scholarly journals The Relationship Between Service Learning and Undergraduate Social Work Students' Professional Value Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-155
Author(s):  
Denise Levy ◽  
Alisha Edmiston
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Core Values ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Relationship

Service learning has long been used to foster students' personal and professional development and encourage civic engagement. This study explored how service learning affected the development of professional values in undergraduate social work students, with a focus on the core values of the profession outlined by the National Association of Social Workers. Thirty- six students enrolled in a service- learning course with 30 hours of required service in an agency completed a survey at the end of the semester. The majority of respondents reported observing a slight or significant increase for them personally in each of the core values as a result of the service-learning experience. The core values of service and competence increased the most. Working with agency clients and participating in class discussions were the most helpful in the development of all the core values.

Resilience and personality in social work students and social workers

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
María de las Olas Palma-García ◽  
Isabel Hombrados-Mendieta
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Predictive Ability ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Subject Analysis ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The Relationship

The goal of the study was to explore the relationship between personality characteristics and the development of resilience in the context of social work. To do this, combining the transverse and longitudinal approaches, we investigated 479 students and professional social workers. For students, the within-subject analysis shows that this group, while pursuing a university degree, are reaching greater openness, accountability, extraversion and kindness and, by contrast, are reducing their levels of neuroticism, which is the personality trait that acquires smaller presence on the professional stage. The regression results also confirmed the influence and predictive ability of personality traits on the resilience of students and social workers.

Main Street Revisited: Social Work Practice in Rural Areas

1986 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 466-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretchen H. Waltman
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Rural Social Work ◽  
Main Street ◽  
Professional Development Needs ◽  
The Relationship

The unique aspects of rural social work practice are discussed, with emphasis on the relationship between rural values and primary social work methods and skills. Suggestions for meeting the professional development needs of rural social workers are presented.

Are BSW Students Prepared to Address Substance Abuse in Clients?

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
David Beimers ◽  
Tristann Carter ◽  
Christine Black Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Academic Preparation ◽  
State University ◽  
The Core ◽  
Substance Abuse Disorders ◽  
History Of

Social work has a long history of working with clients with substance abuse issues, yet minimal attention has been given to academic preparation at the BSW level to work with this population. This study examines the competence of undergraduate social work students to successfully identify and respond to substance abuse issues in future clients. Perceived competence was examined in 50 senior BSW completed students at a midsize state university. Findings suggest that the undergraduate social work academic core curriculum does not adequately prepare future social workers to work with clients with substance abuse disorders. This study brings awareness to the academic arena for the need to have substance abuse content infused into the core social work curriculum to adequately prepare undergraduate social work students to feel confident and able to successfully identify, assess, and treat substance abuse issues in practice.

Not Just Play

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meryl Nadel ◽  
Susan Scher
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Summer Camp ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Comprehensive Treatment ◽  
Case Vignettes ◽  
Text Features ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Not Just Play: Summer Camp and the Profession of Social Work offers the only book written in many decades that focuses on the relationship between social work and the summer camp movement. Is camp just play or more? This volume responds with a comprehensive treatment of this underappreciated field of practice. In addition to updating their knowledge, social workers, students, and camp professionals will benefit froem the book’s exploration of many perspectives on this subject. The text features four sections. An introduction to underlying concepts is followed by a historical perspective on the profession’s significant involvement in the development of nonprofit camps. The third section examines ways in which social workers contribute to camps: providing skilled practitioners for a range of key roles, serving as venues for research and recruitment to the profession, and providing a milieu for growth through group membership. The concluding section explores the myriad of opportunities offered by today’s camps for social workers and social work students. Not Just Play offers several distinctive and unique features. Although scholarly research is a hallmark of the book, case vignettes are incorporated into many chapters. All comprise either first-person contributions or use primary source material. In addition, numerous quotations gathered from interviews and online questionnaires are incorporated into the text, many from well-known social workers citing the impact of their camp involvement. The book will inspire its readers to incorporate the peaceful, invigorating, growth experiences of summer camp and its environs with their client systems and—perhaps—themselves.

Social Work Students at Camp

Not Just Play ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 195-210
Author(s):  
Meryl Nadel
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Summer Camp ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Summer Camps ◽  
Field Placements

“Social Work Students at Camp: Field Placements and Service Learning at Summer Camp” explores two options for students to experience and learn about summer camp as a social work field of practice. The first part of the chapter identifies the myriad of learning opportunities found at summer camps. The benefits and obstacles to using the summer camp as an internship site are explored. In addition, professional social workers have recently integrated academic service-learning into camp programs. Camps that lend themselves well to service-learning components are typically one-week camps intended for vulnerable populations. At least two camps led by social workers have linked service learning and Positive Youth Development in sports-oriented camps. The greater flexibility of service-learning courses compared to field placements offers many opportunities for university–community partnerships. The authors recommend that both routes be considered. A first-person vignette concludes this chapter.

Veterinary Social Work: How Undergraduate Social Workers Can Make a Difference

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-158
Author(s):  
Ann Callahan
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Remote Area ◽  
Southern State ◽  
Learning Opportunity ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Graduate Social Work

The provision of veterinary social work has traditionally required training only available to graduate social work students and professionals. As social work educators continue to define core competencies required for veterinary social work, they must consider how to train undergraduate social work students in this emerging field. Remote Area Medical (RAM) provides such an opportunity. This article describes the experience of baccalaureate social work students at a university in a Southern state in the provision of veterinary social work services at five RAM spay and neuter clinics. The ways in which social work educators might use the RAM model as a service learning opportunity for their students are also explored.

THE IMPACT OF CROSS-CULTURAL SERVICE-LEARNING ON UNDERGRADUATE SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF CULTURE, RACE, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
SARA SANDERS ◽  
PEGGY MCFARLAND ◽  
JILL SUNDAY BARTOLLI
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Cultural Service ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

This study1 examines the effect of service-learning in urban settings on students' values and their attitudes toward individuals of lower socioeconomic status and of different racial and ethnic back grounds. A series of focus groups was conducted during one semester to identify changes in students' attitudes. A series of themes was identified, which demonstrated how students' attitudes toward people of lower socioeconomic status changed as a result of the service-learning experience. This study also includes strategies for integrating service-learning in social work education.

scholarly journals Video Intervention to Increase Knowledge About and Interest in Palliative Care Among MSW Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 70-70
Author(s):  
Cathy Berkman
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Social Work ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Video Intervention ◽  
Msw Students ◽  
The Mean

Abstract As the population ages and more people live longer with chronic and life-limiting illnesses, more healthcare professionals with palliative care skills are needed. Social workers are part of the palliative care team, but there is little, if any, content on palliative and end-of-life care in MSW programs. A 24-minute video featuring nine palliative and hospice social workers was produced with two goals: 1) increase knowledge of social work students about palliative and end-of-life care; and 2) interest social work students in a career in palliative social work. MSW students from three schools, in NY and Alabama, viewed the video. After viewing the video, 94 students participated in the mixed methods study, completing the brief, anonymous, online survey. The mean level of understanding about what palliative social workers do, rated from 1 (no understanding) to 5 (very good understanding), was 2.96 (SD=.99) before viewing the video and 4.31 (SD=.61) after, for an increase of 1.35 points (95% CI=1.14, 1.55) (p<.001). The mean level of interest in a career in palliative care social work and working with seriously ill persons and their family members, rated from 1 (Not at all interested) to 5 (Extremely interested), was 2.52 (SD=.99) before viewing the video and 3.45 SD=.80) after, for an increase of .91 points (95% CI=.79, 1.07) (p<.001). Qualitative data supporting the quantitative findings will be presented. This study suggests that a video intervention may be an effective tool to increase knowledge and interest in palliative and end-of-life care among social work students.

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