TRAINING OF SOCIAL WORK BACHELORS TO APPLY TECHNOLOGIES OF MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (7) ◽  
pp. 1634-1641
Author(s):  
Olena P. Bartosh ◽  
Dana V. Danko ◽  
Iryna V. Kozubovska ◽  
Oksana S. Povidaichyk
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Medical Social Work ◽  
Learning Procedure ◽  
High Level ◽  
Experimental Group

The aim: To develop, substantiate and experimentally test the model of social workers’ training to apply medical social work technologies in the professional activities. Materials and methods: Mixed methods design was applied. The experimental work was conducted in stages: 1) pilot study of social work curriculum of Ukrainian universities directed on the readiness formation to apply technologies of medical social work; 2) model developing with targeted, content, functional-procedural, analytical-resultative components; 3) pedagogical experiment on the learning procedure provision to students. At various stages, the study involved 48 teachers from 7 Ukrainian universities, 229 social work bachelors, 43 practical social workers. Results: indicated that the implemented training positively leveled up in the experimental group the students’ readiness formed to apply technologies of medical social work. The number of students with high level − increased by 28.9%; with sufficient level − increased by 33.4%; with average level − increased by 8.9%; with low level − decreased by 71.1%. Conclusions: The obtained results confirmed the efficacy of the modified program on social workers’ training to apply medical social work technologies in the professional activities.

Political Social Work: An Essential Component of the Profession

2021 ◽  
pp. 359-381
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Social Work Faculty ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
High Level ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Work Knowledge ◽  
Initial Results

Social workers have played a key role in political settings from the profession’s historic roots to present day. Their knowledge, skills and values position social workers to practice in political settings. Social work faculty and students were interviewed to assess a) how field placements in legislative offices and participation in Campaign School and NASW-sponsored Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD) impacted students’ professional development and perspectives on political social work, and b) social work faculties’ perception of these activities in students’ social work education and necessary political social work knowledge and skills. Initial results demonstrate a high level of support for these activities among faculty and students with opportunities to further include them in the explicit and implicit social work curriculum.

scholarly journals METHODS OF SOCIAL WORK MANAGEMENT IN THE ACTIVITIES OF A SOCIAL WORKER

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Maryna Lekholetova
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Management

The article presents an analysis of different approaches of domestic scientists to the interpretation of the concept of «social work management». The author surveys the features of management as an object of governance in the activities of a social worker. Features include the social nature of management information; the need for motivation methods that effectively influences and motivates professionals to better results in social work; availability of social workers' professional competence; the presence of problems with forecasting the results of management in the social sphere; the importance of current and final management results. The author proves the necessity of social workers' self-management skills (time management, motivation, stress resistance and recuperation, development of emotional intelligence) for the effective performance of management tasks in professional activities.  The article highlights the principles that should be followed in solving organizational and managerial tasks in social work management (purposefulness, ability of realization, adaptability, efficiency). The researcher presents the structure of social work management methods in the study (economic, administrative, social counselling, psychological and pedagogical influence, social influence). Research characterizes the methods of social work management while working with recipients of social services (methods of individual social work, methods of group social work, methods of community work, methods of social service design).

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 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PHYSICAL TRAINING OF STUDENTS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 381-391
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Pankevich ◽  
◽  
Vyacheslav Afonin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Training ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Spatial Sense ◽  
Important Sense ◽  
High Level ◽  
Experimental Group

One of the important branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the engineering troops, the units of which are always present in the organization and conduct of combat operations. The servicemen of these units do a great job of fortifying combat positions, building barriers and obstacles, masking and covering military positions with mine explosive devices, arranging water crossings, helping in organizing shelters for manpower and equipment. The theory and especially the practice of military engineers show the need to improve not only theoretical knowledge, skills and practical skills, but also to have a high level of development of general and special physical qualities. Among the many studies of physical fitness of cadets of different military specialties, there is a lack of studies of engineering cadets. The research carried out earlier concerned mainly the operator specialties of the engineering troops. Military mechanical engineers and command personnel have not been investigated at all. The purpose and objectives of the research are aimed at finding ways to improve the level of physical and psychophysiological readiness of cadets of the Higher Educational Institutions of Higher Education - future specialists of the engineering profile and determining the influence of the author's program of physical training on their professional readiness. The research methods used included theoretical methods (analysis and generalization of literary sources), pedagogical (observation, testing, experiment), methods of mathematical statistics for processing experimental data and assessing reliability. During the academic year, 60 cadets of the National Academy of Ground Forces (mechanical engineers and commander engineers) took part in the study, divided into experimental and control groups by the method of paired comparisons. The experimental group performed a specially developed physical training program with the inclusion of applied exercises. As a result of one-year training following the results of control tests, cadets of the experimental group have significantly better indicators of psychophysiological, physical (especially strength) and professional training than cadets of the control group at the level of p <0.05. Conclusions. It has been determined that for mechanical engineers and commanders for their professional activities, good strength training is important. Sense of temporal, power and spatial parameters in all subjects is approximately at the same level. EG cadets significantly improved the results of physical and psychophysiological fitness. It was found that the existing program of physical training at VVUZ does not sufficiently contribute to the high-quality special training of engineering cadets. The proposed content of exercises and the scheme of distribution of loads for a week and a month can be used to develop programs for special physical training for specific engineering specialties. Key words: military engineers, special physical training, temporary, power, spatial sense.

scholarly journals The Role of Medical Social Work to Raise awareness of Prevention of The Epidemic Diseases

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (04) ◽  
pp. 626-635
Author(s):  
Dr . Amal Ramadan AbdElhalim
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical Social Work ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
The Social ◽  
Epidemic Diseases

Social work seen as important for preventing epidemic diseases, especially in times of crisis, however, evidence of this importance is still scarce, especially in the developing world. We addressed this by studying the role of medical social work in raising awareness of preventing epidemic diseases, and an analytical and descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among Saudi social workers and consumers (102). It aims at the extent to which the social worker knows the nature of epidemic diseases. And defining the preventive role of social workers in raising awareness of preventive diseases. The premise is that there is a significant reciprocal relationship between them. Non-probability fit sampling has been implemented; A self-administered questionnaire was developed during the COVID20 virus for the year 2020, it was tested and filled out by 102 male and female social workers, and the results showed that the total weights and percentage of the social worker’s knowledge of the dimensions of epidemic diseases are (3022), (89.70%) respectively and the role of the specialist Social awareness in raising awareness of the preventive disease dimension (3309), (83.2%), respectively, was associated with a strong positive correlation with compliance among respondents, in addition to the study's observation of the relationship between socio-demographic background and study dimensions T. Not significant at the 0.05 level (2 tailed) ( Age, experience, gender, marital status, and residence).

Infusing Content on the Physical Environment into the BSW Curriculum

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitchell Kahn ◽  
Susan Scher
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Foundation Program ◽  
Social Work Programs ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Social Work Program

In August 1999, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) delegate assembly passed a major platform on environmental policy. The NASW now mandates that social workers take a proactive stand on environmental exploitation and environmental justice issues in all facets of their professional activities. This requires social work education to provide a more comprehensive view of the environment to include the physical as well as the social. The authors are faculty members of the Ramapo College Social Work Program, which has infused environmental content into all aspects of its BSW Curriculum. This article will describe how Ramapo incorporated such content into the liberal arts foundation, program prerequisites, and professional foundation areas of human behavior in the social environment (HBSE), research, practice, field, and policy. This model is offered as a guide to assist other social work programs in developing content on the physical environment in the BSW curriculum.

Generic or specialist profession? Identifying social work in community learning disability teams

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 214-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godfred Boahen
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Learning Disability ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽  
Community Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Professional Activities

Purpose – Social work is integral to community learning disability teams (CLDTs), however there is little research on how social workers discharge their statutory duties within them. The purpose of this paper is to report a study designed to describe what social workers do within a CLDT (anonymised as Maples). The question addressed is: what is the social work role in CLDTs and how is this accomplished? Design/methodology/approach – Ethnographic fieldwork was conducted in a CLDT in London during 2011/2012. This involved interviews of professionals and observations of “everyday” social work practice. Data were analysed using constructivist grounded theory. Findings – Social work practice in Maples could be categorised along five domains of practice, namely: case management, safeguarding, assessments, mental health practice, and duty. The accompanying professional activities within these domains are described in Table I, with a subsequent focus on the less researched domains of case management, assessment, and duty. Originality/value – This research is one of the few to delineate the professional activities of social workers within CLDT. By showing what professionals do, it has important implications for policy – example personalisation – and role effectiveness.

scholarly journals Simulating the context of interpreter-mediated social work interactions via interprofessional education

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Hlavac ◽  
Bernadette Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Limited English Proficiency ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
High Level

Interpreters and social workers frequently work together. They share some common goals and there is some similarity between the ethical guidelines that both professions follow. Despite this, interpreter-mediated social work encounters are rarely described, especially from the perspective of interpreting studies. Even more infrequent are studies that focus on trainee interpreters’ and social workers’ engagement in interprofessional education (IPE). Details of the design and delivery of IPE training sessions for interpreting and social work students, at Monash University from May 2017 to May 2019, are provided. The sessions featured two role-plays that simulated typical interactions in which interpreters and social workers work together. To assess the effectiveness of the IPE training in meeting both general and specific learning outcomes, three research questions were posed and the responses are reported in this article. The questions relate to the reported usefulness of role-plays in enabling the acquisition of desirable skills and knowledge; an increase in the level of knowledge of the other professional group, one’s own group and the perceived benefits for service-users; and the usefulness of pre- and post-interactional activities, such as briefing and debriefing. Responses to questionnaires were received from 218 of the 442 participating students. On a Likert scale with five gradings the average levels of agreement regarding the usefulness of role-plays are high, as are the levels of agreement about increases in knowledge of the other professional group and those of the students’ own professional group. The student informants reported that the skills they gained are likely to be beneficial to clients and patients with limited English proficiency. The trainees’ responses to their pre- and post-interactional interactions show that both groups registered a high level of agreement that briefings and debriefings are useful.

Importance of supervision in professional development of social workers supporting homeless people

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-116
Author(s):  
Joanna Szymanowska
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Specialist Knowledge ◽  
Institutional Benefits ◽  
The Way

The article presents the definitions and functions of supervision significant in the area of social work as well as its individual and institutional benefits. It also presents the results of a pilot study concerning the importance of the instrument of supervision in professional development of social workers. The study showed that the respondents most often participated in sessions providing emotional support, and less often in the sessions offering specialist knowledge. The way of carrying out the supervision was convergent with the current needs of the respondents; however, participating in supervision did not have much influence on making professional decisions or their quality.

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