The current state of social work in UK universities: Some personal reflections

2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Parton
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Current State ◽  
Personal Reflections

scholarly journals One method, two worlds

Groupwork ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Annie Pullen Sansfaçon ◽  
Valérie Roy ◽  
Dave Ward
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Organisational Context ◽  
Current State ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Definition Of

<p>Looking at practices in different locations is beneficial since it helps challenge assumptions that we may take for granted. Groupwork, as a method of social work, is specifically interesting to explore in the light of different contexts since, like social work, it may or may not translate well across cultures. This paper draws from data collected in the context of a research project that aimed to describe the current state of social work with groups in Quebec and to explore trends within social work with groups elsewhere in the world. Specifically, it focuses on the exploration of practices in Quebec and discusses them in relationship to those found in the USA, as a counterpoint. Our findings highlight some differences and similarities between Quebec and the USA with regard to groupwork, which leads us to discuss a range of factors that may impact on groupwork in the different contexts. Of these, the differences of organisational context and organisation of services have emerged as particularly noteworthy, which echoes findings in general social work literature with regard to the importance of local contexts on the definition of practice itself.</p>

scholarly journals La práctica de investigación en el campo disciplinar de trabajo social

2011 ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Carmen Lera
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Reform Movements ◽  
Current State ◽  
Social Reform Movements ◽  
National University ◽  
Professional Field ◽  
Trabajo Social ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Entre Rios

El presente trabajo reflexiona sobre la situación de la investigación en el campo del Trabajo Social en Argentina y más específicamente su desarrollo en la Facultad de Trabajo Social de la Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos. El recorrido se inicia recuperando a los precursores en el ámbito de las investigaciones sociales que básicamente están ligadas a los movimientos de reforma social. En esa breve incursión resultan interesantes los aportes provenientes de la historiografía de las mujeres. Luego se aborda la actualidad de la investigación de Trabajo Social en el contexto argentino donde se avizoran renovados desarrollos que contribuyen a la consolidación del campo profesional.This paper serves to reflect on the research situation in the field of social work in Argentina and more specifically its development at the Faculty of Social Work in the National University of Entre Ríos. We started off by recovering the forerunners of social research, which is mainly linked to social reform movements. In this brief incursion into the field, the contributions based on the historiography of women proved to be of interest. The research into social work was then looked at in its current state within the Argentinean context, where renewed progress was examined leading to the consolidation of the professional field.

scholarly journals Attachment Theory and the Social Work Curriculum

10.18060/130 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-48
Author(s):  
Timothy Page ◽  
Rhonda Norwood
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Emotional Security ◽  
Attachment Behavior ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Attachment Research

Attachment theory, as developed by Bowlby and Ainsworth, represented a major departure from the current theories of human development of the time, particularly in its rejection of the major tenets of psychoanalytic theory and its integration of core ideas from evolution theory and cybernetics (Ainsworth & Bowlby, 1991). Attachment theory posits that a foundational human instinct, the desire to achieve safety and protection through proximity to a protective figure, is responsible for the formation of a special class of life-long affectional bonds, referred to as “attachments.” Emotional security is derived to a great extent, according to the theory, from experience with caregivers who are consistently responsive to the developing infant’s expression of attachment behavior toward them. Forty years of empirical research has shown that attachment is a universal characteristic that predicts children’s development of cognitive and social competence, emotional regulation, and positive self-image (Weinfield, Sroufe, Egeland, & Carlson, 1999). Social work educators are currently challenged to better integrate the findings of attachment research into their curricula to reflect more the current state of developmental science.

Beyond the ecomap: GIS as a promising yet chronically under-utilized method in social work

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
Kellie O'Dare Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Gis Mapping ◽  
Current Application ◽  
Current State ◽  
Qualitative Nature ◽  
Paper Technology ◽  
Published Research

Social work has used the ecomap approach to situate individuals within their environments since the 1970’s. While a useful tool, ecomaps have limitations, including their qualitative nature and pen-and-paper technology. GIS mapping, when conceptualized as an evolution of ecomaps, can situate individuals in their environment and quantify threats and resources. Social work literature mentions the usefulness of GIS as far back as the 1990’s, however current application of mapping in the profession is still quite rare. The purpose of this brief review is to examine the current state of GIS in social work teaching and published research, explore reasons why social work has been slow to adopt this methodology, and invigorate social work’s knowledge of and interest in mapping.

Promoting Young People’s Participation: Exploring Social Work’s Contribution to the Literature

Social Work ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Pritzker ◽  
Katie Richards-Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Youth Civic Engagement ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
Meaningful Involvement ◽  
The Social

Abstract In the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics, social workers are called on to promote meaningful involvement in decision making among vulnerable populations. The ethical imperatives and social justice implications associated with unequal participation suggest that the field of social work is uniquely situated to lead research and practice in the area of youth civic engagement. This article examines the current state of the social work literature regarding how young people participate civically. Authors identified 113 articles on this topic published over the past decade in journals with a large presence in social work or by social work authors. They present the findings of their exploratory research, with a focus on describing where this research is being published, the range of research foci, and the terms used to describe this work. Increased attention to promoting youth civic engagement is needed in the profession’s core journals. Based on the analysis of this literature, they recommend moving toward a cohesive body of social work scholarship that includes increased collaboration among scholars, more unified terms and language, increased range of research foci and methodologies, and more rigorous and comparative testing of strategies by which youths participate civically.

scholarly journals Social Work as a Transformative Science: The Importance of Relevance Structures in Knowledge Production

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Drilling
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Sound Studies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relevance Structures ◽  
Cooperative Knowledge

Abstract This article focuses on the question of how cooperative knowledge production takes place and, in particular, how novel knowledge is formed and implemented in organisational action. According to the current state of knowledge, this process, which results in a change in the way an organisation acts, is called social innovation. The framework for argumentation and reflection is provided by studies from the social work sciences on cooperative knowledge production and social innovation, as well as studies on the hybridity of knowledge and its interaction with the knowledge resources of scientific and non-scientific actors. Relevance structures are recognised in this article as a fundamental structure in the field of cooperative knowledge production; they significantly influence the question of how and when new knowledge leads to social innovation. A research project on homelessness serves as an example. Homelessness has been a research topic in Europe for many years. In Switzerland, however, there are hardly any scientifically sound studies and there are also few documented methods of action in practice. From this point of view, homelessness in Switzerland is therefore in need of innovation.

scholarly journals Psychological and pedagogical principles of education for life in modern society

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majja Kademija ◽  
Alla Kobysja ◽  
Volodymyr Kobysja
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
Virtual University ◽  
Current State ◽  
Intranet Portal

The article describes the psychological and social features of self-realization of elderly people, defines the principles of social work with older people - independence, participation in society, in the development and implementation of policies that directly affect their welfare, care, implementation of internal capacity, dignity - lying based on methods, technologies and appropriate forms of social work with the elderly, a historical analysis of the emergence and development of third-generation universities abroad and in Ukraine No, generalization of the models of implementation of third generation universities abroad and in Ukraine, the current state of third-generation universities implementation at the state and non-state levels is described, the essence of the concept "virtual university" is described, the virtual representation of the educational institution and the typical version of the virtual university structure being implemented are described in detail. the presence of the following interrelated components: the corporate Intranet portal for organizing the access of university staff to a broad di the range of information and communication resources; student's Intranet portal for organizing student access to information; a digital library that provides access for both students and employees of the university to information resources of computer networks; public web site as a key means of marketing and communication with the wider community; an e-learning system capable of providing training and teaching of disciplines in a flexible on-line environment, with active participants in teaching and listening, and which contains constantly updated teaching materials that are in line with the current state of science and technology development.

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