Mary E. Richmond ( 1861-1921 )

The practice of social work has evolved from three major movements, The Charity Organizations, Settlement Houses, and Child Saving Movements. “Charity organization societies were developed by philanthropists to regulate the use of charitable agencies by the poor” (pg. 52). This society was organized to assist the needy, but also to ensure that they only received help from one charity. There is a stigma that people should not be helped too much or they will become reliant on the assistance of the government. Our role as a social worker is to make sure that people are getting as much assistance as they need. Some people have no choice and do have to rely on

Her commitment to change social welfare, Richmond took on many active roles throughout her historical journey. Mary Richmond helped to create professionalism throughout social work, and created a social framework of social casework that influenced the importance of direct social interaction and social connections. While working with a Baltimore Charity Organization Society in 1888 Richmond began promoting the need for the education setting for the study of case work and the significance of formal social work education. The Charity Organization Society became to be one of the first charity organizations to develop a structural framework; providing social services and foundations for impoverished children, families, and those disabled. Throughout her contributions, Richmond provided insight on the idea of charity work and evolving it into modern day social work.

According to (Dulmus & Sowers, 2012, p.106), the history of social work is one of an old religiously grounded ethos of offering, aid and comfort. This shows that social work has been around for quite a long time, helping the unfortunate and it has developed more throughout these past centuries. The profession was largely shaped by Westerns idea and events. (Chenoweth &McAuliffe, 2015, p.32). The ideas and events included could have been war, poverty and other social reforms. That is when social welfare was needed to give aid and help solve these issues. Social work largely expanded in England in the 16th during the Elizabethan poor laws and later on in America between 17 and 18th century (Dulmus & Sowers, p.6). This essay is going to focus on how social work has evolved or changed for the better from the 1960s till present.

The job of a child welfare worker appears to be a demanding profession that promotes the child’s safety, but also strengthens the family organization around them in order to successfully raise the children. This child welfare workers work in the system known as the Child Protective Services whose initiative is to protect the overall welfare of the child. The short novel From the Eye of the Storm: the Experiences of a Child Welfare Worker by Cynthia Crosson-Tower demonstrates the skills necessary to deal with the practice of social work along with both its challenges and its happy moments. The novel consists of some of the cases involving Tower’s actual career in social work. In reading the book, I was able to experience some of the actual

From the humble beginning of Social Work there have been many people who have tirelessly worked, fought, and dedicated their life advocating for the people in our world who are disadvantaged. Furthermore, many of these people have been women who not only were strong enough to fight for the rights of others, but also had to fight the forces whom thought that women where in some way second hand citizens themselves. These women were brave and determined enough to break out of the box that society placed them in, and stand up for the social injustices that they seen taking place, and try to make a difference. Of the many women from the early days of Social Work none fought harder for social reform than Grace Abbott. Grace Abbott spent her life

Mrs. Mary Church Terrell was a Civil Rights Activist, Women’s Rights Activists and Educator who lived between 1863-1954. Compared to other black women in her time; she lived a life of privilege due to the success of her family’s businesses. Her mother, Louisa Ayres Church, owned a hair salon and her father Robert Reed Church was the first black millionaire in the South. His business dealt with real estate dealings. Both of her parents were former slaves who managed to turn their lives around. Mrs. Terrell grew up in Memphis, Tennessee alongside her parents and younger brother.

In today’s society, many prominent people have dedicated their lives to serving mankind. A woman who dedicated countless hours to the nursing and social work field to help the less fortunate is Lillian Wald. Lillian Wald is a humanitarian who sacrificed her life and career to help under-privilege families in a Jewish community located in Rochester, New York (Henry Street Settlement, 2014). The legacy of Lillian Wald continues to serve thousands today, which is known as the Henry Street settlement (Henry Street Settlement, 2014). Lillian is an influential figure in the history of social work along with paving the way for others to have an opportunity to assist their community.

The profession of social work has been in the health care field ultimately since the beginning of the health care system. However, throughout the years, the roles of the social worker and their prevalence have changed just as much as the system itself.

Mary Winston Jackson was born on April 9, 1921, in Hampton, Virginia. Her parents are

In 1906, Ida had a failed relationship, and her sister-in-law wanted Ida to attend school in Massachusetts with her and her brother. Ida attended the Boston School for Social Workers, and lived with her brother in Massachusetts (Praglin, 2007). Ida volunteered at the Massachusetts General Hospital with the help of her brother before graduation in 1907, and helped others develop programs for the facility. Ida was introduced to Richard Cabot that helped Cannon develop Cabot’s program. Ida has made so many contributions to not only the Massachusetts, but to the social work field today.

The authors of this analysis aspire to practice in three very different areas of social work in the future, including private practice, education, and the criminal justice field,

The nature of this paper is to find one’s place in the social work profession, to know and appreciate its history, to gain some context of various individual who influenced the development of the field, and to acquire historical information about how societies have responded to those in need. The intent is to outline Jane Addams path to working in the field of social work. In addition, this paper will describe her most important contribution(s) to the field. Lastly, there will be an explanation of how the study of Jane Adams will inform one’s social work practice.

Mary’s Grandmother had begun a savings program for Mary’s college and the fund paid for Mary to attend undergraduate college at Florida Atlantic University. Mary had chosen Social work for her college education, which she continued as an advanced standing student and she received her Master’s degree in Social work in less than five years. Part of both undergraduate and graduate school Mary did internships at behavioral health facilities, where she became involved with persons struggling with chemical addictions. Mary liked and enjoyed this work so she went to work at a private facility for substance abuse. It was shortly after she began working at the facility when a Clinical Director from another office in West Palm beach, came to her and discussed Mary taking over the position as the Clinical Supervisor at the Port St Lucie office.

Now this work will attempt to examine the different approaches that feminists apply to social work. According to Collins English Dictionary, “social work” means “social services that give help and advice to the poor, the elderly, and families with problems.” (www.collinslanguage.com). It is very hard to define social work as its work is so varied and sparse within society today. Feminist social workers tend to work more with women and help them to understand and alleviate their problems. Dominelli (1997: 246) postulates “ I define feminist social work as a form of social work practice which takes gendered inequality and it’s elimination as the starting point for working

Consequently, in the professional literature, there is a wide gap to be filled in the need for a critical perspective within the profession. We feel that the important contributions made by outside groups- Gay liberation, the women’s movement, mental patients’ union, trade unions and tenants’ associations- reflect lack of confidence in social workers, usually with good reasons. It is not intended to demoralize those social workers who are themselves conditioned and controlled by the very institutional structures, in which they work, but to make them aware of contradictions, and to assist them to develop critical action.