scholarly journals Intersecting Personal Identity and Professional Role: Impact on Social Worker Subjective Well-Being

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-150
Author(s):  
John Graham ◽  
Micheal Shier
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Professional Role ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Work Education

Within undergraduate social work education, personal life characteristics are viewed predominantly in relation to their implications for social worker professional role identity. But personal life factors should also be considered in relation to occupational health and well-being. To better understand this relationship in social work specifically, data from interviews with social workers who reported low to medium levels of overall work and profession satisfaction were analyzed. Respondents noted that personal life factors such as interpersonal relationships and intrapersonal functioning affected their overall subjective well-being, and they highlighted several intersecting factors between their personal lives and professional roles that contribute to overall well-being. The findings have implications for social work education in regard to issues of self-care and the development of inter- and intrapersonal skills to maintain positive occupational health.

Indigenous social work across borders: Expanding social work in the South Pacific

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracie Mafile’o ◽  
Halaevalu F Ofahengaue Vakalahi
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The South ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Work Education

Pacific indigenous social work has developed across borders reflecting the diaspora of Pacific peoples outside their homelands. It is proposed that the ‘next wave’ of Pacific social work be centred in Pacific homelands to invigorate new approaches that better address well-being for transnational Pacific peoples. The current status of Pacific social work education, professionalization and theory is discussed. It is argued that social justice, locally-led development and cultural preservation will be better realized with an expansion of Pacific social work across borders. The article reflects on decolonization, universalism–relativism, nature of social work, resourcing and collaborations for Pacific social work.

Lewis, Harold

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Reisch
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Hunter College ◽  
Social Work Values ◽  
School Of Social Work ◽  
Work Education

Harold Lewis (1920–2003), social worker and activist, was Dean of Hunter College School of Social Work for twenty years. He published widely on social work values and ethics, epistemology of practice, child welfare, social welfare administration, and social work education.

Biculturalism in Social Work Practice

2019 ◽  
pp. 375-385
Author(s):  
Elias Paul Martis
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Helping Process ◽  
Work Education

Social work education and practice has primarily been dominated by a medical model worldview. Traditional social work frameworks and medical models have focused on deficits or psychopathology and limited wellness to bio-psycho-social dimensions. In 2005, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWOA) introduced a social work degree that incorporates Māori holistic models of well-being and practice. The degree was further developed into a four-year degree in 2016. This chapter looks at the contribution made by this bicultural social work degree to social work education and practice. This innovative and bold initiative by TWOA accords privilege to Māori and other indigenous bodies of knowledge and practice frameworks equal to those of western theories and frameworks. The bicultural degree argues that an indigenous approach to social work education and practice frameworks are not in competition or antithesis to western frameworks but are complementary and complete the helping process.

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