scholarly journals Professional Challenges of the Past 30 Years of Social Work in Romania (1990-2020). Interview with Social Workers(1990-2020). Interview with Social Workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Lídia Berszán
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Professional Challenges ◽  
Insight Into

In the following interview, social workers talk about what this profession means to them and what challenges they have encountered, meet in everyday life. Their responses provide insight into the events of the past 30 years of social work. Keywords: professional challenges of social work, social wellfare system, progresses and deficit areas

Facilitating Injustice

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoosun Park
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Mass Removal ◽  
Professional Obligations ◽  
The Past ◽  
Private Charity ◽  
Political Alliances ◽  
Major Shift

Social workers were involved in all aspects of the removal, incarceration, and resettlement of the Nikkei, a history that has been forgotten by social work. This study is an effort to address this lacuna. Social work equivocated. While it did not fully endorse mass removal and incarceration, neither did it protest, oppose, or explicitly critique government actions. The past should not be judged by today’s standards; the actions and motivations described here occurred in a period rife with fear and propaganda. Undergoing a major shift from its private charity roots into its public sector future, social work bounded with the rest of society into “a patriotic fervor.” While policies of a government at war, intractable bureaucratic structures, tangled political alliances, and complex professional obligations all may have mandated compliance, it is, nevertheless, difficult to deny that social work and social workers were also willing participants in the events, informed about and aware of the implications of that compliance. In social work’s unwillingness to take a resolute stand against removal and incarceration, the well-intentioned profession, doing its conscious best to do good, enforced the existing social order and did its level best to keep the Nikkei from disrupting it.

SOCIAL WORKER TURNOVER ISSUE IN MAINLAND CHINA: ORGANIZATIONS CAN DO SOMETHING

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 63-83
Author(s):  
KITTY YUEN-HAN MO ◽  
HUNG-SING LAI
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
The Past ◽  
Worker Turnover

The turnover issue among social workers in Mainland China has been a challenge for the past ten years. Research studies on organizational effort in handling turnover problems of social worker have been lacking in the country. A recent qualitative study has been conducted in the summer of 2017. The study examines turnover issues and how to tackle them by management practices. It helps to answer a question, that is, “what organization can do to retain social workers?” Cultural issues are discussed as well. The role and responsibilities of social work managers in implementing management strategies are mentioned in this study.

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 Is There A Place For Us? Social Workers of Color As Outside Agitators Within the Profession

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 978-988
Author(s):  
Michael Rangel
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Communities Of Color

The outside agitator narrative has been used to discredit and harm people of color for decades. Currently, it is being used as a forceful tactic to separate the movement for Black lives from the broader narrative that racism is deeply rooted in American social structures, institutions, and everyday life. This article examines the implications of how the profession of social work has similarly and simultaneously maintained a culture of white supremacy and racist ideologies in our work. As outsiders in a predominantly white profession, social workers of color act as outside agitators when dispelling myths and practices used in and for communities of color. By centering the lived experiences and knowledge of social workers of color, all social workers can increase their awareness of racism within our profession and work together to dismantle the culture of racism and white supremacy that persists within social work.

Possibilities for new social work professional resistance in Chile: times of social change?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taly Reininger ◽  
Gianinna Muñoz-Arce ◽  
Cristobal Villalobos
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Exponential Growth ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
The Past ◽  
Global North ◽  
Material Conditions

In the current unscrupulous neoliberal climate, social workers are increasingly confronted with ethical and political tensions that clash with the profession’s commitments to human rights and social justice. However, despite neoliberalism’s global reach, the scholarship on social work professional resistance has been largely limited to the Global North. Taking into consideration this absence in the literature, this article seeks to explore the possibilities for professional resistance in the Global South, specifically, in Chile, a country in which neoliberalism was forcefully imposed and that has experienced an exponential growth in social movements over the past two decades. The following article explores the structural and material conditions that have historically shaped social work resistances, arguing that the current social and political climate, specifically, the constitutional process under way, presents a space from which new resistances are possible and necessary in order to challenge neoliberal hegemony.

scholarly journals Social Work as The Safety Net of the Albanian Society in Transition

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Arlinda Ymeraj
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
The Past ◽  
The University

Social work has little tradition as an academic discipline or as a profession in Albania despite the high need for well-trained social workers. Social work in Albania had practically not existed in the past, neither before the WWII nor during socialist regime. It was the deep political and economic changes of the post socialist phase and the support of government and non-government stakeholders, like the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Emigration and Ex- Persecuted People as well as the Grand Valley University, Michigan, which paved the way for the establishment from scratch of the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Tirana in 1992. Two other schools of Social Work were also established in two public universities, one at the University of Shkodra (2005) and another at the Elbasan University (2004).  The Albania’s adherence to the Bologna Declaration brought a new reform, initiated in 2005, in which the Departments of Social Work were actively involved and played a critical role to adjust the curricula according to the EU standards. However, social work is neither a straight forward academic discipline nor a clear-cut profession. Social work is both, above all it is the safety net of society. The concept of social work derives from the needs of society, which in the end turns towards social mobilization, participation and inclusion. The global definition of social work, set out by the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) and approved by its general assembly in 2014, defines Social Work as follows: “Social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities are central to social work. Underpinned by theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and indigenous knowledge, social work engages people and structures to address life challenges and enhance wellbeing”. (http://www.communitycare.co.uk/what-is-the-role-of-social-workers). Besides the overall social structure of the society and the legacy from the past, Social Work can’t be developed outside the context of education system in one side and social protection and care system on the other. Hence, this paper brings in some information, which by describing the status of Social Work Education in Albania, tries to further explore its multi-faceted dependency on system of policies and social legacy from the past, alike. Keywords: Social Work, Social-Exclusion, Social inclusion  

scholarly journals HJEMLIGHED SOM VELFÆRDSPARADOKS: Om iscenesat autenticitet i døgninstitutioner for anbragte børn

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Højlund
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Children’S Homes ◽  
The Ideal

The article is built upon a fi eldwork in Danish children’s homes which analyses what it means to social workers and children to be a homey institution. The ideal of hominess is presented as a paradoxical idea producing several contradictions and dilemmas in the everyday life of the institution. The article presents the historical background for this problem, with a focus on the ideal of authenticity both as a product of, and a counter-strategy to, modernity. Keywords: Home, hominess, social work, children’s homes.  

scholarly journals Back to School for social work students

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-60
Author(s):  
Lynne Wilson ◽  
Karen Hillison
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Research Model ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Past

Every Child Matters: Change for children (DfES, 2004) places effective inter-professional working at the top of the child care agenda. Developing new opportunities for practice learning in different professional settings, therefore, is high on the agenda for all those concerned with the teaching of social work. Learning within a different professional setting can bring many benefits, but also challenges. This article outlines a well-established project in Hull, where student social workers have been experiencing practice learning opportunities in mainstream schools for the past four years. The project has been evaluated using an action research model and as such reflects the subsequent development and consolidation as the project has expanded. We highlight both the benefits and the challenges for all those concerned with these placements, addressing some of the issues for students, practice teachers, and work-based supervisors in their roles in this new approach.

From the Guest Editor

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. ix-xii
Author(s):  
Matthew Theriot
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Guest Editor ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
The Past ◽  
Work Education ◽  
New Generation

Welcome to this special issue, Educating Millennial BSW Students: Innovative Teaching for the New Generation of Social Workers. It has been an honor to serve as the guest editor, and the experience has been both exciting and rewarding. The idea for this special issue evolved from my own experiences and observations in the classroom. The past 10 years have been a time of tremendous change for higher education. Students have changed, the learning environment has changed, and social work educators need to change, too. Our approaches to social work education need to be responsive to the changes around us so we can continue to effectively and meaningfully train the next generation of professional social workers.

Can child and family social work research really assist practice?

1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 93-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Sellick
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Past

British social workers at the sharp end of foster care and social work practice have experienced a flood of official reports in recent years (Association of Directors of Social Services, 1997; Utting, 1997; Warren, 1997), mostly, though not exclusively, highlighting the problems of too few placements for an increasingly challenging number of children and young people. In addition, British and North American foster care research over the past twenty years has shown how children in public, including foster, care have been:

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