ABSTRACT
At the present day social workers, and therefore schools of social work, are being demanded in ever expanding numbers in nearly every country. There are many people in government ministries, in local authorities and in voluntary organizations in different parts of the world who now wish to employ social workers in their agencies. Social work has been described as an embodiment of the social conscience: it might equally well be called an element in man’s awakening. The social worker is concerned with all those whom, for whatever reason, the community has isolated. The social paralysis in some places, or social anaemia in others, may affect old custom-bound rural communities sunk in poverty, or slum areas of modern cities. The knowledge from the social sciences the social worker must have—more and more of it as it becomes available—and must learn to use it and to add to it with increasing precision and effectiveness.
