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Show hat ?ir ScdoD Workers ;y 1970, 100,000 more profes-lal profes-lal Social Workers will be ded. r. Charles Patterson, of the ! n t a 1 Health Division, and sident of the Alumni Associ-l Associ-l n further told the entering lents of the Graduate School of Social Work yesterday there are fifteen existing job positions for every new graduate. The students were warned by Mr. Patterson to take a "neutral approach" to the mentally ill and not to "love or hate them." He also said there is a need for change within the ranks of the various social work agencies themselves, noting that as the students become invoh -,d with the various agencies, they tend to "lose sight of the total perspective" per-spective" and communication breakdowns occur. "The com- iT-Z - i - i2T3SAS'f 'Z-mm- r- , - I ! J"1 1 " j". ? r 1 ' ' - Tj 5Wlf s " v j I ; '''' ' munity agencies need to collaborate collabo-rate more effectively," he said. 'Social Work' Age In welcoming the new students to the department, Dr. Rex A. Skidmore, dean, told them this was "the Social Work age. " "There is," he said, "such a demand de-mand for social workers." In 1960, there were 105,000 social workers in the United States and "more are vitally needed." In March, Dr. Skidmore told the convocation, President Lyndon Lyn-don B. Johnson went before Congress, Con-gress, and expressed the necessity neces-sity for more social workers. This was the first time a president presi-dent of the United States had spoken of this topic. "A nation's greatness is measured meas-ured by its concern for the health and welfare of its people. peo-ple. Throughout the history of our democracy this commitment has grown and deepened," said President Johnson. Jet Age Adjustment Mr. John Florez, President of the National Association of Social So-cial Workers. Utah Chapter, said "We need to adjust to the 'jet age' accepting people of all levels of society. Social workers need to be more creative and flexible toward the poverty programs." Mrs. Algie Ballif , Commissioner Commission-er of Utah Department of Public Welfare, called the recent report re-port from the President's Advisory Advis-ory Council of Public Welfare, established in 1964 "almost revolutionary." revo-lutionary." The report, she said, "emphasizes the largeness and complexity of our welfare programs; pro-grams; the need for all welfare administrators to respond to problems which shift with the (Continued on Page 4) Photo by Steve Telford jhematic site plan of future University build- of new library. The building will have a " jgs shows Social Work structure planned south ' center skylighted court running entire heighth. Social Helpers Needed (Continued from Page 1) changing nature of our social and economic conditions." The Advisory Council's report endorses adequate financial and social services to all who need them, recommending there be a minimum standard of Public Assistance As-sistance payments below which no state may fall, the need for a comprehensive program of public assistance based on a single criterion, and provision of more effective social services, medical assistance, and income maintenance, properly staffed and organized. New Social Work Building Dr. Skidmore described the new University Social Work Building to the 79 noviates. The building south and west of the new library will have an open skylight court reaching from the main floor to the roof. The first floor will have three classrooms holding sixty-five students, two seminar rooms and an auditori um holding two-hundred and forty for-ty students. The library on the second floor will hold 10,000 current books and periodicals. Demonstration Demon-stration rooms will also be on the second floor, with one-way mirrors so the students can observe ob-serve counseling procedures. A Marriage and Counseling Clinic will be situated in the Social Work Building. The building will hold 300 students, with the faculty facul-ty offices on the third floor. The target date for it is 1968. r - ' i |
