Social Work as a Profession

Publication Date: May 1910

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Louis H. Levin; Sidney E. Goldstein; Philip L. Seaman

Research Area: Banking and finance; Social conditions

Keywords: Professions; Social Services; Communal Organization

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author gives a brief history of the development of the position of professional social worker in the Jewish philanthropic world and an overview of the various tasks incumbent on the social worker in his many roles. In the discussion that follows, Conference delegates critique the lack of a broad general educational program for social workers and the over specialization in the field, and attempt to defend the professional status of the occupation.