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Scottish children’s panels: Where volunteers are essential for fostering child well-being
- Author:
- ROBERTSON Anne S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Child Welfare, 16(1), 2022, pp.7-27.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The Children’s Hearing system was established in Scotland over 50 years ago to respond to child welfare and juvenile justice concerns. Found throughout all regions of Scotland, the child welfare system is a community-based approach where volunteers play an essential role by serving on Children’s Panels. This research focuses on the Children’s Panel volunteers and explores their role within the Children’s Hearing system, reasons for volunteering, types of cases reviewed, their training, and volunteers’ broader influence as catalysts for improving child well-being. It then explores the possibility of replicating the evidenced based model in other cultural settings struggling to find holistic, community-based approaches to child well-being. (Edited publisher abstract)
When privilege and oppression become “real” in the life of emerging social workers
- Author:
- AVANT Deneca Winfrey
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 42(1), 2022, pp.1-14.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In today’s society, it is of utmost importance to deliver services with compassion, understanding, and cultural competence. Students’ awareness of personal cultural backgrounds, issues, and biases is essential to enhance their ability to serve others, particularly marginalized populations. This study demonstrates how students understood the impact of discrimination and oppression on their personal development and preparation for delivery of social work services to diverse clientele. The goal of this research was to learn more about students’ readiness for practice with heterogeneous client populations by assessing their changes in thought and behavior necessary for culturally competent and responsive social work practice in a pluralistic society. While this research informs the role of social work education in preparing culturally competent practitioners, there remains a significant gap in the literature regarding how best to teach students about privilege and oppression. This study used existing pre and post data from the “Oppression & Diversity/ Social Justice Scale” to assess students’ understanding of power, privilege and oppression both at the beginning and at the end of a semester. Results may be used to plan and develop future cultural competence curricula. (Edited publisher abstract)
Interprofessional education workshop on aging: student perceptions of interprofessional collaboration, aging, and cultural fluency
- Authors:
- WINKLER Carey A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interprofessional Care, 35(Sup 1), 2021, pp.9-16.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Interprofessional education is vital to prepare students in healthcare-related fields for future practice to improve participation in teams and enhance client/patient outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a half-day interprofessional education workshop on aging based on students’ self-rated confidence in working in interprofessional teams, with aging, and culturally diverse clients/patients. Students from eight healthcare-related disciplines at a private mid-western university attended an interprofessional workshop. Afterward, students completed a reflective survey to evaluate pre- and post-workshop perceptions about interprofessional collaboration and caring for aging and diverse clients/patients. Quantitative methods using paired sample t-tests revealed a statistically significant difference in students’ self-reported level of preparedness in the areas of interprofessional education, aging, and cultural fluency (P < .001). In addition, qualitative methods were used to organize data into themes. Additional insights were gained to inform future workshops. (Edited publisher abstract)
The case for a cultural humility framework in social work practice
- Author:
- MARA Gottlieb
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 30(6), 2021, pp.463-481.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A cultural humility framework – first proposed within the medical and nursing fields – aligns with collaborative, intersubjective, and anti-oppressive models of social work practice. It challenges practitioners to continually explore our own social location and how our identities shape beliefs regarding what is “normal,” “healthy,” or “right.” It asks us to de-center our own knowledge in favor of prioritizing the clients’ experience and urges ongoing vigilance to power imbalances and the impact of systems on both client and practitioner. This article provides a literature review of cultural humility, a conceptual framework, discussion of its differentiation from cultural competence, and suggestions for its implementation in social work practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Smooth sailing with the occasional ‘culture shock’: the experiences of Romanian social workers in England
- Authors:
- HAKAK Yohai, ANTON Simona
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 24(6), 2021, pp.1097-1108.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study examines the experiences of social workers trained in Romania and then immigrated to England. It explores how they understood and negotiated the English culture. While a small number of studies mentioned migrating Romanian social workers, none of these closely considered issues related to culture. Bourdieu’s ‘habitus’ adjusted to explore national level groups was instrumental in understanding Romanian social workers’ cultural capital, and the interplay between it and English culture. The study aims to explore how Romanian cultural habitus shaped their experiences of immigration and their unique perspective. Data were gathered through face-to-face semi-structured interviews and an online questionnaire. Interviewees express greater life satisfaction following their migration, however, they also discuss the obstacles they encountered, including the differences regarding the place of the individual in relation to the family, wider society and the State, the status of social work and definitions of politeness and impoliteness. The researchers explore the participants’ responses to these tensions, the constraints they identified and the need for a comprehensive induction programme before starting to practice in England. (Edited publisher abstract)
With new lenses. Transcultural consultation as a tool for multicultural social work. An exploratory case study in Italy
- Author:
- GALESI Davide
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 35(4), 2021, pp.419-432.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This qualitative study explores how transcultural consultation is carried out in the social services of a local Italian area. Its purpose is to deepen our understanding of whether this methodology founded on the ethnopsychological approach can be useful in strengthening the cultural competency of social workers. Based on participant observations and semi-structured interviews, this paper illustrates how this tool helps practitioners become more aware of their values and implement more collaborative interventions, through which clients with migratory backgrounds can find a space for the expression and recognition of their internalised cultures. This paper additionally points out similarities and differences between this methodology and other cross-cultural social work models. Although transcultural consultation is conducted by psychotherapists, different application paths are proposed where even social workers can play an active role. (Edited publisher abstract)
Beyond cultural competence: a methodology for teaching effective practice across difference
- Authors:
- SAWYER Jason M., BRADY Shane R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 41(4), 2021, pp.342-359.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Cultural competence and cultural humility dominate discourses on practice across difference within social work and other helping professions. Despite their prominence, they remain contested constructs, thoroughly critiqued within the literature, and fall short in providing guidelines for intersectional practice across myriad differences. This article analyzes challenges inherent in approaches to preparing social work students for practice across difference in diverse settings and introduces a methodology for teaching difference practice grounded in applied social science paradigms: Traditional/Rational, Interpretive/Experiential, and Critical/Radical. Rooted in analysis of deeply embedded assumptions relative to history, values, reality, and knowledge development, it serves as a clarifying tool for learning, selecting, and developing practice approaches based on context. (Edited publisher abstract)
Status report for the field of social work: a content analysis of its racial/ethnic/cultural-focused research
- Author:
- SMITHEE Lauren C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 30(5), 2021, pp.383-397.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study analyzes scholarly articles in four broad-audience social work journals, examining racial/ethnic/cultural-focused studies published in the discipline. Growth in quality and quantity of research is demonstrated, although there is room for improvement in terms of several topics (e.g., multicultural competence). African American and Latinx groups were most-often studied, with much more limited attention to Asian Americans and Native Americans. The focused articles were funded at a higher rate (48.4%) than the non-focused articles (25%); however, the topics funded were not necessarily representative of minority population needs. Unfortunately, no single minority group saw a significant increase across time and, as such, additional efforts are certainly warranted. (Edited publisher abstract)
Cultural activities in transracially adoptive families
- Authors:
- MONTGOMERY Jordan E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 30(5), 2021, pp.430-444.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The current study investigated how engagement in cultural activities impacted transracial adoptive parent satisfaction with adoption, closeness with child, and child academic outcomes. Data from the National Survey of Adoptive Parents were analyzed to expand upon previous studies. Confirmatory factor analyses were used to determine a “cultural activities” variable that consisted of five items. Results of regression analyses demonstrated significant associations between cultural activities and parent satisfaction with adoption, cultural activities and closeness with child, and cultural activities and child academic performance. A cultural receptivity process model informs the advocacy of cultural activity engagement in transracially adoptive families. (Edited publisher abstract)
Understanding diversity through collaborative and creative workshops and across different contexts
- Author:
- PAPOULI Eleni
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 33(3), 2021, pp.171-190.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper is based on a project titled ‘Diversity Dolls’ which was developed to raise awareness about the benefits of fostering diversity among and within different contexts and audiences. The Diversity Dolls are creative tools to use as a pedagogic approach to training social workers and allied professionals in the area of diversity awareness. The project is a creative, multi-approach, training method that successfully combines the use of dolls with collaborative and creative activities such as story writing, storytelling, dramatisation of written stories and role playing. The project was piloted through two workshops involving 27 professionals from different disciplines in order to prepare themselves for the practical implementation in social services and various prevention centres and schools (primary and secondary schools). This paper presents the ‘Diversity Dolls’ project and describes its implementation and evaluation in the context of the two pilot workshops in Greece. (Edited publisher abstract)