PERCEIVED LEVELS OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE THROUGH SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR URBAN SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS

2005 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martell L. Teasley
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Urban School ◽  
School Social Workers ◽  
Work Education

The Unsettling Feminism(s) Unconference

Affilia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharati Sethi
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Doctoral Student ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Intellectual Creativity ◽  
Academic Conferences

In this article, the author shares her experiences as a doctoral student at the Unsettling Feminism(s) conference in Chicago. She argues that this unconference forced her to question how the academy conceives of “academic conferences” as venues of student–professional development. From the perspective of a racialized woman, an immigrant, a scholar, and a person with a disability, such professional gatherings that honor social workers’ and researchers’ multiple identities and offer valued spaces for marginalized stories to be told and heard can be personally and professionally transformative. The author uses the metaphor of an elephant in the room to argue that even though it may be unsettling, the academy must be willing to risk uncomfortable dialogues to advance social work education, practice, and research and to enhance students’ intellectual creativity.

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.

Social work education in action: How studying for the profession facilitates the adaptation of internationally educated social workers in Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-127
Author(s):  
Annie Pullen Sansfaçon ◽  
Marion Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theory Project ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article presents the results and theorization of a 4-year Grounded Theory project that sought to understand the processes and dynamics involved in the professional adaptation of internationally educated social workers now practicing in Canada. In-depth interviews with 66 participants, who undertook social work education outside of Canada and have subsequently settled to practice in the country, were conducted. Results highlight that the social work educational background of the professionals not only offers key conceptual, theoretical, and analytical foundations needed to adapt knowledge and skills to practice abroad, but also provides tools to navigate and negotiate professional adaptation processes as a whole. We conclude that ultimately, social workers may adapt well to their new work contexts because of the transferability of social work skills, knowledge, and values to new practice settings, thus facilitating interventions with services users and also their own process of professional adaptation.

scholarly journals Social Work Education in Pakistan: Issues and Future Opportunities

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasreen Aslam Shah
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
Social Welfare Programs ◽  
Work Education

Social work is a professional and academic discipline that committed to improve the quality and prosperity of individuals, groups, and communities through scientific knowledge, policy, community organizing, direct practice and teaching. Pakistan is very fortunate to have a good start of professional Social Work; the first social work training began in the year 1953. Social work education in universities started in 1954 and its aim is to provide trained social workers equipped with the basic knowledge and skills to assist government and private agencies in the development and implementation of social welfare programs. This study presents an overview of the brief history, current issues and future opportunities of social work education in Pakistan. This study emphasizes some of the significant issues that cause concern, such as the social work education and practice appropriate for Pakistan society, teaching and learning, fieldwork and supervision, certification and licensing for social workers. It’s important to talk about some issues of concern and the direction in which a strong and sound social work education can be developed.

Preparing Students for the Spiritual Issues of their Clients through a Self-Awareness Exercise

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debora S. Rice ◽  
James R. Dudley
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Public University ◽  
Spiritual Identity ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Belief In God ◽  
Spiritual Issues ◽  
Work Education

In this recent study, 55 percent of the BSW students surveyed at a medium-size southeastern, public university stated that spirituality significantly influenced their decision to become social workers. Ninety-eight percent identified themselves as having a vital spiritual identity that included the belief in God or a universal spirit. Yet, until recently, social work education has all but ignored the relevance of spirituality in the lives of students and clients. This paper will present an assessment exercise designed to help students explore spiritual issues along with the responses of students to the exercise. Finally, the implications of this exercise for social work education will be discussed.

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