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Sole traders
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.06.05, 2005, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at some of the reasons why social workers consider becoming independent and looks at the professional and business skills that are needed.
What defines you as a social worker?
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, May 2005, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Twelve social workers explain what defines them as a social worker.
Personal and occupational factors in burnout among practicing social workers implications for researchers, practitioners, and managers
- Author:
- SIEBERT Darcy Clay
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 32(2), 2005, pp.25-44.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study utilises a large representative sample of practicing social workers (N = 751) in North Carolina, USA to examine personal and occupational factors in burnout. The findings include a current burnout rate of 39% and a lifetime rate of 75%. Regression analyses support the author's contention that personal variables should be included in analyses of burnout. Researchers, practitioners, managers, and educators should take an active role in understanding and addressing the multiple influences on burnout among social workers. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
A life in social work: E Matilda Goldgerg OBE
- Author:
- BARACLOUGH Joan
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, September 2005, p.13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
This article recalls the life and work of Tilda Goldberg.
A life in social work: Pamela Haydn Lewis
- Author:
- BARACLOUGH Joan
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, October 2005, p.12.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
This article provides an overview of the life of Pamela Lewis.
The development of social work as a speciality and profession in Estonia
- Authors:
- KIIK Riina, SIROTKINA Reeli
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Society: International Online Journal, 3(1), 2005, Online only
- Publisher:
- University of Bielefeld
For Estonia and its people social work is one of the vitally important fields that had to be built up from almost nothing since independence was regained in 1991. During Soviet times social work and social workers did not receive the necessary attention. Severe social problems were denied and kept hidden since according to official communist ideology, life in the Soviet Union was the best in the world and getting better all the time. Social workers did not receive specialised education and their functions were to be carried out by the workers of trade unions and the party, by teachers and by the workers of the personnel departments. In the 1990s big changes, having also an effect on social life, took place in the development of Estonian society. Concepts such as social work and social worker were rediscovered in Estonia. There are certain prerequisites for the success of any activity (including social work). One of the most important ones is being a professional, a worker with thorough preparation. Social work as an occupation requires specialised academic education, which is based on theoretical knowledge and practical skills that have been acquired through theoretical knowledge. Specialised knowledge is a foundation for attaining a specialised qualification. However, at the same time one has to keep in mind that social work as an occupation is constantly changing, there is no absolute knowledge - everything is relative, dynamic and changing (Tamm, 1998). The changing nature of the activity requires reflection by a social worker, who also has to be able to evaluate his/her work and its basis and learn from experiences. Academic specialised education implies also the development of a new professional identity and higher levels of competence. This underlines the necessity of specialised education.
Profiles and portfolios: a guide for health and social care
- Authors:
- HULL Cathy, REDFERN Liz, SHUTTLEWORTH Ann
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 160p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 2nd
This revised and updated second edition of Profiles and Portfolios provides a complete guide to designing and maintaining a profile or portfolio. The text uses a practical step-by-step approach, has been expanded to cover a wide range of topics related to keeping a personal portfolio in a health as well as a social care context, and teaches the skills necessary for reflective practice.
Social services, families and domestic violence: an exploration of key issues and debates
- Author:
- BARRON Helen
- Publisher:
- University of Warwick; Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 32p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
The term `domestic violence' is used to describe the physical, sexual or emotional (including verbal and financial) abuse inflicted on a man or woman by their partner or ex-partner. How are children involved? In relationships where there is domestic violence, children witness about three-quarters of the abusive incidents. About half the children in such families have themselves been badly hit or beaten. Sexual and emotional abuse are also more likely to happen in these families.
The clinical supervisor-practitioner working alliance: a parallel process
- Author:
- SHULMAN Lawrence
- Journal article citation:
- Clinical Supervisor (The), 24(1/2), 2005, pp.23-47.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The author discusses the core dynamics and skills of the supervisor-practitioner working alliance, or working relationship. A model is presented that suggests that the use of certain communication, relationship and problem-solving skills by the supervisor can influence the development of a positive working relationship with the supervisee, and that this working relationship is the medium through which the supervisor influences the practitioner. The central assumption of this approach is that both supervision and direct practice are interactional in nature. The supervisor and the supervisee each play a part in the process. The outcome of supervision is the result of how well each contributes to the process. The concept of the “parallel process” is then discussed. While the role of the supervisor and the purpose of supervision are quite different from counselling and therapy, nevertheless there are striking parallels in the dynamics and skills. There is a suggestion that “more is caught than taught” and that our supervisees watch us very closely. It is concluded that supervision is not therapy. In fact, supervisors who are seduced into a therapeutic relationship with their supervisees actually model poor practice since they lose sight of the true purpose of clinical supervision and their role in the process. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
From ‘doing’ to ‘knowing’: becoming academic
- Author:
- SEYMOUR Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Qualitative Social Work, 5(4), December 2005, pp.459-469.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The author presents an overview of her observations and experiences as a ‘new’ academic, and reflect upon these within the broader context of theorizing about power, knowledge and expertise. The author draws connections between experiences-of discomfort with the identity ‘academic’ and struggles to recognize herself as an academic-and conventional understandings of what properly constitutes credible and reputable academic knowledge. This personal reflection has wider implications in terms of the intersections between academia and professional practice, which, it is argued, are critical to the future viability of social work as a strong, dynamic and distinct profession.