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In the early twentieth century, social work established itself as a vocation
committed to major social reform, social change and the eradication of poverty.
Over time, it shifted from a religious and charitable practice to a more systematic,
professional one. Along with this, social service shifted from a privately funded
and volunteer activity to a publicly funded, paid occupation.
Britain and Ireland are the first nations who acknowledged the need of Medical
Social Workers to extend the clinical care in administrative and support aspects.
Medical social workers in Britain and Ireland were previously known as Almoners,
or Hospital Almoners, they were competent personnel's of education and
refinement who could consider and screen the position and circumstances of
patients. In Ireland, the origins of medical social workers go back to Ella Webb,
who, in 1918, established a dispensary for sick children in the Adelaide Hospital in
Dublin, and to Winifred Alcock, who trained as an Almoner and worked with
Webb in her dispensary.
In 1945, the Institute of Almoners in Britain was formed, which, in 1964, was
renamed as the Institute of Medical Social Workers. The Institute was one of the
founder organizations of the British Association of Social Workers, which was
formed in 1970. In Britain, medical social workers were transferred from
the National Health Service (NHS) into local authority Social Services
Departments in 1974, and generally became known as hospital social workers.
In United States Richard Clarke Cabot in Massachusetts General Hospital created
the position of Hospital Social Worker or Medical Social Worker in the early
1900s. This was important from an epidemiological point of view, as it made it
easier to control and prevent outbreaks of syphilis and tuberculosis. The prestige of
social work rose up in USA with war related activities such as the Red Cross home
services.
The formal training in social work was started in India in 1936 by Clifford
Manshardt (Missionary) and J.M. Kumarappa (Academician) at Dhorabji Tata
School of Social Work (Now TISS) at Mumbai. The major associations of social
work are NAPSWI (National Association of Professional Social Workers in India)
and ISPSW (Indian Society of Professional Social Work). India is a signatory to
the Alma Ata Declaration and has adopted the principles of WHO. In 1945 Bhore
Committee Report strongly recommended the appointment of medical social
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_social_work