Registration ten years on: A perspective from a social work educator

Rennie, Gavin

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“…It may place social workers under the authority of non-elected bureaucrats heading a registration board who are accountable to government and not to the social work profession. For example, in New Zealand it is the government-appointed SWRB, rather than the professional association, which determines qualification requirements and approves social work education courses (Beddoe and Duke, 2009; O’Donoghue, 2013; Rennie, 2013).…”

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“…• • It may place social workers under the authority of non-elected bureaucrats heading a registration board who are accountable to government and not to the social work profession. For example, in New Zealand it is the government-appointed SWRB, rather than the professional association, which determines qualification requirements and approves social work education courses (Beddoe and Duke, 2009;O'Donoghue, 2013;Rennie, 2013). • • It could reduce the membership numbers and associated influence of the professional social work association due to many social workers not being able to afford both expensive registration fees and the cost of AASW membership (AASW, 2012).…”

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Is there a case for the registration of social workers in Australia?

McCurdy

Sreekumar

Mendes

2018

International Social Work

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The Australian Association of Social Workers has campaigned for many years for the registration of social workers in Australia, but with little success to date. This paper critically examines the key arguments for and against registration with reference to academic and government policy literature from international jurisdictions (primarily New Zealand and England) where government regulation of social work already exists. This review of existing literature found that arguments in favour of registration broadly centre on two main assumptions. They are improved protection of clients and amplification of professional standing. The findings indicate that there is only limited empirical evidence as to whether registration does in fact lift the professional standing of social workers or protect consumers from substandard practice. We conclude that further research is required to examine whether registration of social workers is justified in Australia, and particularly to ascertain whether the regulation of social workers generally or in specific practice areas such as child protection can realistically take place independently of the large number of human service practitioners who are not social work trained.

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Is there a case for the registration of social workers in Australia?

McCurdy

Sreekumar

Mendes

2018

International Social Work

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30 years’ membership and a 50th birthday – where to next for ANZASW?

McNabb

2016

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This article is a personal reflection on 30 years of membership of the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW, and inclusive of the earlier name, the New Zealand Association of Social Workers – NZASW). The major issues and changes faced by ANZASW are considered from the perspective of someone who undertook a range of roles within ANZASW and in the wider profession. Ideas for the future of ANZASW are outlined.

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Rethinking Regulation: Inclusions, Exclusions and Struggles

Baines¹,

Clark²,

Riley³

2022

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A recent government report in British Columbia on anti-Indigenous racism in health care calls into question the claim that regulating health care professionals protects the public and ensures a high standard of professional, ethical care. Licensure and regulation have long been debated in social work with strong advocates on each side. The first section of this article revisits the historical and contemporary pro-registration and pro-inclusion arguments. Drawing on publicly available documents central to licensure and regulation in BC, the article then draws on two policy analysis frameworks, namely Indigenous Intersectional-Based Policy Analysis and Bacchi’s framework to explore “what is the problem represented to be” and who is positioned as problematic and erased or delegitimized within these processes. The analysis shows that the regulation debate is a series of practices of power that frame which issues will be “raised and which will not be discussed” such as “harm” and “protection”, while simultaneously eclipsing Indigenous and other non-dominant cultural perspectives and concerns. Our analysis further suggests that mandatory registration constructs the problems facing social workers in depoliticized and narrow ways that do not extend social justice, reconciliation, or decolonization, and require a serious rethink at this moment of change and challenge.

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Registration ten years on: A perspective from a social work educator

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Is there a case for the registration of social workers in Australia?

Is there a case for the registration of social workers in Australia?

30 years’ membership and a 50th birthday – where to next for ANZASW?

Rethinking Regulation: Inclusions, Exclusions and Struggles

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