The Moral Welfare Workers' Association (MWWA) was a professional body for social workers in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

, particularly those who worked with

unmarried mother A single parent is a person who has a child or children but does not have a spouse or live-in partner to assist in the upbringing or support of the child. Reasons for becoming a single parent include divorce, break-up, abandonment, becoming wid ...

s and their children. It was established in 1938. In 1970 the association merged with six other social workers' organisations to form the British Association of Social Workers, having been a member of the

Standing Conference of Organisations of Social Workers Standing, also referred to as orthostasis, is a position in which the body is held in an ''erect'' ("orthostatic") position and supported only by the feet. Although seemingly static, the body rocks slightly back and forth from the ankle in the s ...

since 1962.

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Social work organisations in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1938 Organizations disestablished in 1970 {{social work