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When disaster strikes and nothing happens
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.12.99, 1999, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author meets the millennium Untapped-Potential Positive Empathy Therapy squad, who are there to pick up the pieces and help social workers cope with feelings of devastation if nothing goes wrong on New Year's Eve.
Just by trance
- Author:
- NEATE Polly
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.8.90, 1990, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
British Hypnosis Research runs courses for professionals in the caring services, and social workers are forming an increasing proportion of their trainees.
Nonpharmacological pain management by ethnically diverse older adults with chronic pain: barriers and facilitators
- Authors:
- PARK Juyoung, at al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 56(6), 2013, pp.487-508.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
As key players in multidisciplinary health care systems, geriatric social workers must understand the dynamics of pain management among older adults with chronic pain. This study identified perceived barriers to, and facilitators for, utilizing nonpharmacological pain management through face-to-face interviews with 44 ethnically diverse community-dwelling older adults. Constant comparative analysis identified barriers not recognized in prior studies: (a) embarrassment/self-consciousness, (b) unavailability of certain treatments, and (c) lack of faith in effectiveness of nonpharmacological treatments. Most frequently reported facilitators were (a) social support, (b) positive attitude, and (c) available resources. Social workers can provide counseling to motivate older adults to exercise to manage chronic pain and refer them to exercise programs tailored for older adults. To resolve the most frequently reported barrier—transportation—social workers can link older adults with transportation services offered by senior centers or other nonprofit agencies.
Modeling ideal treatment recommendations: a factorial survey of Swedish social workers’ ideal recommendations of inpatient or outpatient treatment for problem substance users
- Authors:
- WALLANDER Lisa, BLOMQVIST Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 35(1), 2009, pp.47-64.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Multi-level logistic regression is applied to factorial survey data collected from 205 frontline social workers from 36 social service units in Sweden. The findings show that their ideal recommendations for inpatient or outpatient treatment of substance abusers are based on evaluations of various client characteristics: treatment preferences; primary drug; level of social resources; and age. Treatment availability, policy guidelines and the social workers’ personal ideological convictions about alcohol and drug problems are also influential. The findings illustrate the importance of organisational routines that encourage social workers to reflect on, and articulate, their judgements and decisions.
Sex in the middle ages
- Author:
- GULLARD Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.7.08, 2008, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Instances of sexually transmitted infections in over-45s are increasing. Discusses what is causing the trend and what can be done to ensure people receive the treatment they need.
Social workers in the substance abuse treatment field: a snapshot of service activities
- Authors:
- SMITH Mickey J. W., WHITAKER Tracey, WEISMILLER Toby
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 31(2), May 2006, pp.109-115.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article describes the results of the first Practice Research Network (PRN) survey conducted by the National Association of Social Workers, a collaborative project funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. The objectives of the PRN survey were to develop broad knowledge about social work practices and more specific knowledge about social workers' involvement with substance abuse services. Although 71 percent of the employed social workers reported taking some action related to substance abuse diagnosis and treatment in the preceding 12 months, 53 percent reported receiving no training in substance abuse during the same period. More than 25 percent of the clients seen by the sample were reported to have either a primary or a secondary substance use disorder, yet only 2 percent of the respondents reported addictions as their primary practice area. The results of the survey indicate a need to further assess social workers' role in substance abuse services and to identify training opportunities for the profession.
What do social workers need to know about mental health courts?
- Authors:
- HODGES John Q., ANDERSON Kim M.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 4(2), 2005, pp.17-30.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Mental health courts are an emerging strategy to engage mentally ill offenders in treatment and to avoid unnecessary incarceration in the United States. These courts began in 1997 based upon the drug court model; there are currently over 70 courts nationwide. These courts are heterogeneous in structure, work with interdisciplinary teams, and seek to engage the consumer in treatment rather than use judicial sanctions. Social workers are integral members of these teams; yet, no research has been published in social work journals on mental health courts. This article explains the background and context of the courts, describes their features, discusses what social workers need to know about mental health courts, and concludes with ideas for how social workers may work effectively with mental health courts. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Help seeking for AOD misuse among social workers: patterns, barriers, and implications
- Author:
- SIEBERT Darcy Clay
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 50(1), January 2005, pp.65-75.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Presents data from a sample of US National Association of Social Workers members and describes how frequently social workers seek support for alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems, kinds of assistance they typically obtain, how helpful they find it, barriers that discourage them from seeking help, and the relationship between seeking help and impairment. Data suggest that social workers do not frequently seek help, even when they are high-risk AOD users. Respondents reported a number of personal reasons for not obtaining assistance, but when they sought help they found both peer support and formal treatment beneficial. Help seeking was also related to a variety of professional impairments. Discusses implications for practice and research.
Social workers' strategies for treatment hypothesis testing
- Authors:
- OSMO Rujla, ROSEN Aaron
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research, 26(1), March 2002, pp.9-18.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This study describes how social workers test their treatment hypotheses. The authors looked at the information search strategies and the intended use of this information (biased or unbiased). Information search strategies were defined as confirming or disconfirming the treatment hypotheses. These dependent variables were also examined in relation to confidence in the hypotheses, the number of alternative hypotheses, and whether the alternative hypotheses were complementary of contradictory to the original hypothesis. Analyses indicated marked variations in information search strategies and intended use of that information and a preference for confirmatory strategies and unbiased use of information. Among the conclusions suggested by the findings is that a critical approach to decision making can be enhanced by encouraging workers to give explicit rationales for their clinical decisions.
Agency practices affecting social workers who treat substance-abusing clients
- Authors:
- AMODEO Maryann, FASSLER Irene
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 1(2), 2001, pp.3-19.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This American study interviewed 115 MSWs with substance abuse training working in general social service agencies to determine if they viewed their settings as facilitating or hindering their work with substance-abusing clients. A majority of workers viewed their agencies as facilitating substance abuse-related work through support from supervisors and administrators, availability of substance abuse training, workers' freedom to choose clients, and opportunities to supervise others on substance abuse-related issues. Suggests this is a hopeful sign for the profession contrasting with considerable social work literature documenting professions' historic ambivalence toward substance-abusing clients.