National Institute for Social Work
Encyclopedia
The National Institute for Social Work was a provider of services aimed at achieving excellence in practice and management in social work
and social care in the United Kingdom
. It was set up in 1961, following the proposals in the report of the Ministry of Health Working Party on Social Workers in the Health and Welfare Services (the Younghusband Committee) in 1959. The Institute closed in 2003.
It was located on Tavistock Place, London
.
Daphne Statham - Director
Denise Platt
- Chair until 1997
Social work
Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
and social care in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It was set up in 1961, following the proposals in the report of the Ministry of Health Working Party on Social Workers in the Health and Welfare Services (the Younghusband Committee) in 1959. The Institute closed in 2003.
It was located on Tavistock Place, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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Personnel
William Utting - ChairDaphne Statham - Director
Denise Platt
Denise Platt
Dame Denise Platt, DBE, FRSA is a British civil servant. She is the Chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection...
- Chair until 1997