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History Of

Social Work“If you can't feed a hundred peopl



Overview

Aout the !rofessionOri"in and #istory$ocial %or& in the (

$ocial %or&) The Indian #e*onclusion



Aout the !rofession $ocial wor&ers have played an i+portant role in

advance+ent of hu+an civiliation since lon" a" They uphold social justice y reducin" ineuality

pro+otin" hu+an ri"hts. $ocial wor&ers try to i+uality of life of unfortunate people in the societthe+ realie their true potential.

This is done throu"h counselin", +ediatin" etwneedy and charitale or"aniations or the "overother activities.

$ocial wor& helps to solve a lot of prole+s in thand it contriutes si"nicantly towards the cultu+oral advance+ent of hu+an&ind.



/eed to nderstand the #is



The diversity of social wor& represents a "reat chsocial wor& research, education and practice in tinternationaliin" and "loaliin" world. This challen"e can e +et successfully only with

philosophical and historical understandin" of thecharacteristics of a particular country - and welfaincludin" the specic traditions of welfare syste+position and role of social wor& within the+.2esearch into the philosophy and history of socia

stren"thens this understandin" throu"h analyin

conceptual and "enealo"ical funda+entals of theof social wor&. This &ind of research contriutes to the theoretic

conception of social wor& which is necessary for develop+ent of social wor& as a +odern profess

a scientic discipline and a research-ased activi



Origins and Modern

History of Social W



All +ajor reli"ions encoura"e people to help the pooof these reli"ions were for+ed thousands of years ait can e said that social wor& ori"inated in the anciwhen hu+an ein"s started to perfor+ charity wor&

In the western world, the rst docu+ented instancesocial wor& occurred durin" the 3rd century, ri"ht aft*hristian *hurch was le"alied y 2o+an 4+peror *

The church set up hospitals, poorhouses, orphana"efor the elderly, and these estalish+ents received "the 2o+an 4+pire.

5y the 6th century, the church had developed an elasyste+ for distriutin" food and other consu+ales

7ater on, it would encoura"e the 4uropean pulic torelief to the unfortunate.



9urin" the :;th century, the industrial led to a lot of social prole+s in 4n"lannited $tates, includin" poverty, disea

+ental disorders, prostitution, and othAs such, there was a "reat need for so*hurches and "overn+ents estalishe

syste+s and laws to provide assistanc

needy, and +any individuals started to"roups and or"aniations to perfor+ so$ocial wor&, as a profession, ori"inated

:;th century



Jane Addams, Mother of Socia

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<ane Adda+s was one of the rst social wor&ers

%hen she was => years old, she visited the Toynsettle+ent house in 7ondon, and she developed aspiration to open a si+ilar house in *hica"o. In partnered with her friend 4llen $tarr to set up a s

house called the #ull-#ouse They "ave speeches aout the social prole+s t

pla"uin" their nei"horhood, raised funds, and eyoun" wo+en to eco+e volunteer social wor&e

After two years, the #ull-#ouse was providin" as

around =,@@@ people every wee&. As she eca+efa+ous in *hica"o, she e"an to ta&e on "reaterresponsiilities, such as foundin" a school of phiconductin" investi"ations on social prole+s, anca+pai"nin" for peace.

or her eBtraordinary e8orts in social wor&, <ane

was awarded the /oel !eace !rie in the year :



Social Work in the U



$ocial upheaval and +ass +i"ration contrisi"nicantly to the evolution of social wor&

The populations of cities were increasin" ddurin" the industrial revolution, and +any were aCicted y poverty and diseases.

The ( "overn+ent responded y o8erin"treat+ent in hospitals, and hospital al+onrecruited to help in the treat+ent of patien

These al+oners were re"arded as social wtheir roles e"an to include other socialresponsiilities in the followin" years.



$ocial wor& in the ( developed as a philanthropic ac+ar"ins of statutory services, social wor& in the =@th eca+e increasin"ly a professional activity, either cardirectly y the state, or carried out y the voluntary s

ehalf.$ocial wor& has een incorporated steadily into statut

+echanis+s since its 'hi"h tide' in the :;>@s/ot only has the state won the ri"ht to intervene in th

individuals, it has e8ectively ta&en control over how tcarried out and y who+.

Doluntary social wor& a"encies cannot now function w+easure of control over their activities y the local auy the le"islature.4ven in the era of Ecare in the co++unityF, it is the lo

which inspects voluntary institutions and "ive out conwor& on its ehalf.



Social Work: The Indian He



India has a lon" history of $ocial %or& of which it can e proud. The concept of concern for others, often in the for+ of ch

has een enshrined in #indu scriptures since ancient ti+

In addition to IndiaFs sacred teBts, there have een +anyindividuals who have sou"ht to provide help for the vulnethose in need.2ecent history has "iven us further eBa+ples of individua

furthered the cause of $ocial %or& in India.2aja 2a+ Mohan 2oy sowed the seed of social and reli"io

his wor& for the aolition of $ati, in addition to supportin"

re+arria"e and wo+enFs education.Iswar *handra Didya $a"ar also advocated for widow re+

wo+en's education, as well as econo+ic self-reliance andpoly"a+y.Gopal #ari 9esh+u&h pro+oted the estalish+ent of dis

+aternity ho+es, and orphana"es.

M.(. Gandhi wor&ed tirelessly for the uplift+ent of wo+ewhen, alon"side his "ht for freedo+ fro+ forei"n rule, h



e!elo"ment of Social #in India



$re% &ritish $eriod to '()

!re-ritish syste+ was do+inated y caste sy

upper caste protected lower caste people in tsa+e diHculties, so+e of the i+portant aspefollows)◦ Joint family: it is li&e a trust sharin" co++on pro

protected a"ed, children and wo+en. It sarved as

◦ +illage commnity: Indian villa"es were indepen

+atters of food, clothin" and shatter. The whole coused to ta&e each other.

◦ +illage Tem"le:In every villa"e there were te+pldonated +oney to the te+ple and under this systeac&ward people were protected.

i th & iti h



ring the &ritish$eriod5efore the advent of the 5ritish, Indian pra

lived in villa"e. Thus the econo+y of the vself-suHcient. 5ut under the 5ritish rule onIndustries were allowed to develop. These econo+ic and or"aniation chan"e

down the econo+ic condition of Indians. A

prole+s are chiey related with health, hchild and wo+an welfare and laour, recrecri+e and social disor"aniation. 9ue to thprole+s the need for or"anied social worealied.



*hristian +issionaries spread educarou"ht the theory of euality, whichelped the social refor+s to attac& custo+s and ineuality.

2aya 2a+ Mohan 2ay started the sa+aj, !andit 2a+ahai started the$a+aj, $wa+i Dive&ananda estalis2a+a&rishna +ission and Annie 5e

started ho+e rule +ove+ent a"ain7ate Gandhi did a lot of wor& in the

social refor+

9ue to the i+pact of the western ed

and *hristian +issionaries, a new te



India !rofessional social wor& is of recent ori"i

9urin" :;@@ onwards, those who were e

social welfare activities found the need osocial wor&ers.

In India, professional social wor& owes ita short-ter+ trainin" course on social seor"anied y the social service lea"ue at

7ater, the rst school of social wor& was :;36 y *li8ord +arshal, who was a pro+issionary and wor&ed in /a"pada. #e cIndian in :;=J and felt the need of trainewor&ers.

7ater on di8erent schools of social wor&



After Inde"endenceIn the Independent India the source o

welfare service are inherent in the coIn order to supervise the social welfar

services, the central social welfare 5oeen estalished.

The oard assists in the i+prove+entdevelop+ent of social welfare activiti Thus, in Indian social wor& is "raduall

e+er"in" as a social oriented profess



*onclusion$ocial wor& has co+e a lon" way to

an i+portant profession in the +odsociety. The scope of responsiilitiesocial wor& has eco+e wider overyears, and social wor&ers reuire +

eBtensive trainin" to perfor+ their e8ectively. As social prole+s "row+odern society, social wor& will co"ain i+portance around the world.



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