ABSTRACT
Chapter five covers the period of the First World War, the 1920s, and 1930s, and focusses on the expansion of occupational groups and the formation of new ones in a wide range of settings. Legislation which increased the responsibilities of probation committees and of local authorities, for which local voluntary societies frequently acted as agents, and which began to dismantle the Poor Law, is outlined. With an increasing differentiation of paid and voluntary roles, the initial application of knowledge from psychology, some developments in training, and formation of the British Federation of Social Workers, the chapter suggests that many of the foundations for the future development of social work were established during these years.
