The Appealability of the Social Work Profession in the United States: Possible Explanations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rigaud Joseph ◽  
Herbert Shon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Revisitando o Serviço Social clássico

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (40) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilmaisa Macedo da Costa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject

Resumo − Este artigo tem por finalidade revisitar o tema das origens do Serviço Social em seu processo de institucionalização nos Estados Unidos. Expõe aspectos das bases históricas e teóricas da profissão, revelando conteúdos referentes ao Serviço Social clássico, hoje pouco analisado no interior da formação, limitando possivelmente a informação aos estudantes e profissionais sobre a produção do Serviço Social em seu contexto originário e talvez até mesmo a crítica a ele realizada. O texto trata do pensamento de Mary Ellen Richmond e sua proposição do Serviço Social de casos individuais, mostrando as bases teórico-metodológicas para uma ação sobre os indivíduos sociais em meio a um conjunto de interpretações divergentes sobre o tema. O pensamento de Richmond exerceu forte influência no Serviço Social europeu e no Brasil, oferecendo o suporte para que se fizesse uma crítica às tendências oriundas da base positivista e as insuficiências ali contidas como proposição conservadora. Palavras-Chave: Serviço Social clássico; institucionalização; bases teórico-metodológicas.   Abstract − This article aims to revisit the origins of social work in its process of institutionalization in the United States. It exposes aspects of the historical and theoretical bases of the profession, revealing contents referring to classic social work that are little analyzed today in undergraduate courses, possibly restricting information valuable to students and professionals about the inception of social work in its original context and perhaps even the criticism it received. The text deals with the thought of Mary Ellen Richmond and her proposal of the social work of individual cases, showing the theoretical-methodological bases for an action on social individuals in the middle of a set of divergent interpretations on the subject. Richmond's thought exerted a strong influence on both European and Brazilian social work, offering support to the criticism of tendencies originating from the Positivist base and the inadequacies contained therein as a conservative proposition. Keywords: classic social work; institutionalization; theoretical-methodological bases.  

Social work academia and policy in the United States

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arati Maleku ◽  
Richard Hoefer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Policy Engagement

This chapter examines the engagement of social work academics in the policy process in the United States. It begins by presenting an overview of social policy and the welfare state in the United States and by discussing the emergence of the social work profession in that country. The development of social work education in the United States and its contemporary features are then depicted. Following these, the methodology and the findings of a study of the policy engagement of American social work academics are presented. The findings relate to the levels of engagement in policy and the forms that this takes. The study also offers insights into various factors that are associated with these, such as perceptions, capabilities, institutional support and the accessibility of the policy process. The chapter concludes with an analysis of the findings and their implications.

scholarly journals The Coronavirus Pandemic and Immigrant Communities: A Crisis That Demands More of the Social Work Profession

Affilia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 088610992096083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda L. Cross ◽  
Odessa Gonzalez Benson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Economic Burden ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Large Segment ◽  
The Social

As the coronavirus pandemic has taken over matters of life and death globally, immigrant communities were some of the most deeply impacted. In the United States (U.S.), Latinx immigrants and other minorities have experienced greater economic burden and worse health outcomes, resulting in alarming rates of death from COVID-19. Yet the government’s relief measures to support individuals did not extend to millions of immigrants. This left many immigrants with the cruel choice to either stay home to protect themselves and their loved ones from the virus or go to work to support their families. Disregard for a large segment of the population is further complemented by strict immigration policies, harsher border restrictions, and public health guidelines that failed to account for the realities faced by immigrants. In this brief, we highlight the unequal toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrants and consider social work response. We argue that the pandemic demands more of the social work profession, as the coronavirus crisis exposed more clearly the systemic inequalities toward immigrants and aggravates their vulnerabilities. Insofar as systems are unequal and racist in the context of coronavirus, there is a great need for social work response that is innovative, brave, and deeply connected to communities.

scholarly journals Social Work Luminaries: Luminaries Contributing to the Clarification and Elaboration of Social Work Practice and Theory

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine M. Gutiérrez ◽  
Larry E. Davis ◽  
Charles D. Garvin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Theory ◽  
The Social

Oxford Bibliographies in Social Work includes three articles describing the scholarly writings of a select group of deceased social workers who have been especially prominent and influential in the profession within the United States. These individuals are referred to social work luminaries. These three bibliographical articles can be used to identify the publications of prominent individuals who have been most influential in the development of social work; these individuals are identified by first reviewing the biographies of significant social workers from the Encyclopedia of Social Work and obituaries collected by the Council on Social Work Education since the publication of the Encyclopedia of Social Work. From this list come the biographical material and publications, with the most prominent luminaries for each of the three articles. For each luminary is provided a brief biographical overview and one to five annotated citations of their most important publications. Respectively, the three articles describe the publications of luminaries: (1) who were involved in the founding and creation of the social work profession in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; (2) who, subsequently, contributed to the clarification and elaboration of social work practice and theory; and (3) who contributed to social work theory and scholarship in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This article presents the luminaries who wrote primarily between the 1920s and 1960s. They were aware of the pioneer work of other luminaries who created the profession of social work and began the process of creating its theoretical, ethical, and historical foundations. During these four decades, these luminaries added to the theoretical foundation of social work while also leading the expansion of social work into many new areas. This resulted in scholarship related to different sizes of service systems (individuals, groups, families, communities); new settings for social work; and the evolution of university-based education and training for social workers. During this period, luminaries fell into several categories in terms of their contributions to the evolution of social work scholarship. One category was the development of each of the social work methods as now conceived. These consisted then of Casework (e.g., Interviewing: Its Principles and Methods, Theory and Practice of Social Casework, Social Casework: A Problem-Solving Process, A Functional Approach to Family Casework, and Common Human Needs [i.e., individual work]); Group Work (e.g., Group Work with American Youth: A Guide to the Practice of Leadership, Essentials of Social Group Skill, and Social Group Work Practice: The Creative Use of Social Process); and Community Organization (e.g., Community Organization for Social Welfare, Community Action against Poverty: Readings from the Mobilization Experience, Community Organization and Social Planning, and An Overview of the Community Organization Curriculum Development Project and Its Recommendations). A second category is the adaptation of social work for different fields of service—notably rehabilitation, health, mental health, corrections, and child welfare. Some luminaries during that time were devoting themselves to developing methods for social work research and the advancement of social work theory. Other luminaries focused on considering social work approaches to Policy development. Finally, some luminaries at that time were thinking of applications for different ethnic groups, primarily Jewish and African Americans. The following is a presentation of luminaries under these categories and some of their major scholarly publications.

“Farewell, Saigon, I Promise I Will Return”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong Tran Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vietnamese Americans ◽  
Boat People ◽  
Open Sea ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
The Right

This chapter’s subtitle focuses on the social work performed by artists, journalists, and activists, who, during the late 1970s, comforted grieving souls through the construction of a refugee cultural identity and community, specifically as the true patriots whose flight from communism and testimony later on revealed what really happened after 1975. Beginning with the boat people exodus in the late 1970s, worldwide public opinion, which had vilified the South Vietnamese as losers of the war and obstacles to revolution, began to view the winners of the postwar. Their willingness to risk their lives on the open sea cast doubt on Hanoi’s revolutionary promises, and, through bipartisan support for the plight of the boat people, enabled the United States and Vietnamese Americans to cast themselves on the right side of history in ways never possible during the war itself.

Fauri, Fedele Frederick

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryann Syers
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
The Social ◽  
School Of Social Work ◽  
The University

Fedele Fauri (1909–1981) was a specialist in social legislation and public welfare in the United States. He was dean of the University of Michigan School of Social Work for nearly 20 years and helped found the school's doctoral program which combined social work and the social sciences.

Book Reviews: Social Relations in a Secondary School, A Sociology of English Religion, Rôleplaying in Psychotherapy: A Manual, Political Systems: Some Sociological Approaches, A Social Geography of Zambia, The Changing Social Structure of England and Wales 1871—1961, Group Conflict and Co-Operation: Their Social Psychology, Approaches to Cross-Cultural Psychiatry, Communities in Britain: Social Life in Town and Country, Mental Health and Contemporary Thought, Supervision in Social Work, Psychological Needs and Cultural Systems: A Case Study, Education and Social Work, The Lazy South, The Political Economy of Slavery, Intelligible Fields in the Social Sciences, Passing On: The Social Organization of Dying, Dilemmas of Social Reform: Poverty and Community Action in the United States, Poverty in Canada and the United States, The Government of Associations: Selections from the Behavioral Sciences, Wages and Work Allocation: A Study of Social Relations in a Garment Workshop, The Origins of Modern Town Planning, Basic Thinking in Regional Planning, Land and People, The City Region in Western Europe, Kinship and Casework

1967 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-388
Author(s):  
S. John Eggleston ◽  
John Highet ◽  
Paul De Berker ◽  
Hugh Berrington ◽  
P. Harries-Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
City Region ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Equity in social work employment: Opportunity and challenge for social workers with disabilities in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa R. Kiesel ◽  
Sharyn Dezelar ◽  
Elizabeth Lightfoot
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
The Social ◽  
Employment Participation ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities

People with disabilities in the United States have had low levels of employment for decades, and the employment rate of people with disabilities remains virtually unchanged despite efforts to improve employment participation. This qualitative inquiry explored barriers and opportunities related to employment for social workers with disabilities through understanding their experiences of seeking, obtaining, and maintaining social work employment in the United States. Five themes emerged: anticipation and experience of hiring discrimination, accommodation confusion, disappointment with the social work profession, disability makes one a better social worker, and this could be different (and better). Findings suggest implications for employers and the social work profession.

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