Empowerment Series An Introduction to the Profession
of Social Work 6th Edition Segal Test Bank
Social work emerged as a professional activity during the late 19th century. -
ANSWER It's roots lie in early social welfare activities, the charity organization
movement, and the settlement house movement
The national conference of charities and correction was formed in 1879 - ANSWER
To address social problems such as poverty, crime, and dependency
The membership of the national conference, composed primarily of - ANSWER
Public officials and volunteer members of the state boards of Charities and
correction, Was concerned with the effective and ministration of welfare programs
and the humanitarian reform of welfare and institutions
Almshouses ( A fundamental institution for American poor relief) - ANSWER
Contained the insane, the puapers, the feebleminded, the Illigitimate and dependent
children, the prostitute and unmarried mothers, or such of them as were abjectly
destitute, not otherwise provided for
S. Humphreys Gurteen Founded the first US charity organization society (COS) in
1877 in Buffalo New York - ANSWER Gurteen was impressed with the work of the
London Society for Organizing Charitable Relief and Repressing Mendicany Has nd
recommended adopting this societies organizational structure
By 1892, the number of branches of the COS in the United States had increased to
92
Efforts of the charity organization movement were directed chiefly at the
administrating social services through private charities - ANSWER Based on the
belief that receiving Charity corrupted individuals character and motivation, a "paid
agent" directed "friendly visitors" to meet with applicants regularly
Friendly visitors provided encouragement and served as models of moral character -
ANSWER The demand for trade workers led to the gradual replacement of
volunteers with professional staff
Mary Richmond - ANSWER First involved with charity work as a staff member of
the Baltimore COS.
As a prominent leader and charity organization activities, she was instrumental in
shaping the course of the social work profession.
Her books:
Social diagnosis- Outlined assessment techniques
What is social case work- Provided a definition of the casework method
, The history of the COS shows the services were provided almost exclusively to white
families - ANSWER It was the general feeling amongst you a staff members that it
was wiser to concentrate on problems of poverty among the whites, leaving
problems among the color for the future
Memphis COS operated The Colored Federated Charities, - ANSWER a black
auxiliary to the organization, which had its own black Board of Directors, operated
with its own workers, and conducted it's own fundraising activities
COS work also included community organizing activities - ANSWER Preventing
tuberculosis,
addressing housing problems,
curtailing child labor
The New York COS - ANSWER began its own publication
founded the first school of social work conducted field research
(Now the Columbia university of social work)
Many identify the COS's response to individuals needs as the genesis of social
casework - ANSWER
Settlement house movement - ANSWER Began in London in the late 19th century
when Samuel Barnett founded Tonybee Hall
Barnett converted the rectory of his parish into a neighborhood center and recruited
university students to live at the center and work with families in the neighborhood
Stanton Coit (Based on his experience at Tonibee Hall) - ANSWER Establish the
first settlement house in the United States, the Neighborhood Guild of New York
City.
Organize into a set of clubs which are by themselves, or an alliance with those of
other neighborhood, to carry out, the reforms of domestic, Industrail, educational,
provident, or recreative— which the social ideal demands. It is an expression of the
family idea of cooperation.
Chicago's Hull House - ANSWER Started by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in
1889
Chicago Commons - ANSWER Graham Taylor 1894
Boston's Andover house - ANSWER Robert woods 1891
New York City Henry Street settlement - ANSWER Lillian Wald 1893
The settlement house movement - ANSWER Combined social advocacy and social
services to respond to the social disorganization that resulted from wide spread
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