Construction of a Role Institutionalisation Instrument for Social Workers in Psychiatric Case Management

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kam-shing Yip
Keyword(s):  
Case Management ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Psychiatric Case

scholarly journals “My private theory is that it’s all in the head”: Understandings of chronic widespread pain among social workers from municipality job centers in Denmark

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 205510292199536
Author(s):  
Rikke Schultz ◽  
Peter la Cour ◽  
Marius Brostrøm Kousgaard ◽  
Annette Sofie Davidsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Chronic Widespread Pain ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Widespread Pain ◽  
Sickness Benefits ◽  
To Receive

People with chronic widespread pain (CWP) are often unfit for work, and consequently they are dependent on the municipality job center to receive social support and sickness benefits. The job center’s case management is based on a social worker’s assessment of the citizen’s health condition. This qualitative study investigates social workers’ understandings of CWP. Interviews were carried out with 12 social workers. The results showed that the participants predominantly experienced the citizens’ illnesses as psychosocially mediated—referring to trauma, or a lack of meaning in the citizens’ lives. Only a few participants mentioned possibilities for somatic explanations of CWP.

Grandparent-Headed Families: Needs and Implications for Social Work Interventions and Advocacy

2007 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole B. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Social Work Interventions

As the growth of grandparent-headed families continues, increasing numbers of social workers will find themselves dealing with the multitude of issues that these families face. Understanding the needs and concerns of these families is critical for the development of appropriate interventions, which include counseling, support groups, working with schools, and case management. This article discusses specific interventions social workers can use in working with these families. In addition, because their needs and problems are often systemic and not the result of any individual pathology, it stresses (a) the importance of working with grandparents to help them become self-advocates and (b) the role of social workers in changing unresponsive and insensitive policies and systems.

scholarly journals Current trends in the training of social workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
S Mulikova ◽  
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M Abdakimova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Standard ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
Definition Of

The analysis of the program and normative documents of the republic in the field of social work showed that the level of training of social workers does not meet the needs of the social services sector. Changes in the so-cio-economic sphere, the attitude of society towards social work, international practice dictate the need for organizing work and training social workers, taking into account the requirements of a professional standard in this field. The presence of a professional standard in social work obliges educational institutions to bring the content of the educational program for the training of social workers in accordance with the requirements of the standard, focusing on the formation of professional competencies. The formation of professional com-petencies and the definition of learning outcomes requires the use of training technology in the educational process — case management. Case management is a technology that reflects the content of the labor function of a social worker.

scholarly journals Risk Assessment and Strengths Based Case Management in Elderly Care– Scope of Social Work Practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
K Minimol
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Helping Process

Social workers have a significant role in ensuring the wellbeing of older people. Social work brings a range of specialized skills and methods of interventions in improving the quality of life of older adults. Conducting proper assessment is an important task of social workers while engaging in the provision of support services. In contrast to the ubiquitous deficit-based assessments, strengths-based assessments provide social work practitioners with methods to assess strengths and abilities and thereby develop strengths-based interventions. Though risk-assessment is necessary to prevent problems occurring, understanding clients’ strengths is an integral resource in the helping process. Assessments giving equal importance to risks and strengths are inevitable in formulating and implementing specific activities to facilitate their independent living in the community. This paper highlights the significance of biopsychosocial assessment, risks/strengths assessment and strengths-based case management of older adults. This paper also presents an inventory of risks and strengths reported by older adults who attended case work and counselling sessions with the author during her role as a social worker in a multidisciplinary community health care setting in Australia.

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