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Walker Final Proof
1 SYSTEMS THEORYINTRODUCTIONOne of the earliest references to social work and systems theory goes as far back as the mid-1970s (Forder, 1976). At that time the theory was being articulated most notably in works seeking to provide social workers with a unitary model of practice (see Goldstein, 1973; Pincus and Minahan, 1974), one that could offer a holistic framework within which to place social work practice. Social work as a new profession was evolving and experimenting with ideas from psychology, sociology and social policy to try to find an identity and set of skills based on solid theories: as a result there was a lot of effort expended into creating a professional identity, value base and intellectual framework that coul
effectiveness when groups of people were brought together to talk about their problems began to influence practice. Two key figures stand out from this time as being influential in moving forward the ideas that were to crystallise in systemic practice. Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1968) was a German biologist who devised a
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