Chapter 5
Social Work Organizations
Factors That Shaped
Social Work
Immigration
Poverty
Urbanization
Social
Work
Globalization
Social Work Becomes a Profession
1870s
Charity Organization Society
1886–1895 Settlement House Movement: Neighborhood Guild
(NYC-1886), Hull House (Chicago-1889), and
Henry
Street Settlement (NYC-1895)
1915
Flexner – “Social Work Not a Profession”
1919
Assoc of Training Schools for Professional Social Work
1921
American Assoc of Social Workers
1922
Milford Report
1932
American Assoc of Schools of Social Work
1942
Nat’s Assoc of Schools of Social Administration
1952Council on Social Work Education
1955National Association of Social Workers
1995Action Network for Social Work
2010
Social Work Policy Institute/NASW
Social Work and Economic Justice
1843
The Association for the Improvement of the Conditions of the
Poor
1853
The Children’s Aid Society of New York
1886–1895 Settlement House Movement: Neighborhood Guild
(NYC-1886), Hull House (Chicago-1889), and Henry Street
Settlement (NYC-1895)
1904
National Child Labor Committee
1927
International Conference of Social Work, Paris
1930
American Public Welfare Association
1933
Federal Emergency Relief Act
1935
Federal Bureau of Public Assistance
1935
Works Project Administration
1936
National Youth Administration
1964
Economic Opportunity Act (War on Poverty)
Social Work and Social Justice
1886–1895 Settlement House Movement: Neighborhood Guild (NYC1886), Hull House (Chicago-1889), and Henry Street
Settlement (NYC-1895)
1904
National Child Labor Committee
1907
National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes
1930s
The Rank and File Movement
1968
National Association of Black Social Workers; National
Association of Puerto Rican Social Service Workers; The
Asian American Social Workers; and The Association of
American Indian Social Workers
1976
Political Action for Candidate Election
1988
NASW Communications Network
1995
Action Network for Social Work Education
Is Social Work a Profession?
• Based on what assumptions?
• Based on what historical developments?
• Based on what comparisons with other
professions?
• Based on what considerations for future
developments, considering social, cultural,
economic, and other influences?