Misconceptions around social work drive confusion and hatred

Friday, June 05, 2020

Helping hand: Social workers are carrying out governmentu00e2u20acu2122s food relief programme PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

The recent incidents involving assaults on social workers and rising animosity towards their duties in the coronavirus (COVID-19) response, shows misconception of their critical role. KGOMOTSO JONGMAN* writes

In terms of the history of professions, social work is a new profession, which was first established in the USA and UK around 1800 and later imported to Africa around 1910 in the Union of South Africa.

Social work as a profession came to Botswana very late around 1974 with certificate in Social Welfare and Community Development offered at the Botswana College of Agriculture, which on its own brought the confusion in the profession (Jongman, 2015).

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