A Presentation on the Development of Social Work Through History

This presentation delves into the historical development of social work as a profession, tracing its roots back to the 19th century and the Settlement House Movement pioneered by Jane Addams. It highlights the core principles of social work, including public service, social justice, human dignity, and th...Read More

development of
social work
through the
history

What is social work?
•A profession that people pursues with the solo
purpose of helping others and families in need.
•Social workers perform works to spread awareness.
•Social worker’s work various domains like political
activism, and counselling and encouragement.

Importance of social work
•Services – Pubic services can be demonstrated as the primary goal of
social workers.
•Social Justice – Social workers fights for social justice and social
crimes
•Values – Social workers fight for social dignity of vulnerable persons.
•Human relationship – Social workers spread the awareness of
identifying human relationship.
•Human relationship – Social workers spread the awareness of
identifying human relationship.

Dimension of social work
•Human rights can be classified as an important dimension
of social work
•First zonal rights - These kind of rights are also known as
negativus rights.
•Rights of first zone that are civil and political rights.
•Second zonal rights - defined as posituvus rights status.
•Contains nutrition rights, health and housing rights

Continuation
•Third zone rights - The issues that require people to
collaborate with each other.
•Include environment dealing with living in peace and
balanced world
•Trade utilization in the world and development of
economics.

When was social work done?
•Social work was first initiated as a profession in the
19th century
•Started in United State of America and the U.K
•Jane Addams was the pioneer and the founder of
Settlement house Movement

Industrial Revolution
•Industrial revolution took place in between 1760 to 1840.
•New processes for manufacturing throughout Europe and United
State of America
•Also included the increase in the use of steam power and the factory
system rise.

Social work and industrial
revolution
•Rise in new technologies in Europe and the United State of
America
•People were gathering from all around the world
•The huge amount of employment was generating revenue
•The people were suffering from being homeless

Continuation
•Industrial revolution also spread the rise of
capitalism
•Labor were paid minimal amount of wages

Social work and globalization
•Globalization have effected social work
•Unemployment and migration of labors in
international basis
•Social work have different aspects form country to
country
•Deals with human rights and social justices that are
not given to the labors

Example of Social work
•Child Welfare
•Tobacco, Alcohol and other drugs
•Health Care
•Justice and Correction

Referencing
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