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Promoting client participation by social workers: contributing factors
- Authors:
- ITZHAKY Haya, BUSTIN Edna
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Community Practice, 13(2), 2005, pp.77-91.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philapelphia, USA
The article presents a study that examined the contribution of empowerment (personal, political, and abilities) and background variables (age, religiosity, and marital status) of social workers to promoting participation among two groups of clients: long-term residents of Israel, and new immigrants. The findings revealed that only political empowerment contributed toward promoting client participation among both of the groups examined. As for the impact of background variables, the findings indicated that gender (for long-term residents) and religiosity (for immigrants) contributed to promoting client participation only when there was an interaction with political empowerment. Background variables and maturity (in terms of age and marital status) also contributed toward promoting participation among immigrant clients. The article discusses the nature of empowerment and analyzes the relationship between empowerment of social workers and promoting client participation. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
The effect of supervising nonprofessionals on the role of the community worker
- Author:
- ITZHAKY Haya
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 4(4), October 1994, pp.464-480.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Examines potential differences between the roles of community social workers who supervise nonprofessional staff and those who do not supervise nonprofessionals. Both devote about 40% of their work to tasks that do not require professional skills. The social workers who supervised nonprofessionals spent a greater proportion of their time in guidance and activation of neighbourhood committees, whereas those who did not supervise nonprofessional staff devoted more time to complex and executive roles.
Child protection workers dealing with child abuse: the contribution of personal, social and organizational resources to secondary traumatization
- Authors:
- DAGAN Shlomit Weiss, BEN-PORAT Anat, ITZHAKY Haya
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 51, 2015, pp.203-211.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The present study compared secondary traumatisation among child protection social workers versus social workers employed at social service departments. In addition, based on Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, the study examined the contribution of working in the field of child protection as well as the contribution of background variables, personal resources (mastery), and resources in the workers’ social and organisational environment (social support, effectiveness of supervision, and role stress) to secondary traumatisation. The findings indicate that levels of mastery and years of work experience contributed negatively to secondary traumatisation, whereas exposure to child maltreatment, trauma history, and role stress contributed positively to secondary traumatisation. However, no significant contribution was found for social support and effectiveness of supervision. The study identifies factors that can prevent distress among professionals such as child protection workers, who are exposed to the trauma of child abuse victims. Recommendations are provided accordingly. (Edited publisher abstract)
Hope as a strategy in supervising social workers of terminally ill patients
- Authors:
- ITZHAKY Haya, LIPSCHITZ-ELHAWI Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 29(1), February 2004, pp.46-54.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article focuses on supervision of social workers who feel despair and hopelessness in treating terminally ill patients. The emotional difficulties that may lead to these feelings are discussed. A special model of supervision that relates to hope as a strategy to help social workers cope with such difficulties is presented. The model suggests goals in supervising such social workers and outlines the means and techniques for achieving the goals.
Burnout among trauma social workers: the contribution of personal and environmental resources
- Authors:
- BEN-PORAT Anat, ITZHAKY Haya
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work, 15(6), 2015, pp.606-620.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Summary: This study sought to examine burnout among therapists working with trauma victims. In addition, it examined the contribution of the therapists’ background characteristics as well as the contribution of their personal resources (mastery, self-esteem, and role competence), and environmental resources (social and colleagues support). The study was conducted among a sample of 214 social workers who work with trauma victims at social services in Israel. Findings: The research findings indicate that the participants’ levels of burnout were average. In addition, the therapist’s age, past exposure to trauma, self-esteem, and mastery, as well as influence (as a component of role competence) contributed significantly to burnout. Applications: The study sheds light on the negative consequences of therapeutic work for therapists, and on the factors that lead to those consequences. The findings indicate that the impact of the therapists’ personal resources was more significant than that of environmental resources. (Edited publisher abstract)
The contribution of training and supervision to perceived role competence, secondary traumatization, and burnout among domestic violence therapists
- Authors:
- BEN-PORAT Anat, ITZHAKY Haya
- Journal article citation:
- Clinical Supervisor (The), 30(1), January 2011, pp.95-108.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study investigated the effects of specialist training on domestic violence therapists compared to those who did not receive training. It examined sense of role competence, secondary traumatisation, and burnout, and explored the correlation between the therapists' satisfaction with supervision. Participants included 143 social workers employed at centres for prevention of domestic violence and at battered women's shelters in Israel. Results indicated no significant differences between the two groups of therapists in levels of burnout and secondary traumatisation. However, significant differences between the two groups were found with regard to their sense of role competence in problem solving. Regarding satisfaction with supervision, no significant correlation was found with secondary traumatisation and burnout. A significant positive correlation was found between satisfaction with supervision and two components of role competence –problem solving and general competence.
The secret in supervision: an integral part of the social worker's professional development
- Author:
- ITZHAKY Haya
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 71(5), September 2000, pp.529-537.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
This article discusses the implications of social workers keeping secrets and hiding information from their supervisors in the course of the supervision process. Based on Winnicot's (1965) approach, the secret is discussed as a way to create space for growth and independence. A comparison is made between the relationship in supervision and the process of the supervisee's professional development and parent-child relationships. Cases are presented in which a secret was hidden in the course of supervision, and these demonstrate the interplay among three elements: the quality of the content of the secret; the professional maturity of the supervisee; and the professional maturity of the supervisor. The events described demonstrate the role of the secret in the professional growth of social workers, as well as the supervisor's need to exercise judgment about whether and when to "open up" the secret.
Different types of client participation and the effects on community-social work intervention
- Authors:
- ITZHAKY Haya, YORK Alan S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 19(1/2), 1994, pp.85-98.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Tries to test empirically the assumption that client participation in community social work intervention leads to improved outputs. Suggests that client participation is not only a value of community social work, but contributes to its effectiveness and success.
The role of the social worker in the face of terrorism: Israeli community-based experience
- Authors:
- ITZHAKY Haya, YORK Alan S.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 50(2), April 2005, pp.141-150.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Terrorism and its aftermath have become part of the Western way of life, and social workers have a central role to play in helping affected families and their communities. Drawing on community-based experience in Israeli communities, the authors examine the planning of multidisciplinary teams and how their planning was put into effect in their communities in several terrorist attacks. The authors use reports of social workers, community volunteers, and clients to map the phases of the activity, the roles and goals of the social workers with different focal systems during the phase stages, and the tasks that the social workers carried out.
An exploratory profile of the anti-drug authority coordinator
- Authors:
- ITZHAKY Haya, GROPPER Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 25(4), 1997, pp.37-53.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In 1988, the Israeli government created the National Anti-Drug Authority, an agency whose responsibilities include the coordination of all prevention, treatment and research activities that are directed towards the goal of fighting the war against drugs. Presents a preliminary picture of the role profile of the anti-drug authority coordinator worker in Israel. Five major direct practice role categories were revealed in the study with the community assessment and social broker role identified as the most active practice component, followed by the community coordinator role, supervision and consultation, planning and conducting anti-drug prevention services, and assisting in community intervention the least active role component. The study showed a high level of social work involvement as anti-drug authority coordinators.