The Future of Social Work Author:Terry Bamford This book aims to provide a brief and selective history of the development of social work following the publication of the Seebohm Report. It identifies emerging trends in practice and organization, looks at the pattern of Government thinking and attempts to construct a view of its future. The focus of the book is on those issues where change ta... more »ke decades rather than months, such as the relevance of structure and organization, both to public perception and professional satisfaction, the lack of a strong professional identity in social work, and the implications of consumerism for the future provision of social work.« less