Civilian Social Work: Serving the Military and Veteran Populations

Social Work ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Savitsky ◽  
M. Illingworth ◽  
M. DuLaney
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
The Military

The Life of a Combat Social Worker

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Yarvis
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Base Camp ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Military

Chapter 1 gives the reader a tour—a kind of ride-a-long or a kind of “see-what-I-see” experience. Much of the chapter is about the combat part of combat social work: What does social work look like outside the wire, downrange, or in combat or other hostile and dangerous battles or threats. This chapter will enable the reader to appreciate the role and experiences of combat social workers, as captured in later autobiographical chapters. However, deployments are time-limited (7–15 months, as a rule), and most of the time spent as a military social worker is in garrison (i.e., base camp with offices, often a behavioral health clinic or the social work department at a military hospital). This is where and how most members of the military receive their mental health treatment—conducted by military social workers. This is discussed in Chapter 2.

Deployment of a Social Worker

2020 ◽  
pp. 178-187
Author(s):  
Eric J. Kirwan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Ping Pong ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Work Skill ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Military

In this chapter, the author discusses adaptability as the most valuable quality for a social worker. Reflecting on his career, the author discusses his ability to adjust to any situation and connect with different types of people. That skill has translated well for him in his career. He especially focuses on his experiences as a combat social worker during deployment, since he used every social work skill to be effective in this setting. He discusses the many challenges and the lessons he learned from being a combat social worker. He notes, for example, that mental health is not well-received in the military, especially within certain combat-focused units. He describes how it requires a lot of outreach and integration with members to help develop rapport and reduce stigma. One lesson learned: playing ping-pong seemed to be one of the popular activities among other strategies used to build relations within units while doing outreach.

Prospective Directions of Development of Social Policy in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

2018 ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
С. Шепилов ◽  
S. Shepilov ◽  
И. Маличенко ◽  
I. Malichenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
Staff Turnover ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Socioeconomic Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Military

The implementation of full-scale social programs for national companies is their voluntary expression of will, while the availability of military social work is a compulsory activity in the armed forces of the Russian Federation. In the most general form, military social work is an activity to implement the socioeconomic rights and privileges of servicemen established by the legislation and to ensure, on this basis, their social protection. In connection with the continuous reform of the military system, there is an increasing number of issues of social guarantees and compensations that are not regulated in the legal, organizational and economic aspects, which reduces the attractiveness of the soldier’s profession and increases staff turnover, and, in strategic terms, may aff ect the defense capacity of the country as a whole. In this regard, the issues of improving military social work, the implementation of benefi ts and compensation, social activities aimed at retaining servicemen and their development, are very important and relevant.

Exploring military social work from a social justice perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D Olson
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Work Content ◽  
Social Work Values ◽  
International Perspectives ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Work Education ◽  
The Military

Calls to enhance military social work content in social work education present unique challenges for a discipline historically associated with social justice and advocacy for peace. The consequences of war demand intervention along multiple psychosocial domains. However, the question remains as to how social workers can address the discrepancies between social work values and military culture. This article argues that the context-bound nature of social work highlights the reciprocal relationship between macro and micro factors intrinsic to military issues. This provides a holistic understanding of the military system and can enhance educational content on military issues to include international perspectives.

scholarly journals BASES OF MILITARY-SOCIAL WORK IN THE UKRAINE ARMED FORCES AND THE WORLD LEADING COUNTRIES ARMY

2019 ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
A. Bespalko ◽  
A. Shumeiko
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
State Government ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The Social ◽  
Combat Activity ◽  
The Military

The article discusses the content of the military-social work of the Ukraine Armed Forces as a moral and psychological support component. The functions, tasks and content of military-social work are revealed. The understanding of the military-social work content has been supplemented and expanded. A comparative analysis of the social workers and volunteer activities in the Ukraine Armed Forces and the foreign countries armies was carried out.The specialization of the social worker was marked as a complex of social-legal, economic and vigorous calls, conducted by the state, government bodies, commanders and headquarters of all regions, and all of them, member of the group of services. The military social work main tasks are highlighted: protection of social norms and guarantees of military personnel in accordance with existing legislation; implementation of measures to reduce the social tension of military collectives; research of social processes in military collectives; creation of prerequisites for the formation and maintenance of high combat activity of personnel; adaptation of military personnel to changing conditions, work with families of military personnel. The fact that in the Armed Forces of Ukraine military-social work is primarily informational, advisory in nature, rather than the practical implementation of measures to ensure the social protection of the state's military personnel, has been ascertained.

scholarly journals Online Training for Working with Student Veterans: A Social Work Elective Course

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Selber ◽  
Mary Jo Garcia Biggs ◽  
Nancy Feyl Chavkin ◽  
Micah C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Military Veterans ◽  
Student Veterans ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Student Veteran ◽  
Msw Students ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
The Military

Abstract This article describes one school of social work’s innovative online elective course to prepare Masters of Social Work (MSW) students for practice with the military, veterans, and their families. Developed as part of a university-wide Veterans Initiative, this online course keeps the focus on the student veteran and uses best practices of online education. The authors share their strategies and make recommendations for future trainings.

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