ABSTRACT
Societies undergo change in the normal course of events, and in all societies which employ social workers – the job of social work includes helping the inevitable victims of social change. Unlike the more theoretical traditions in the social sciences, however, social administration has its focus in a specific set of social institutions and the practical application of theories to issues and policies of social welfare. Genericism was then a principle rather than practice of social work education. The growth in the number of social work courses and students was complemented throughout the 1970s by a remorseless extension of syllabuses. The whole concern is that social work should continue to provide a service of the highest possible quality to people who are needy, vulnerable, damaged, delinquent or unhappy. The future relationship between social work, social administration, sociology and the other related social sciences ought to be one in which each subject has access to what it needs from the others.
