SOCIAL WORKERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1038, 31 July 1930, Page 8

SOCIAL WORKERS

ANf’UAL MEETING OF DELEGATES CO-OPERATION OF BODIES The annual report, of the Auckland Social Workers’ Association was presented to delegates at the annual meeting yesterday afternoon by Sister Esther. The Rev. Thomas Holliday presided. During tho past year, unemployment had caused grave concern, and had proved a drain on the finance of the association. It was difficult to find work for young people, and the inevitable. habit of idleness was likely to lead to mischief. Homes that had been happy were broken up and abandoned owing to the economic conditions, and tho association was sorely taxed to assist such cases. Tho association had endeavoured to bring about closer co-operation in the question of distributing relief. Lists have been compared, and doubtful cases reported. Overlapping had thus been largely ’checked. The subject of child welfare is interesting the association, and though no official pronouncement has yet been made, this department will be dealt with early in the coming year. The members are unanimous in the desire for the appointment of women police. In moving the adoption of the report, the Rev. Jasper Calder, city missioner, asked that the Returned Soldiers’ Association and the Jewish Benevolent Society be urged to send delegates to the meeting, as a’l such social bodies should co-operatte in the sense of or-I gamsation. The Auckland Hospital Board is to be asked that Colonel Newman be appointed as a delegate to the association’s executive “The poverty in the city is too much for just the social worker,” said Mr. Alfred Thompson, who seconded the adopaon of the report. -‘We cannot too much impress on the community jts responsibility to the social workers who are doing good work with a rood heart and the best of intentions.'and are therefore worthy of greater support from the community at large. 1 eoplo should direct a>l their efforts through the social workers.” DANGER OF OVERLAPPING

The new secretary, the Rev. D. TlalLday, was instructed to send a letter to the Ponsonby Boys’ Brass Band pointing out the danger of overlapping in the charitable work which it had been doing, and suggesting that the band co-operate with the services of the association. The position was discussed by members. It was considered unlikely that there had been found 55 cases worthy of aid in the Ponsonby district which had not been listed by one of the charitable organisations already in existence.