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Taiwan has a history of charitable services, particularly charitable relief to support the ‘poor’, founded on Western missionaries. Post the Second World War social work began to be developed, supported by resources provided by the United States and founded on the ‘American style’ of social work practice. Whilst the job title of ‘social worker’ was first mentioned in 1949 in the social services department in Taipei Hospital, government departments did not establish a social work employment system until 1972.