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The number of case conferences held during the year was 22.
Family Casework Team
During the first three months of the year the senior social
worker was on sick leave, which left a heavy burden on the remaining
two team members and their clerk. However, they managed to give an
adequate service to the families with which the team were involved.
In August another social welfare officer who had recently obtained an
honours degree in social administration was appointed to the team.
At the beginning of the academic year, a first year student
from the Croydon College of Technology two year course for the
Certificate in Social Work was accepted for practical training. This
student will work with the team for two days a week until the end of
June 1969.
Of the 212 cases on the register, 116 are being helped by
various voluntary and statutory agencies, other than the health and
welfare department. This department's team have directly assisted 96
of the families and have also helped a number of other families who,
although not at any such risk, needed some assistance from a social
worker. The caseloads of the team are small compared with those of
workers in other sections and departments. This is due to the
intensity of work required with the families. Often, particularly in
the early days of referral, a family may need to be visited two or
three times a week and in some cases ideally should have daily visiting.