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Racial and age disparities in licensing rates among a sample of urban MSW graduates
- Authors:
- SENREICH Evan, DALE Travis
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 66(1), 2021, pp.19-28.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Forty-five U.S. states require social workers to pass an examination for entry-level MSW licensure, with all 50 states requiring it for clinical practice. All states use examinations created by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) for this purpose. There has been concern that these exams may contribute to racial bias in social work licensing, as ASWB has historically not reported passing rates by demographic groups. In the present study, New York State licensing rates of over 5,000 graduates of three MSW programs of the City University of New York were analyzed according to race, gender, and age. Although passing rates on ASWB exams were not specifically examined, this study analyzed demographic disparities in licensure. In bivariate and multivariate analyses, White graduates had significantly higher rates of licensure than those who identified as Black, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, mixed, or other. Furthermore, older Black and Latinx graduates had far lower rates of licensure than their younger counterparts. As a core value of social work is social justice, the results indicate the need for far more investigation into racial and age disparities in social work licensure. (Edited publisher abstract)
Facts, myths and power: the social construction of senile dementia
- Author:
- SHORTT Susanne
- Publisher:
- University of Warwick. Department of Applied Social Studies/Social Care Associat
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 96p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
Dissertation examining the social construction of senile dementia, and suggesting that ageism and sexism operate in conjunction with an oppressive medical perspective on this condition to create a triple jeopardy for white older people that is exacerbated for black elders by racism.
Older adults and Covid 19: social justice, disparities, and social work practice
- Author:
- COX Carole
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 63(6-7), 2020, pp.611-624.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The Covid- 19 pandemic has brought immense challenges to almost every country as it spreads throughout their populations. Foremost among these challenges is the heightened awareness of inequalities in society and the immense toll that the virus has on the most vulnerable. Globally, older people are the most at risk of getting the virus and dying from the it. Yet, although age is a significant contributor, it is its interaction with other factors, chronic conditions, poverty, and race that makes it a strong determinant. These factors reflect disparities and systemic social injustices that interact to increase the vulnerability of older adults. This paper discusses the many roles that social work, with its focus on social change, injustice, and vulnerable groups can intervene at many levels of practice and with specific groups to alleviate these fundamental disparities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Older workers in modern times: the ageing of the UK Labour market and its consequences
- Author:
- KHAN Omar
- Journal article citation:
- Runnymede Bulletin, 368, Winter 2011, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Runnymede Trust
The implcations of the UK's ageing population on the labour market and its consequences for BME older people are discussed.
‘No matter what I did I would still end up in the same position’: age as a factor defining older women’s experience of labour market participation
- Author:
- MOORE Sian
- Journal article citation:
- Work Employment and Society, 23(4), December 2009, pp.655-671.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This research considers age as a factor defining the labour market experiences of older women. It is based on 33 interviews with women aged over 50 in three UK labour markets: London, Coventry and Oxford. Drawing upon their work histories it argues that direct discrimination on the grounds of age is difficult to disentangle from discrimination by gender, race and class. Older women’s accounts of entering work in the 1960s and 1970s demonstrated early gender segregation, influenced by school, family, gender role and class, the latter largely defined by access to higher education. The women described their perceptions of the changing nature of work and the way age can both be an advantage and disadvantage within specific occupations and sectors that are already defined in terms of race and gender. Overall they perceived age as a real impediment to entry or re-entry into the labour market, to training, and to career progression. But defining this as a discrete experience was difficult. It is suggested that intersectionality (the "intersection" of multiple forms of discrimination) enables the ways that older workers are variously situated across a number of social locations at one or more points in their life course to be captured. The authors conclude that age discrimination requires a more complex approach to and understanding of the structural nature of disadvantage than can be offered by anti-discrimination legislation alone.
Playing fair: a parents' guide to tackling discrimination
- Author:
- WHITE Peter
- Publisher:
- Save the Children/National Early Years Network
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brief, practical guide to combating prejudice of all kinds in young children.
The consumers' view: elderly people and community health services
- Author:
- CORNWELL Jocelyn
- Publisher:
- King's Fund Centre
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 38p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Identifies who the elderly and their carers are; differing perceptions of community care; the experience of community care of consumers; ageism and racism; and guidelines for improving services.
Anti-discriminatory practice: equality, diversity and social justice
- Author:
- THOMPSON Neil
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 240p.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 5th ed.
This is the fifth edition of what is considered a key text for those wanting an introduction to the challenges of promoting social justice and equality in a society characterised by ever-increasing diversity. The authors looks at ways in which social workers can effectively challenge inequality within society and explores the many forms of discrimination that can lead to disadvantage, disempowerment and oppression. Chapters include: equality, diversity and social justice; the theory base, gender and sexism, ethnicity and racism; ageism and alienation; disability and social handicap; sexuality and heterosexism; and faith and religious discrimination. New to this edition are the contextual introduction and chapters on sexuality and religious discrimination; an explicit theory base, through extended discussion of the widely used PCS (personal, cultural, structural) model; a range of questions for reflection, and guidance on further reading, incorporating books, articles and websites. The book is aimed at social work students, practitioners, managers and educators.
Equality Bill: explanatory notes on Lords amendments: 23 March 2010
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Equality Bill aims to harmonise and in some cases extend existing discrimination law covering the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sex orientation. It will address the impact of recent case law which is generally seen as having weakened discrimination protection, and harmonise provisions defining indirect discrimination. This document provides explanatory notes relating to the Lords Amendments to the Equality Bill (Bill 96) as brought from the House of Lords on 23 March 2010. It should be read in conjunction with the Lords amendments and the text of the Bill.
Key concepts in anti-discriminatory social work
- Authors:
- OKITIKPI Toyin, AYMER Cathy
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 170p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
A text book aimed at primarily at student social workers and practitioners and the use of anti-discriminatory practice in these fields. Two main parts cover: underpinning ideas and concepts; and implementation and practice considerations. The first chapter describes the nature of individual and organisational discrimination, whether overt or covert. It also describes people who naturally see everyone as equal and exhibit, what the authors call, a colour blind approach. Chapters two and three outline ideology behind anti-discriminatory practice models such as person-centred, attitudinal and behavioural models and discuss empowerment. Chapters four, five and six detail politics associated with and the legislation and policies of anti-discriminatory practice in the UK. Part two addresses the topics of working with diversity, addressing sexism, disability, racism, class, religion and the invisible groups and challenging the status quo, key communication, language and assessment skills needed, integrating anti-discriminatory practice into common social work methods (e.g. crisis intervention), the need for dynamism to meet all services needs and an openness to new approaches.