London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table (i)—Chart to show how the Council's establishment of social workers falls within the main fields and levels indicated by the Younghusband working party
| MAIN FIELDS | HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES COVERED BY THE WORKING PARTY'S TERMS OF REFERENCE | OTHER SERVICES | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social work with families | Services for elderly | Services for the handicapped | Care and after care of the sick | Mental health services | Children's department | Children's care organisation | Housing management | School inquiry | |||||||||
| (c) | (c) Care and after-care | 9 AC WO (I) | |||||||||||||||
| ASSNT. LEVEL | (16) Social worker general assistant (I) | ||||||||||||||||
| MAIN OPERATIONAL LEVEL(S) | 15 SCW (III) | 4½ WO (II) | 3½ WO (II) | 18 (15) WO (II) | 7 WO (II) | 49 (39) HV (II) | 33 (30) HV (II) | 24 LO (II+) | 3 WO (II+) | 7 A MWO (III) | 28 ALO (II) | 4 PSW* | 145 CWO(III) | 58 AO (II) | 35 AO (II) | 28 HWO (II) | 181 SIO (II) |
| 2 APO (II) | 4 SALO (III) | 15 SAO (III) | 21 SAO (III) | 18 SIO/SD (III) | |||||||||||||
| DSWO (III) | 3 LO (III) | 3 LO (III) | SPSW* | ||||||||||||||
| PO (III) PTO (III) | 28 CWO/SD (III) | 4 CCW/SD (III) | |||||||||||||||
| 18 MWO (IV) | |||||||||||||||||
| CONSULTANT AND SUPERVISORY LEVELS | 9 [DTO (IV)] * | 4 LO (IV) | 35 SCWO (IV) | 9 DTO (IV) APO (IV) | 10 DO (IV) | ||||||||||||
| SWO (IV) | SO (IV) | ||||||||||||||||
| SMWO (V) | SO (V) | 9 ACO (V+) | PO (VI) | PO (VI) | |||||||||||||
| 4 Inspector (VI) | |||||||||||||||||
| * See under Child care organisation WO = Welfare officer SCW = Social caseworker DSWO = Deputy superintendent and superintendent, SWO welfare office for the homeless | WO=Welfare officer | HV=Home visitor LO = Local organiser, services for the blind and other handicapped APO = Assistant placement officer PO Placement officer PTO = Pastimes organiser SO Senior organiser services for the blind, etc. | LO = Local T.B. care organiser WO = Welfare officer | AMWO = Asst. mental welfare officer MWO Mental welfare officer SMWO = Senior mental welfare officer ALO=Assistant local organiser mental health services SALO = Senior assistant local organiser mental health services LO = Local organiser mental health services SO = Senior organiser mental health services PSW Psychiatric social worker SPSW = Senior psychiatric social worker | ACWO = Asst. child welfare officer CWO= Child welfare officer CWO/SD = Child welfare officer, special duties SCWO = Senior child welfare officer ACO = Area children's officer | AO = Asst. organiser of children's care work SAO=Senior asst. organiser of children's care work CCW/SD — Children's careworker special duties DTO = Divisional treatment organiser DO = District organiser of children's care work APO=Assistant principal organiser of children's care work PO=Principal organiser of children's care work | HWO = Housing welfare officer | SIO = School inquiry officer SIO/SD = School inquiry officer special duties | |||||||||