Social work intervention with migrant workers in South Korea

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 655-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Sung Choi ◽  
Soochan Choi
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Social Discrimination ◽  
Labor Conditions ◽  
Milieu De Travail ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
Conditions De Travail

Although migrant workers have emerged as a major force throughout Korean industry, they are often alienated by disadvantageous labor conditions as well as social discrimination as a whole. Social workers in the work-place can themselves utilize the micro and macro procedures of assisting troubled newcomers. French Bien que les travailleurs immigrés en soient venus à occuper une place prépondérante dans l'industrie coréenne, ceux-ci se trouvent souvent aliénés parce qu'on leur impose des conditions de travail désavantageuses et sont victimes de discrimination. Les travailleurs sociaux en milieu de travail peuvent s'impliquer personnellement à travers des procédures micro et macro afin de venir en aide à ces nouveaux venus en difficulté. Spanish Aunque los trabajadores migratorios en la industria coreana se han convertido en una fuerza importante, a menudo están alienados, son discriminados socialmente, y trabajan en condiciones laborales desventajosas. Los trabajadores sociales en los lugares de trabajo pueden utilizar procedimientos micro y macro para ayudar a los recién llegados en sus problemas.

Roles and Opportunities for Social Work Intervention in Expatriate Work Environments

2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soochan Choi
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Cultural Adjustment ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Training Support ◽  
Systems Approaches ◽  
Adjustment Procedure ◽  
Work Intervention

By applying synergistic systems approaches, the present study has examined social work services for foreign-based US employees and their families in order to facilitate a successful adjustment in overseas assignments. A clear understanding of the key elements that constitute the expatriate's adjustment procedure is essential in implementing the practical roles occupational social workers can play in the global workplace today. On the basis of the recognition of the difficulties of cross-cultural adjustment, industrial social workers can utilize their expertise particularly in the processes of selection, training, support in overseas systems and repatriation to maximize an effective and efficient foreign expatriation.

Marital Problems and Treatment Outcome in Depressed Women

1987 ◽  
Vol 151 (5) ◽  
pp. 652-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roslyn H. Corney
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Women Patients ◽  
Marital Problems ◽  
Routine Treatment ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
Experimental Group

In a clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of social work intervention with depressed women patients in general practice, 80 women were randomly allocated to an experimental group for referral to attached social workers or to a control group for routine treatment by their GPs. They were reassessed at 6 and 12 months. The results indicated that women who had major marital problems were more likely to be depressed at follow-up than those with good relationships. However, patients with marital difficulties in the experimental group made more improvement than the controls. Women initially assessed as suffering from ‘acute on chronic’ depression and having major marital difficulties were found to benefit most from social work intervention.

scholarly journals Temporal and moral orders of social work intervention: The accomplishment of relationship work in a case of physical abuse

2020 ◽  
pp. 147332502094122
Author(s):  
Alex Dennis ◽  
Jadwiga Leigh
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
Ethnographic Observation ◽  
Recommended Guidelines ◽  
Practice Skills

This paper explores the employment of communication, engagement and relationship-based practice skills by a Flemish social worker working with a parent who was alleged to have assaulted his child. We deploy insights gained from ethnomethodology to analyse extracts from an ethnographic observation. We show how a respectful approach can be developed between two parties who seek to find meaning from the chain of events they are presented with. In doing so, we establish how practice can be conducted differently depending on the context in which professionals and families find themselves. We argue that social workers’ identities revolve around being competent members of their professional community by working within the recommended guidelines and keeping children safe. However, this does not mean that organisational rules determine the activities that take place. Instead, we show how social workers can use their experience and skills to develop effective working relationships and still achieve their intended outcomes without blaming or shaming parents.

Social Work Intervention in Human Resource Management: The Conceptual Framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuntak Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
Main Component

People are the main component as well as the target for social work practice. The intention of this profession is to help individuals /groups/communities to find out and solve their difficulties arising out of an imbalance between them and their surroundings and to assist them enhancing and restoring their capacities and potentials. On the other hand, Human Resource Management stands for recognizing and channelizing the uniqueness, talents, potentials, capabilities and strengths of human beings in work place, to develop their productivity as well as to ensure the protection of rights, social security, and justice for them. Human Resource Management is a term that aims to the blooming people as a valuable resource of the organization rather than their control as material assets. By analyzing the frameworks and philosophical bases of both the profession, it can be clearly elucidated that the practice of Human Resource Management, where it aims into resolve the disequilibrium in workplace relationship or employee-employer relationship and when it aims to identify, utilize and channelize all of their potentials and inner resources to develop their productivity the process of Social Work intervention strongly finds its way into the domain of practice of HRM and vis-à-vis.

scholarly journals Inclusion of Children as Active Citizens and Social Work Intervention with Community in Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-101
Author(s):  
Varathagowry Vasudevan
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Full Participation ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
Social Work Interventions

Children as citizens are born with civil, political, social and economic rights. Children are considered as active and autonomous individuals, despite the fact that they remain objects of protection and are less visible. Their reduced visibility, is generally seen in activities organized purportedly as events for children’s participation achieving other outcomes. Such initiatives proved to be non-events in the case of children’s rights. These events underscored the necessity to intervene to establish children’s inclusionary position in society. This study therefore addresses the outcomes of social work interventions in communities involving children. The interventions were specifically designed to address issues of active participation of children that promote inclusionary citizenship. In this process attempts were made to promote and inculcate active citizenship values and to create awareness on inclusion policies not only among the younger generation but particularly among the influential, `opinion making’ older members in the community The paper argues that to achieve the full participation of children for their development, interventions from professional social workers are essential. Professionally qualified social workers with wide field experiences play important roles in the promotion of inclusionary policies among community members especially with children. As illustrations, the study uses two community work projects that identify and underscore very clearly instances wherein professional social workers play important roles to revitalize communities for citizenship practices inclusive of children in Sri Lanka.

scholarly journals Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency: Integrated Social Work Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-43
Author(s):  
Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh ◽  
Azlinda Azman
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Human Behaviour ◽  
Social Disorder ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Challenge ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
Comprehensive Intervention

Juvenile delinquency poses a constant social challenge to the public. Juvenile delinquency can be defined as a repeated social disorder among children or adolescents. In this regard, human behaviour and the environment are linked to each other. Hence, the distortion of one aspect will definitely affect the latter. This article presents a comprehensive intervention where the integrated social work approach was applied to deal with juvenile delinquency. The integrated social work approach has become a framework for social work as it focuses on both the individuals and the environment. This framework has been applied to reduce the gap between individuals and their environments, and it is very important for social work intervention. Since the nature of this framework encompasses several different professions, it has become beneficial for social workers to deliver a multi-context intervention and assessment that is based on the preventive, rehabilitative, and development perspectives, especially in the case of juvenile delinquency. The implementation of an integrated social work framework in the line of a social worker’s profession could bring advantages in terms of pinpointing the cause of the problems. Finally, social workers will be able to address juvenile delinquency problems through appropriate techniques.

scholarly journals Child protection practice in a call centre: An emerging area of social work

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Call Centre ◽  
Call Centres ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Contact Centre

Social work services based in call centres represent a controversial and often negatively viewed development in the context of service delivery. Little is known, however, about the professional knowledge, values and skills required in this work environment, or of the strengths and learning opportunities this area of practice has to offer social work in general.This paper discusses the findings of a qualitative research project which involved 14 Intake Social Workers (‘ISWs’) at the Children Youth and Family (‘CYF’) National Contact Centre (‘NCC’), (formerly known as the National Call Centre). The aim was to ascertain how ISWs constructed their child protection social work practices in an environment where they communicated with their clients exclusively by using information and communication technology (‘ICT’) procedures. Participants were also asked to comment on their perceptions of the NCC as a place to work.The findings demonstrate the development of a unique skills set that combines elements of social work and traditional call centre work, where social workers must form constructive relationships with callers who have complex problems and sets of expectations, and with the technology that mediates their practice in this highly regulated, pressured work place. 

scholarly journals Guide to Social Work Intervention for Community Re-entry of Offenders With a History of Violence Against Individuals

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-319
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sabzi Khoshnami ◽  
◽  
Maliheh Arshi ◽  
Fardin Alipour ◽  
Mohhamad Hossein Javadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Social Reintegration ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Violence

Objective: The re-entry of offenders to the community after their imprisonment is a sensitive and important stage and should always be considered by governmental and non-governmental organizations. The proper transition from prison to the community occurs when rehabilitation and social reintegration programs are developed and implemented based on the real needs of individuals. Social work is one of the professions that can help the judicial system with this issue. Many graduates of this profession provide social work services to prisoners and their families. Therefore, it is necessary to identify effective operational solutions in accordance with the conditions of the country and formulate a specific framework. This study aims to prepare a guideline for specialized social work intervention for community re-entry of offenders with a history of violence against individuals. Materials & Methods: In this study, a qualitative approach was used to prepare the specialized guideline. First, the initial barriers and facilitators of successful community re-entry for offenders with a history of violence against individuals were prepared using thematic analysis. Then, based on the protocols of the social work process, the initial draft was developed. Next, at a focus group discussion session with faculty members and experts, the draft was reviewed and improved. To assess its applicability, we used the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) tool. Results: Intertwined concerns, protective shields, welfare/economic security, social support, and achieving relative independence were identified as the five dimensions of successful community re-entry. The specialized social work interventions were presented after approval in four main stages: preparation for the case plan, development of the case plan, interventions and actions, and monitoring and review of interventions. The results of evaluation by AGREE tool showed an overall acceptable average of 58.7% (82.9% for scope and purpose, 88.1% for stakeholder involvement, 85.6% for rigor of development, 83% for clarity of presentation, 84.9% for applicability, and 89.8% for editorial independence). The users of this guideline are social workers and other professions related to prisons and training and security organizations, especially after-release care centers. Conclusion: Investing in rehabilitation programs for prisoners is one of the best and most cost-effective ways to prevent the reoccurrence of violence, which not only has beneficial effects on those concerned but also promotes public safety. This issue becomes important when social reintegration and rehabilitation programs are developed based on scientific approaches and perspectives. Future studies on the effectiveness of the developed guideline, considering the local conditions, can help identify the effective factors of re-entry to the community in newly released prisoners. The skills and capabilities of social workers in presenting specialized interventions and establishing professional and inter-organizational communication, supporting rules and programs, motivation, and enthusiasm of the offender to change can all contribute to the success of this guideline in achieving the defined goals.

Gender-Based Violence and Alcohol Consumption in Youth Leisure Contexts: Challenges for Spanish Social Work

Affilia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 088610992096301
Author(s):  
Juan López-Morales ◽  
Gloria Álvarez-Bernardo ◽  
Nuria Romo-Avilés
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Alcohol Users

Adolescent leisure contexts in which alcohol are abused have undergone changes in recent decades, with the incorporation of girls/women to more intensive forms of consumption and with new forms of gender-based violence becoming more visible. This article studies the gender differences in the use and enjoyment of time in leisure contexts, the differences in the consumption of alcohol, and the vulnerabilities to which girls/women are subjected to in order to create proposals for Spanish social work intervention. We present empirical data from a qualitative study in which a sample of students from southern Spain have been interviewed in depth with the aim of establishing the connections between alcohol use and abuse and the instances of gender violence that occur in leisure contexts. Our final objective is to reflect upon and make innovative proposals for the role of Spanish professional social workers in prevention and intervention with young alcohol users and in the gender violence that is produced in the spaces of consumption.

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