Eileen Younghusband

Eileen Younghusband

Dame Eileen Louise Younghusband, DBE, CBE, MBE (1902 - 1981) was internationally known for her research and teaching in the field of social work.

She was the daughter of 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.

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.

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".

She was awarded the MBE in 1946, CBE in 1955, and DBE in 1964.

Publications

Eileen Younghusband's publications include:
*"The Education and Training of Social Workers" (1947)
*"Social Work in Britain" (1951)
*"Social work in Britain, 1950-1975: a follow-up study" (1978).

Death

In 1981 Dame Eileen Younghusband died in a car accident on a lecture tour in the in the USA, aged 79.

Links

* [http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/LSEHistory/younghusband.htm]
* [http://www.ifsw.org/en/p38000058.html]
* [http://www.socwork.net/2003/1/historicalportraits/404]
* [http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ead/463col.htm]


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