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Author Starkey, Pat.

Title Families and social workers : the work of Family Service Units, 1940-1985 / Pat Starkey.

Publication Info. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (279 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Liverpool Science Fiction Texts
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Title Page; Contents; Acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction; 1: Pacifist Service; 2: Problem Families, Eugenics and FSU; 3: The Growth of a Social Work Agency; 4: Changes and Adjustments; 5: Training and Professional Development; 6: Changing Relationships with the State; 7: Almost Not An Organisation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Families and Social Workers examines the origins, development and impact of Family Service Units (FSU), a voluntary social work agency that, during the post-war period, exercised an influence on the development of social work practice and training out of all proportion to its size and resources. Originating in the activities of conscientious objectors in Liverpool, Manchester and Stepney during the Second World War, FSU?s innovative methods of working with poor families led to the establishment of units in towns and cities throughout Britain. This study shows how FSU met the challenges and opp.
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Subject Family Service Units (Great Britain) -- History.
Family Service Units (Great Britain)
History.
Family Service Units -- History.
Family social work -- Great Britain -- History.
Family social work.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Starkey, Pat. Families and social workers. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000 0853236569 9780853236566 (DLC) 2001411446 (OCoLC)46434311
ISBN 9781846313127 (electronic book)
1846313120 (electronic book)
0853236569
9780853236566
0853236666 (paperback)
9780853236665 (paperback)