Abstract
This three-part series gives a descriptive account of an experimental Family Centre in the role of a clearing house for family and personal problems and needs.
Part 1 shows the beginning of its work as a diagnostic unit and its development into a full-scale family casework service, starting from the presentation by a family of a debt problem which may range from £50 to as much as £1,000. In Part II the theme continues with some examples of the intense nature of the work carried out by some voluntary workers and the all important part played by young people in the field of fact-finding. The practical training of social administra tion students is considered together with a description of a project carried out by students, which brought them into contact with a number of specialists in various fields and with other people in the community. In Part III two aspects of community work concerned with relationships and the promotion of a new service are given, with a brief analysis showing the similarities and differences between them.
The first part follows below; the second and third parts will be published in subsequent numbers of the Journal.
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