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aged seventy-eight years was removed to hospital suffering from a grave
chronic disease and two women aged eighty years and ninety years
respectively were removed to King's Mead as being in need of care and
attention.
TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES.
Departmental Staff.
The in-service training arranged for the three trainee social welfare
officers includes seminars on social work practice and placements of
varying periods in other departments of the Council.
Social welfare officers are encouraged to keep abreast of changes
in the field of welfare. Arrangements have been made for several of
them to take part in courses and seminars arranged by the London
Boroughs' Training Committee, the British Epilepsy Association and other
bodies. Seminars have also been arranged within the department.
The payment of fees was agreed by the Council for a social welfare
officer to take the training for the Home Teachers for the Blind
qualifying certificate, and approval has been given for the secondment
of two officers to the two-years course for the Certificate of the Council
for Training in Social Work next year.
Visiting Students from other Organisations.
Facilities were provided for a student from the University of
Edinburgh and for one from the University of London to spend one month
each in the department to gain experience of practical work under
supervision.
Similar facilities were extended to social work students from
Bedford College, London, who, over a period of five months, spent one
day a week in the welfare section.