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British Journal of Social Work, doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn035
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved

A Tale of Two Reports: Social Work in Scotland from Social Work and the Community (1966) to Changing Lives (2006)

Ian Brodie, Chris Nottingham and Stephen Plunkett

Ian Brodie is Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Glasgow Caledonian University. His current research interest is Scottish Social Work History and previous research has included social work supervision, practice learning in social work and the development of post-qualifying social work, particularly in Scotland. He qualified as a social worker in 1975 and worked both in the statutory and voluntary sectors in Scotland. Chris Nottingham is Associate Dean Research and Reader in Contemporary History in Glasgow Caledonian University. His main current research interest is in ‘Insecure Professions’. An article on this generic theme will appear in the December edition of the International Review of Social History in December 2007 and the next edition of Medical History will contain a study of Scottish Medical Social Workers. Stephen Plunkett is a Ph.D. student at Glasgow Caledonian University, researching the history of the modern social work profession in Scotland. His main interest is the development of community care social work from 1968 to the present. His research includes recording and documenting oral testament from key figures in the development of the modern profession in Scotland

Correspondence to Ian Brodie, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, UK. Email: i.j.brodie{at}gcal.ac.uk


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This paper identifies ‘key moments’ over a forty-year period of the history of Scottish social work, from the publication of Social Work and the Community in 1966 to the outcome of the 21st Century Review contained in Changing Lives of 2006. A recurring theme is the Scottish dimension, for social work in Scotland needs to be understood as distinct in many important respects from social work elsewhere in the UK. The paper traces the evolution of a vision - of a unified profession promoting social equality - underlying Social Work and the Community, arguing that its redefinition in Changing Lives represents both a departure from the earlier, radical aspirations and an opportunity for Scottish social workers to re-examine the question of professionalism.

Keywords: Scotland, vision, political context, continuity and change


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