The Association of Child Care Officers (ACCO) was the main professional body for
social worker
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s looking after the welfare of
children
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in the
United Kingdom
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from 1949 to 1970.
In 1946 the interim report of the Curtis Committee on Children Deprived of a Normal Home Life recommended that training courses for fieldworkers in child care be set up at universities, and four such courses were established. In July 1948 a meeting of students on these courses was called to consider the setting up of a professional association and in November 1949 the Association of Child Care Officers was formed.
In 1970 the association merged with six other social workers' organisations to form the
British Association of Social Workers
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is the largest professional association of registered social workers in the United Kingdom. The association has a members' code of ethics that outlines best social work practice and works to support ...
, having been a member of the
Standing Conference of Organisations of Social Workers since 1962.
See also
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Clare Winnicott
External links
Catalogue of the ACCO archives held at the
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
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Social work organisations in the United Kingdom
Child welfare in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1949
Organizations disestablished in 1970
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