Social Work Education as Professional Socialization

Weiss, Idit; Gal, John; Cnaan, Ram A.

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“…Alarming results for education's influence on students' commitment to the emancipatory values of the profession have discussed in research outside Greece too. For example, Weiss et al, (2004) compared empirical data from 223 students in Israel and USA at their first and final year and observed no major impact on students' preferences and willingness to engage in social change. A number of research findings have also highlighted students' unchanged group preferences, questionable understandings and explanations, as well as individualistic or even passive responses to oppression in national contexts like USA (Bundy-Fazioli et al, 2013;Early et al, 2003;Reutebuch, 2006) Nothern Ireland (Wilson and Kelly, 2010), Turkey (Buz et al, 2013) and Britain (Collins and Wilkie, 2010;Evaluation team, 2008;Galvani and Hughes, 2010;Jack and Mosley, 1997;Mackay and Woodward, 2010;Woodward and Mackay, 2012).…”

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Social work education in a time of national crisis in Greece: educating the workforce to combat inequalities

Dedotsi

Young

Broadhurst

2016

European Journal of Social Work

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Since 2010, Greece has experienced an unprecedented economic and humanitarian crisis, which continues to have tremendous social impact. Austerity measures and policy cuts have included a dis-investment in social work and social care and more recently the abolition of one of the four national Social Work Departments providing qualifying social work education. In this context, this study addresses the following question: how does prequalifying social work education in Greece influence students' ability to manage value tensions in relation to anti-oppressive practice? Using a case study methodology, the research was based in one Social Work Department (subsequently abolished). Data were collected through semi-structured interviews from social work students at the beginning and the end of their professional education (n=32) and once from academic staff/placement supervisors (n=10). Data were analysed drawing on grounded theory techniques. In this paper only one particular dataset is considered in detail: the attitudes and experiences of final year students.The main findings indicate students' narrow understandings and individualistic approaches towards oppression, reflecting an urgent need to redefine social work education and practice in Greece according to current social justice concerns. Specifically, social work education needs to give greater weight to a structural perspective on the dynamics of oppression. 2Although focussed on Greece, the paper offers a critical debate of contemporary relevance for social work education in many European nation states.Η Ελληνική κοινωνία βιώνει από το 2010 μια άνευ προηγουμένου οικονομική και ανθρωπιστική κρίση με τρομαχτικές κοινωνικές επιπτώσεις. Τα μέτρα λιτότητας και οι περικοπές σε κρατικές πολιτικές, συμπεριέλαβαν την από-επένδυση από την κοινωνική πρόνοια και την κοινωνική εργασία, με πιο πρόσφατη την κατάργηση ενός από τα τέσσερα Τμήματα Κοινωνικής Εργασίας στην Ελλάδα. Υπό αυτές τις συνθήκες, το ερώτημα της συγκεκριμένης μελέτης είναι: Ποιος είναι ο ρόλος της εκπαίδευσης στην κοινωνική εργασία στην Ελλάδα, αναφορικά με την ικανότητα των φοιτητών να διαχειριστούν συγκρούσεις αξιών σχετικά με την αντι-καταπιεστική προσέγγιση; Χρησιμοποιώντας τη μέθοδο της μελέτη περίπτωσης, η έρευνα βασίστηκε σε ένα Τμήμα Κοινωνικής Εργασίας (στη συνέχεια καταργήθηκε). Τα δεδομένα συλλέχθηκαν μέσω ημι-δομημένων συνεντεύξεων από τους φοιτητές κοινωνικής εργασίας στην αρχή και το τέλος της εκπαίδευσής τους (n = 32) και το ακαδημαϊκό προσωπικό/επόπτες πλαισίων πρακτικής άσκησης (n = 10). Τα δεδομένα αναλύθηκαν με τη χρήση τεχνικών της θεμελιωμένης θεωρίας. Σε αυτό το άρθρο μόνο ένα μέρος των αποτελεσμάτων από τις συνεντεύξεις θα συζητηθεί: οι συμπεριφορές και οι εμπειρίες των τελειόφοιτων φοιτητών. Τα αποτελέσματα, αποκάλυψαν απλοϊκές αντιλήψεις και στερεοτυπικές πεποιθήσεις των τελειόφοιτων ως προς την καταπίεση, αναδεικνύοντας την ανάγκη για επαναπροσδιορισμό της εκπαίδευσης και άσκησης της κοινωνικής εργασίας στην Ελλάδα, ανάλογα με τις σύγχρονες κοινωνικές ανάγκες και μια πιο δ...

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Social work education in a time of national crisis in Greece: educating the workforce to combat inequalities

Dedotsi

Young

Broadhurst

2016

European Journal of Social Work

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“…Empiric research on social workers' attitudes towards unemployment and the unemployed is scarce, despite the centrality of lack of work in many social work and social care service-users' lives. One such study has shown that students of social work, in Israel and elsewhere, find the unemployed the least appealing service-user group to work with (Weiss, Gal & Cnaan, 2004;Weiss-Gal, Benyamini, Ginzburg, Savaya, & Peled, 2009). Negative attitudes towards the unemployed were also found in a study which surveyed over 1,000 social workers and case managers operating in activation programs in Australia (McDonald & Marston, 2008).…”

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Social workers and unemployment: Factors associated with using employment-promoting practices in Israeli Municipal Departments of Social Services

Levin

Sefati

2018

Health Soc Care Community

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Unemployment is a harsh social phenomenon with far reaching negative implications. Unemployed individuals often seek assistance from social workers working in Municipal Departments of Social Services around the world. However, little to no research exists on the factors involved in social workers' choice to engage in employment-promoting practices (EPP). The current study aimed to tackle this gap of knowledge, providing initial conclusions about the relationship between social workers' attitudes towards unemployment, their knowledge regarding EPP, the extent to which they perceive their organisations as endorsing EPP and their actual implementation. The main research question dealt with the extent to which each of the examined factors, in itself or in combination with others, would be the best predictor of social workers' utilisation of EPP. The study sample consisted of 163 social workers in Israel with varied experience in working with the unemployed, all working in public sector social services. Structural equation modelling performed on the attained data revealed that knowledge, skills and perceived organisational endorsement of EPP were positively associated with implementation of EPP. Contrary to the hypothesised, attitudes towards unemployment were not associated with the implementation of such practices. At the same time, professional training and seniority were associated with EPP only through the mediation of perceived organisational endorsement. Ultimately, perceived organisational endorsement of EPP emerged as the most influential factor involved in social workers' decision to carry out EPP with their service-users. Consequences of these findings for social work education, supervision, research and policy making are discussed, referring to the local Israeli context as well as its possible international inferences.

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Social work education in a time of national crisis in Greece: educating the workforce to combat inequalities

Dedotsi¹,

Young²,

Broadhurst³

2018

Private Troubles or Public Issues?

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This document may differ from the final, published version of the research and has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies. To read and/or cite from the published version of the research, please visit the publisher's website (a subscription may be required.) Title: Social work education in a time of national crisis in Greece: educating the workforce to combat inequalities / H εκπαίδευση στην κοινωνική εργασία την εποχή της κρίσης στην Ελλάδα: εκπαιδεύοντας το ανθρώπινο δυναμικό να καταπολεμήσει τις ανισότητες.

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Social Work Education as Professional Socialization

Cited by 60 publications

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Social work education in a time of national crisis in Greece: educating the workforce to combat inequalities

Social work education in a time of national crisis in Greece: educating the workforce to combat inequalities

Social workers and unemployment: Factors associated with using employment-promoting practices in Israeli Municipal Departments of Social Services

Social work education in a time of national crisis in Greece: educating the workforce to combat inequalities

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