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+ | A '''social worker''' is someone who works with individuals, groups, and societies in an effort to improve the overall life conditions of the client or population they are engaged with. [[Edith Keeler]] was a social worker at the [[Twenty-First Street Mission]] on [[Earth]] in the [[20th century]]. ({{TOS|The City on the Edge of Forever}}) |
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| + | In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the modern concept of social work originated, a social worker was often an unsalaried volunteer working with the lowest socio-economic groups of society (i.e. street-level social work), and the term was generally synonymous with "charity worker". Edith Keeler was one such example of a typical social worker in that time period on [[Earth]]. |
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By the latter half of the 20th century, Social Work had evolved with professional colleges and associations conferring registration status to its members (thus increasing the regulation and credibility of the profession of Social Work). Various national and international Social Work regulatory bodies had composed and implemented Codes of Ethics to govern the professional behaviour and practices of their registered members. |
By the latter half of the 20th century, Social Work had evolved with professional colleges and associations conferring registration status to its members (thus increasing the regulation and credibility of the profession of Social Work). Various national and international Social Work regulatory bodies had composed and implemented Codes of Ethics to govern the professional behaviour and practices of their registered members. |
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Revision as of 18:40, 28 October 2011
A social worker is someone who works with individuals, groups, and societies in an effort to improve the overall life conditions of the client or population they are engaged with. Edith Keeler was a social worker at the Twenty-First Street Mission on Earth in the 20th century. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the modern concept of social work originated, a social worker was often an unsalaried volunteer working with the lowest socio-economic groups of society (i.e. street-level social work), and the term was generally synonymous with "charity worker". Edith Keeler was one such example of a typical social worker in that time period on Earth.
By the latter half of the 20th century, Social Work had evolved with professional colleges and associations conferring registration status to its members (thus increasing the regulation and credibility of the profession of Social Work). Various national and international Social Work regulatory bodies had composed and implemented Codes of Ethics to govern the professional behaviour and practices of their registered members.
By the late 20th and early 21st centuries, social work had evolved into a secular, regulated, academicized and eclectic profession, with social workers being employed in a wide range of professional practice in both the public and private sector. This included child and family services, corrections (prison) work, employment services, international aid/development, addictions treatment and private counselling, to name a few.
By the 23rd Century, with the disappearance of war, poverty, illiteracy, corruption and criminal activity on Earth, the stated philosophical goals of the social work profession had been largely acheived. The challenges that had been faced by earlier generations of social workers had been addressed and overcome through the implementation of comprehensive and progressive social and economic policies set out in the Charter of the United Federation of Planets.