Perceived needs and barriers related to continuing professional development of child protection social workers in Romania

Rentea, Georgiana Cristina; Lazăr, Florin; Munch, Shari; Gaba, Daniela; Mihai, Anca; Ciocănel, Alexandra

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106024

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“…Recent research (Gray, 2020;Hudson et al, 2020) shows that little is known by social workers about the existence, accessibility and relevance of the CPD activities across European associations of social work, even though their learning and educational needs showed a strong motivation to enhance their knowledge and skills in legislative issues and current intervention methods, to improve service delivery and to receive clinical supervision (Rentea et al, 2021).…”

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“…Not only professional standards but also recent studies (Gray, 2020;Hudson et al, 2020;Mueller & King, 2018;Rentea et al, 2021) show that it is almost vital for social workers to continually improve 1025 their knowledge and skills and to be lifelong learners, the positive impact (Gray, 2020) being immediately visible in improvement of self-esteem and confidence which, in turn, are the main motivators for accessing new CPD activities (Cabiati, 2017). There are though many challenges faced by social workers in accessing CPD: the pressure of time needed for the accumulation of mandatory credit points for maintaining the registration, the inflexibility of their employers regarding the allocation of time for participation in CPD activities, long distances travels (Rees et al, 2018) till the location of the learning activities, the lack of the necessary funds required to participate to different credited activities offered by professional membership organizations in social work field, personal challenges and, in many cases, inability and discomfort in interacting with information technologies.…”

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“…The urge of continuing education in social work is highlighted by all professional membership organizations (IASSW, IFSW, NASW etc) worldwide, which demonstrates the great importance of CPD in social work field (Rentea et al, 2021). According to all the relevant documents on continuing education issue, developed by these organizations, it is an obligation for all social workers to stay up to date and share information about their current practice, knowledge and latest research findings in the field, in order to demonstrate a competent social work practice.…”

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Continuing Professional Development: Standards And Practices In European Associations Of Social Work

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Pursuing professional development through continuing education in social work field, at any stage, is a principle and a practice that must be followed by each social worker that want to be fully equipped to assist, care and protect those in need. Continuing education is considered essential in providing quality social services for vulnerable individuals, families and groups, being one of the reasons why all the associations of social workers, from all over the world, have developed their own standards in this area. This paper wants to be a resource for social workers, by examining the standards and practices of continuing professional development (CPD), implemented by several European professional organizations in the field of social work. The content of nine professional organizations from Finland, Republic of Ireland, England and Romania websites was analysed and several standards on professional development, codes of ethics and codes of practice in the field, issued by those organizations, together with the literature in the field were studied. The findings show that in each country there are institutions that regulate profession of social work and support social workers engaging in continuing professional development, there are specific standards and legislation and own practices that can be followed, but there is a gap between European countries regarding the resources offered to social workers in accessing and recording their CPD activities, the number of credit points offered by regulating bodies and the cooperation between employers and social workers in supporting the latter accessing CPD.

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‘Thrown into a pit’: Early-career social workers’ preparedness for practice

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Lazăr,

Munch

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International Social Work

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This study investigates the perceptions of early-career social workers on their academic preparation for their social work employment in the context of the challenging road and ambitious comeback of social work in post-communist Romania. Results showed respondents felt ill-prepared in their transition from education to their employment and received limited resources from employers to support the application of knowledge and skills learnt at university to the realities of daily professional practice. A multi-pronged approach is needed to educate new social workers at both university and employer levels with the goal of providing quality social services to clients and their families.

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Perceived needs and barriers related to continuing professional development of child protection social workers in Romania

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Continuing Professional Development: Standards And Practices In European Associations Of Social Work

Continuing Professional Development: Standards And Practices In European Associations Of Social Work

‘Thrown into a pit’: Early-career social workers’ preparedness for practice

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