scholarly journals Social Worker Specialization: A Panacea to Nigerian Prisons Rehabilitation Service

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Kehinde Adekunle Aliyu ◽  
Jamaludin Mustaffa ◽  
NorruzeyatiCheMohd Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Main Thrust ◽  
Institutional Failure ◽  
Bottle Neck ◽  
The Impact

<p>Nigerian’s prisons conditions is pathetic, a very dreadful and incompetent of assuring expected rehabilitation of inmates. There exists a general rareness of infrastructures, policies, and corruption in the system. Given this context, the main thrust of this study was to examine the specialization of social worker on the impact of prison rehabilitation programmes on the welfare of the inmates. To achieve the purpose of this study content analysis through the use of books, journal publications and available sources on the internet library. This is to give a profounder understanding of the specialization issues that surround social workers in Nigerian prisons with a view of bettering the inmate’s life. The findings of this research work reveals that, lack of qualified social workers affect the rehabilitation programme aim at reforming the inmates. Also, the findings disclose poor founding and ineffective governance as responsible for the shortage staff in the prison, rigidity (bureaucratic bottle neck) and institutional failure. Issues such as corruption, nepotism, and regional sentiments were the real problems behind the unspecialized social workers in Nigerian prisons service. <em></em></p>

scholarly journals Construction of Reflexivity in Social Workers Working with Vulnerable Children in the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Kateřina Glumbíková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
Vulnerable Children ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Impact

Social work in the Czech Republic is confronted with the impact of global neoliberalism, which is manifested by privatisation of social services, individualisation of social risks and economisation. Reflexivity of social workers working with vulnerable children and their families has the potential to lead to a higher quality of social work, strengthening of social workers' identity, and empowering social workers to promote changes in everyday practice. Meeting this potential requires an understanding of constructing reflexivity by social workers, which is the objective of this paper. We used a qualitative research strategy, particularly group and individual interviews with social workers and their analysis using current approaches to grounded theory. Concerning data analysis, we found out that constructing reflexivity (nature and subject of reflexion) derives from the perceived roles of social workers (social worker as an ununderstood artist, social worker a as mediator between social and individual, social workers as an agent of a (society) change, social workers as an agent of normalisation and reflexive professional). The acquired data, within the situational analysis, was inserted into a position map on the scale of holistic and technical reflection. The conclusion discusses the implication for practice and education in social work.

Application Service Provision

2005 ◽  
pp. 99-133
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Guah ◽  
Wendy L. Currie
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Research Work ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Age ◽  
Application Service ◽  
Implementation Program ◽  
The Impact

The Application Service Provision (ASP) business model offers a pragmatic adoption path for inter-organizations in the Internet Age. Given this pragmatic adoption path, academics are beginning to question the following: Where are enterprises adopting ASP technology first? Why are they choosing these areas? Where will they apply the evolving Web services technology next? This chapter’s primary purposes are to point out a number of issues that concern management of inter-organizations of the Internet Age and to explore the impact of ASP on such organizations. It will examine the strategies that will enable inter-organizations to better manage ASP resources for competitive advantage. While the phenomenon of ASP is still in an embryonic stage, we draw from seminal works of IS pioneers like Markus, Porter, Checkland, Maslow, and others. Their intellectual contributions, plus findings from research work at Brunel University, provide a framework for discussion. By shedding light on patterns of ASP’s trajectory, drivers, benefits, and risks, the chapter will help managers and academics to reflect on determining where ASP—and associated technologies—might be deployed and define a broad implementation program to exploit the potential of the ASP business model. The chapter seeks to find if Web services architectures are distinctively able to enhance the flexible coordination of business processes, which span various enterprises and rely on inter-organization information systems in the Internet Age.

Blurring boundaries: An emotionally aware caregiver, social worker, and researcher

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 682-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Camacho
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Emotional Awareness ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Clinical Social Worker ◽  
Clinical Social Workers ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Impact

In this article, I illustrate lived experiences within my roles as caregiver, clinical social worker, and researcher. Empirical attention has focused on the emotional toll of caregiving and management of emotions as clinical social workers, however, little attention has been given to the impact emotions have on the researcher and how emotional awareness can be useful in the creation of knowledge. Using a personal reflexive account, I “out” myself as an emotionally aware caregiver, clinical social worker, and researcher. Finally, I provide examples of how to incorporate emotion into the research process.

scholarly journals INISIATIF MASYARAKAT INDONESIA DI MASA AWAL PANDEMI COVID-19: SEBUAH UPAYA PEMBANGUNAN KESEHATAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Marya Yenita Sitohang ◽  
Angga Sisca Rahadian ◽  
Puguh Prasetyoputra
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Online News ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Community Initiative ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Impacts

The impact of the pandemic has influenced every aspect of people’s life. One of the positive impacts of the pandemic in Indonesia is the existence of the community initiative to prevent the COVID-19 spreading. This article aims to explore several initiatives coming from the society in relation to COVID-19 and the lesson learned for the society to have preparedness in facing health disasters. The data come from the 39 online news on the internet, the data was then analysed using a content analysis method. The authors found that Indonesian community initiative can be distinguished by two purposes i.e. to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 and to help the vulnerability group cope with the economic impact of COVID-19. Furthermore, mostly the initiative originally came from society without the intervention of the government. It is important to note that the collaboration between the government, both the centre and local, and the society should be strengthened.

scholarly journals Gränsytor under förhandling

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Ekström
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
And Task

Boundaries under negotiation – social services’ responsibility for support to women exposed to violence in close relationshipsThis article examines social workers’ perceptions of the social services’ mission and task as regards support for women who are subjected to violence in close relationships and where the social services are considered to be limited. The study is qualitative and based on interviews with 16 social workers in eleven municipalities. The interviews have been analysed with conventional content analysis. The analysis shows that the task or obligation of the social services can be formulated in two different ways: to offer support to women exposed or previously exposed to violence in close relationships, or to offer support to women who have left or intend to leave a relationship where they have been subjected to violence. In the analysis of social workers’ descriptions of support they offer, as well as the boundaries for what is beyond the social services’ responsibility, three levels can be identified. The first level, consisting of financial support, placements at women’s shelters and a social worker to talk to, forms a sort of core for the work in the social services, which most, albeit to varying degrees, offer. The second level describes forms of enhanced support, and the third level describes such support which only a few state that they work with or where responsibility issues are more diffuse.

scholarly journals From the preserves of the educated elite to virtually everywhere: A content analysis of Danish science news in 1999 and 2012

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunver Lystbæk Vestergård ◽  
Kristian H. Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
News Production ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Science News ◽  
Danish Science ◽  
The Impact

In an attempt to qualify changes to science news reporting due to the impact of the Internet, we studied all science news articles published in Danish national newspapers in a November week in 1999 and 2012, respectively. We find the same amount of science coverage, about 4% of the total news production, in both years, although the tabloids produce more science news in 2012. Online science news also received high priority. Journalists in 2012 more often than in 1999 make reference to scientific journals and cite a wider range of journals. Science news in 2012 is more international and politically oriented than in 1999. Based on these findings, we suggest that science news, due partly to the emergence of online resources, is becoming more diverse and available to a wider audience. Science news is no longer for the elite but has spread to virtually everywhere in the national news system.

scholarly journals Studying the Impact of Professional Interaction on Social Workers’ Emotional Burnout

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-182
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Novyk ◽  
Tamara Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Separation Mechanism ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Problematic Situations ◽  
Emotional Burnout ◽  
The Impact

The article deals with emotional burnout in social workers who work with people who witnessed the conflict, lost loved ones or with numerous refugees who moved to different parts of the country and are rebuilding their lives. The authors of the article used a free-form essay on the topic "The Most Problematic Situations in My Work with Migrants". They analyzed the obtained results using content analysis to identify the main manifestations of “burnout”, as well as possible preconditions for its occurrence. The research involved 245 social workers aged between 25 and 45 (work experience of 5 to 10 years), who assist those who have become migrants as a result of hostilities in eastern Ukraine. Most often, negative emotional states in social workers with emotional burnout cause difficulties in the adaptation of migrants from the war zone in eastern Ukraine. Content analysis has shown that most emotionally significant situations in the interaction between social workers and these clients arise because of psychological difficulties. Emotional states of social workers within the structure of emotional burnout are manifested through the identification-separation mechanism. In turn, social workers perceive negative emotional states as a manifestation of their psychological professional inability accompanied by disorders in self-identity and negative content of structural units of self-awareness. Social workers themselves experience several difficulties when communicating with clients and helping them to overcome problematic situations.

scholarly journals Insights on Professional Identification and Licensure from Community Practice Social Workers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Lightfoot ◽  
Mary Nienow ◽  
Kao Nou L. Moua ◽  
Gregg Colburn ◽  
Alissa Petri
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Professional Regulation ◽  
Professional Identification ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article describes a qualitative study designed to explore both how community practice social workers identify professionally and to examine their view towards professional regulation. Thirty-five MSW-level social workers in a large metropolitan region who self-identified as community practice social worker participated in in-depth interviews. The respondents shared their views regarding professional identification as social workers and the impact of professional identity on their work as community practitioners. Approximately half of the respondents indicated that they only sometimes or never identify as a social worker. The respondents were generally critical of the licensing burden placed upon them as community practice social workers.

My brilliant career

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-79
Author(s):  
Simon Gardiner
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Reflective Learning ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Formative Experiences ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis contribution, written by a recently retired social worker, reflects on the impact of his early casework experience in child welfare. It discusses, via case examples, how these formative experiences influenced his social work career. These case examples illustrate the power of mentorship and continuing reflective learning. The article concludes with suggestions for the profession, for the employing organisations of social workers and for the newly graduated social work professional.

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