London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Redbridge 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: posts by professionally qualified staff with wide experience of social services has made a significant contribution to the functioning of the Department and enabled the social workers to offer a more comprehensive service to the community.

posts by professionally qualified staff with wide experience of social services has made a significant contribution to the functioning of the Department and enabled the social workers to offer a more comprehensive service to the community.

Staff in Post on 31 st December 1968Senior Social WorkersSocial WorkersTrainee Sociol Workers
Whole TimePart Time
(a) Professionally Qualified42—_
(b) Declaration of Recognition of Experience of the Council for Training in Social Work11--
(c) Basic qualification only, viz: university degree, diploma or certificate in social science-11-
(d) Home Teachers Certificate of the College of Teachers of the Blind-5--
(e) Seconded for professional training to two-year Certificate in Social Work Course-1-1
(f) Other officers-5-1
Total51512

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Organisation
To facilitate better local contact and further closer irelationships
with other community workers, the social work section has been divided
into three teams serving geographical areas of the Borough. These area
teams are each led by an Assistant Principal Social Worker with the
Principal Social Worker, who has overall responsibility, co-ordinating
their efforts. In addition to the Team Leader, each team has been allocated
five social workers with the appropriate knowledge and skill to
undertake any necessary casework and so far as is possible provide on
effective family orientated social work service.
In addition to domiciliary work the teams liaise closely with the
hospitals, old people's homes and other establishments in their area.
Plans are well advanced to integrate the existing social work departments
of King George Hospital and Chadwell Heath Hospital into the
community based services. Subject to financial agreement between the
Hospital Management Committee and the Council it is hoped to operate
this scheme as from the 1st April 1969.