Youth Workers and Innovative Development of Social Work

2020 ◽  
pp. 421-430
Author(s):  
Oksana Kravchenko ◽  
Nataliia Koliada ◽  
Nataliia Levchenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Innovative Development

scholarly journals Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires strengths and limitations as an evaluation and practice tool in Social Work

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-41
Author(s):  
Emma Amy O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Outcome Evaluation ◽  
Exit Point ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Client Outcomes ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Client Outcome ◽  
Strengths And Difficulties

INTRODUCTION: The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is an internationally recognised psychometric and behavioural screening tool. The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) have endorsed the SDQ as the primary behavioural screening and client outcome evaluation tool for the Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) service in 2018. The usefulness of the SDQ in social work practice and in evaluating client outcomes, however, remains unclear. This study explored two years of aggregated Youth Workers in Secondary Schools (YWiSS) SDQ scores to understand what client outcomes could be evidenced. This study further reflects on SDQs as a contractually mandated practice tool and their appropriateness in social work practice.METHOD: Data were collected from the Family Works Northern (FWN) YWiSS database.Data modelling and analysis tested what aggregated client, parent and teacher SDQ scorescommunicated for changes in clients’ behavioural difficulties at service entry, mid-point and exit. FINDINGS: Analysis of two years of YWiSS client, parent and teacher SDQ scores aggregated at a service level provided inconsistent evidence of client need and outcomes by SDQ thematic categories. A number of factors, including the SDQ being voluntary, clients exiting service early and the challenge of asking the same teachers and parents to complete an SDQ, meant that there were very few SDQ scores completed by all parties at the service exit point, following a two-year intervention.CONCLUSION: The findings in this research suggest that the SDQ as a standalone behavioural screening and outcome evaluation tool within social work is limited. Aggregated YWiSS SDQ results provided limited insights about the complexity of client needs or any intervention outcomes to practitioners, social service providers and funders. The use of SDQ in social work requires further scrutiny to test its ability to communicate a client’s level of need and any intervention outcomes to these stakeholders.

scholarly journals First and last and always: streetwork as a methodology for radical community social work practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren John Hill ◽  
Erika Laredo
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Helping Professions ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
The Social

This conceptual article aims to introduce and explore the practice of social streetwork. Streetwork is located as a historical professional discourse that has contemporary relevance for a rapidly changing and globalised world. As a practice discourse, streetwork occurs across a range of communitybased helping professions, including social work, youth work and community work. The social work profession is increasingly becoming clinical and situated within statutory organisations, placing a greater emphasis on outcome-based targets, rather than building relationships. As a result of austerity, traditional youth workers are becoming invisible, often moving into statutory education settings and complex needs welfare agencies. This article will argue that for the broad helping professions to remain relevant, we must engage with vulnerable and complex populations where we find them – at the street level – promoting a direct practice of social justice at a microlevel. Within this discussion, we will define and explore a streetwork approach by examining the methodologies and objectives of streetwork practice. We will argue that by keeping to its origins of using informal and non-formal education as its primary tools, streetwork as an intervention works to combat poverty, social exclusion and discrimination. The article articulates a foundation for practice based on the promotion of low-threshold interventions with complex and hard-to-reach social populations. One of the key themes we will explore is how to locate streetwork practice as a form of social support, accompaniment and tool for promoting social inclusion and social democracy.

scholarly journals The magic of pedagogy and psychology: essays and interviews for the 20th anniversary of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, Kostroma State University

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-235
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Kudinov
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
State University ◽  
Scientific Research Work ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
20Th Anniversary

The book of essays and interviews was published in September 2021; the unique 20-year experience of training pedagogues, psychologists-practitioners, children's movement organisers, specialists in upbringing, social work, as well as defectologists, tutors in the unique educational environment of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology at Kostroma State University is revealed in it. The book tells about the history and traditions of the Institute, its legendary teachers and alumni; the areas of training implemented at the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology as well as the main vectors of scientific research work and international cooperation are mentioned. The publication is recommended to youth workers, teachers at schools, higher and vocational educational institutions, to post- and undergraduates and, in fact, to a wide range of readers.

Dysphagia in Hospice Care: The Roles of Social Work and Speech-Language Pathologists

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 173-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Hinson ◽  
Aaron J. Goldsmith ◽  
Joseph Murray
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Hospice Care ◽  
Patient Communication ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Four Levels

This article addresses the unique roles of social work and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in end-of-life and hospice care settings. The four levels of hospice care are explained. Suggested social work and SLP interventions for end-of-life nutrition and approaches to patient communication are offered. Case studies are used to illustrate the specialized roles that social work and SLP have in end-of-life care settings.

Evaluation & Social Work Practice

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 346-346
Author(s):  
Jill Manthorpe
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice

Social Work

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Connolly ◽  
Louise Harms
Keyword(s):  
Social Work
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