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New Social Work or Not Social Work? Social Workers in Local Government

Pages 11-16 | Published online: 15 Apr 2008

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  • Three states possess some historical material. Sources are Effraemson David Development of Local Government Welfare Services: an historical Review Within N.S.W. Paper presented to the Joint Conference of the Victorian Municipal Welfare Officers' Association and the N.S.W. Local Government Community Workers Association , Albury , 1st April , 1979 . O'Meara L.F. (Chairman) Report of the Committee to Enquire into the Provision of Welfare Services By Local Government in Western Australia, Local Government Welfare Inquiry, W.A. May, 1981. Brown, Thea, “The Role of Local Government in the Development of the Social Services in Victoria 1840–1975”
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  • The numbers of social workers grew as we watched.
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  • As defined in “Human Services Management” Project, undertaken, by Frances Donovan Thea Brown Alun Jackson , Melbourne , 1984 -6.
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