Enid Charis Warren

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(22 May 1903 – 17 September 1980) was a British medical social worker.

Life

Warren was born in

Finchley Finchley () is a large district of north London, England, in the London Borough of Barnet. north of Charing Cross, nearby districts include: Golders Green, Muswell Hill, Friern Barnet, Whetstone, London, Whetstone, Mill Hill and Hendon. It is ...

in 1903. Her parents were Walter Richard Warren (a barrister) and his wife, Annie (born Dixon). She was one of five daughters. When she was a child the family from Finchley to Highgate in London She attended the

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, like all of her sisters.Her eldest sister, Marjory Warren, became a doctor of geriatrics, and another a teacher. Warren decided on almoning because she wanted to help people. In 1942, she became the head almoner at Hammersmith Hospital in London. In 1961, she became the chair of the Institute of Almoners. During her time the institute became the Institute of Medical Social Workers. In 1966 she stood down from the position and she was awarded an

. In 1962, the "Standing Conference of Organisations of Social Workers" (SCOSW), was created to bring together different branches of the social work profession and this resulted in 1970 in the founding of 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 ...

; Warren was chosen as the first chair. It was an amalgamation of the Association of Child Care Officers, the Association of Family Case Workers, the Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, the Association of Social Workers, the Institute of Medical Social Workers, the Moral Welfare Workers' Association, and the Society of Mental Welfare Officers. Warren died at the

Royal Free Hospital The Royal Free Hospital (also known as the Royal Free) is a major teaching hospital in the Hampstead area of the London Borough of Camden. The hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs services at Barnet Ho ...

in 1980 of cancer and hypernephroma of the kidney. She was interviewed about her life by Alan Cohen and these were published much later. In 1982 her colleagues published "Portrait of a Social Worker" to record her life and leadership.

References

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