Eileen Younghusband (British social worker)

Dame Eileen Younghusband, 1970s.

Dame Eileen Louise Younghusband, DBE (1 January 1902 – 22 May 1981) was internationally known for her research and teaching in the field of social work.

Her father was Sir Francis Younghusband (1863-1942), a British explorer and mystic famous for his discoveries in Central Asia and his leadership of the British Tibet campaign of 1903-04. She was a student at the London School of Economics from 1926–29, and a member of staff from 1944-58.[1]

In her Carnegie Reports of 1947 and 1950 she advocated "generic" training - a set of core knowledge common to all social workers. In 1954 she pioneered the teaching of a generic course that was to become the prototype of professional social work training in other universities.[2]

In 1955 she chaired a Ministry of Health working party on the provision of training for social workers. The subsequent Younghusband Report led to the establishment of a Council for Training in Social Work and a social work certificate. In 1968 she chaired the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's report, Community Work and Social Change.

Honours

She was appointed MBE in 1946, CBE in 1955, and DBE in 1964.[3]

Death

In 1981, Dame Eileen Younghusband died in a car accident on a lecture tour in the United States; she was 79 years old.

Publications

Eileen Younghusband's publications include:

Biography

Contributor National Council for Voluntary Organisations (Great Britain), Bedford Square Press/NCVO (1984); ISBN 0719911389, 9780719911385

References

  1. ↑ Eileen Younghusband profile, lse.ac.uk; accessed 26 April 2014.
  2. ↑
    • Profile, socwork.net; accessed 26 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Portraits of Eileen Younghusband at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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