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The attitude of the social work profession to its Client Group

The attitude of the social work profession to its Client Group A Professional Journal for the Social Worker and Social Administrator THE ATTITUDE OF THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION TO ITS CLIENT GROUP L. J. TIERNEV AND C. S. BROCKENSHIRE IN THE PAST DECADE considerable attention has been re-directed towards that group of clients loosely classified as problem families and itinerants, although this tendency has been much more marked in Britain and the United States than in Australia. This is rather surprising, as professional social workers in Australia have a great deal of contact with this group, and in many agencies, particularly the family social work agencies, the great bulk of clients come from this group. In this paper we wish to examine the reciprocal relationship between this group of client and professional practice. Most social workers are familiar with certain apparent characteristics of problem families and itinerants, people generally regarded in the Australian community as "no hopers." From a social agency point of view, these clients have continual crises and seem to live on the fringe of perpetual breakdown. Their housing histories reveal frequent and precipitate accommodation changes. They are frequently involved in a morass of debts and show an apparent inability to come to terms with creditors, keep to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

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The attitude of the social work profession to its Client Group

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A Professional Journal for the Social Worker and Social Administrator THE ATTITUDE OF THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION TO ITS CLIENT GROUP L. J. TIERNEV AND C. S. BROCKENSHIRE IN THE PAST DECADE considerable attention has been re-directed towards that group of clients loosely classified as problem families and itinerants, although this tendency has been much more marked in Britain and the United States than in Australia. This is rather surprising, as professional social workers in Australia have a...
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A Professional Journal for the Social Worker and Social Administrator THE ATTITUDE OF THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION TO ITS CLIENT GROUP L. J. TIERNEV AND C. S. BROCKENSHIRE IN THE PAST DECADE considerable attention has been re-directed towards that group of clients loosely classified as problem families and itinerants, although this tendency has been much more marked in Britain and the United States than in Australia. This is rather surprising, as professional social workers in Australia have a great deal of contact with this group, and in many agencies, particularly the family social work agencies, the great bulk of clients come from this group. In this paper we wish to examine the reciprocal relationship between this group of client and professional practice. Most social workers are familiar with certain apparent characteristics of problem families and itinerants, people generally regarded in the Australian community as "no hopers." From a social agency point of view, these clients have continual crises and seem to live on the fringe of perpetual breakdown. Their housing histories reveal frequent and precipitate accommodation changes. They are frequently involved in a morass of debts and show an apparent inability to come to terms with creditors, keep to

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Australian Journal of Social Work – Taylor & Francis

Published: Dec 1, 1958

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