protestant, and missionary- expressed concern of pious and rather well-established people for those whom they received as strangers and outsiders. Immigrant groups- as forms of mutual aid and solidarity in a threatening environment. Early charity organization: the roots of social work. In the 19th century public assistance in english canada was guided largely by the example of england.
