Test Bank Empowerment Series An
Introduction To The Profession Of Casual
Work
6th Edition Segal
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
Introduction To The Profession Of Casual
Work
6th Edition Segal
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
