The thematic issue called Histories of Social Work is devoted to the diverse contexts of the development of social work and its specific aspects in different regions. I was delighted with the large number of contributions that continuously enhance the mosaic of social work development in different parts of Europe and beyond.Zobrazit text
The requirements regarding professional social work are constantly increasing. The development of a professional identity, which goes hand in hand with a comprehensive ability to reflect, is only one of the aspects mentioned in the international definition.Zobrazit text
This paper offers a better understanding of social work practice in the Terezin ghetto, which served in 1941–1945 as a transit camp and model ghetto for not only Czech but also thousands of Jews from other Europian countries. Zobrazit text
Building on a socio-historical overview of Austria in the 1930s with a special focus on Vienna, this article shows that the history of Austria’s displaced female welfare workers has still to be told.Zobrazit text
The paper aims to identify the origins and nature of supervision in social work and its gradual development in the context of professionalization following a historical analysis based on the Anglo-American tradition.Zobrazit text
The article aims to illustrate the history of social care as transition from religious motives and values in social care to non-religious secularism. Zobrazit text
This article presents the history of ideas as a valuable perspective for social work science to advance the connectivity of the discipline’s knowledge base and improve its use for practice.Zobrazit text
The aim is to depict the story of Educational Social Therapy as a method of individual social work, influenced by intersections of professional tracks of Marie Krakešová, the work author, and Vlasta Brablcová, her student.Zobrazit text
The aim of the paper is to analyse the work and contribution of Štefan Strieženec for Slovak social work in its modern history, i.e., after 1989. Zobrazit text
This study explores the representation of the private landlords’ practices that may contribute to housing insecurity and forced mobility in Czech segregated areas.Zobrazit text