Social Welfare: Dolgoff

Read: Dolgoff Chapter 12 and answer the following question: Explain how the great depression of the 1930’s affected the social work profession.

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Shortly following the Milford Conference Report on general communal casework foreseen on independent change, the Great Depression started. As it focused its attentiveness on communal differences, the social work profession held on to personality-focused and individual-centered perspectives. Social welfare and social work profession were affected by shifts in social policy caused by the Great Depression. This left many people unemployed and was a result of systemic and organizational influence.

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