2. The
period between the mid 1940’s up until the
independence of republic of Cyprus in 1960, was
the age of gradual formation of social welfare
service department
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The
main goal of the department was the provision
of the social service to the:
Needy family
Children
The elderly
Offenders and
Generally to the vulnerable group of the
population
3. •The social welfare service as they are know today
established established in 1952 and were originally
consisted of a small group of 5 probation officers.
•Basically the need for creating a social service come
from the lack of caring and nursing for the children
who have deprived of a normal family life.
•The scheme for providing financial assistance that was
introduced in 1953 to help fights the worst forms of
poorly was the first exemption of state -care towards
the public.
4. •
The scheme was the base for implementing
programs that would aims the
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The disabled
The single mothers &
Families who needed financial support.
A future expansion of the service scheme came
with the passage of the adaptation law of 1954
and children’s law 1956, which gave legal
responsibility to the director of the social
welfare service.
5. In
order to deal with the problem of caring and
nursing for children’s who were deprived of
protection and establish children’s houses, hostels and
other institutions.
A greater
emphasis towards research and program
evaluation was given during the 1972 – 1974
period, so that services provided for children and
families are upgraded.