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HOME HELP SERVICE
The home help service continued to function throughout the year, but, in
common with other services, only at the same level as last year due to financial
stringency.
Assistance was given to 4,762 households during the year, and 9,333
households were visited by the organising staff. The specially trained home
helps worked with problem families for a total of 1631 hours and 1309 hours
were given to morning and evening help cases.
The Chief Home Help Organiser gave talks not only at in-service training
courses within the Borough, but also at courses arranged by London Boroughs
Training Committee, for district nurses, hospital nurses, students in social
work, etc. Talks were also given to members of the home help service in other
authorities both in this Country and on the Continent. During the year arrangements
were made for students from various disciplines within the local authority
framework to visit the home help offices and accompany the organisers on
their visits in the district; this has been found to be most beneficial both to the
students and the local authority by provoking interest and knowledge of the
services provided.
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