Students Perceptions of volunteering during the first two years of studying a Social Work degree

Gaston, Sherryl; Kruger, Mellissa

doi:10.20429/ijsotl.2014.080211

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“…The extensive use of volunteer support shown in this survey indicates a potential for greater flexibility and innovation within the non-statutory health and social care sector in the provision of lower level services. Recent literature has shown that younger people volunteer to acquire new skills (Low, Butt, Ellis Paine, & Davis Smith, 2007), and volunteering could have the potential to enhance the theory, practice, and skills development of students of social work (Darwen & Rannard, 2011; Gaston & Kruger, 2014). Research suggests that volunteers can bring added value to the provision of services and their use should be further encouraged within the non-statutory sector (Manthorpe et al., 2014; Naylor, Mundle, Weaks, & Buck, 2013).…”

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Care coordination in adult social care: Exploring service characteristics within the non-statutory sector in England

Sutcliffe

Jasper

Hughes

et al. 2016

Journal of Social Work

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As a result of national policy in respect of social care of adults in England, the non-statutory sector is increasingly more evident in the provision of care services previously undertaken by local government, including the delivery of care coordination for older people. However, little is currently known about the scope, content, or quality of services providing care coordination within this sector. This article reports the findings from a postal survey undertaken in January 2014 of non-statutory organisations in England providing care coordination services and investigates variations in their key attributes. Organisations providing care coordination services were identified using various strategies to create a database of services. Questionnaires encompassing several areas of enquiry were mailed to managers of care coordination services identified from the database. Findings: There was similarity in the operation of the care coordination services sampled. Many were small-scale services, contract-funded, and providing short-term support. Volunteer staff were a feature of most services. All services worked to written protocols and standards and almost all levied no charge. Many shared information with healthcare or local authority staff with user consent. Service user satisfaction was measured and used for service improvement. Application: This is one of the first studies undertaken in England to investigate the provision of care coordination by the non-statutory sector and to identify patterns of variation in key service attributes. Implications for commissioners, service providers,

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Care coordination in adult social care: Exploring service characteristics within the non-statutory sector in England

Sutcliffe

Jasper

Hughes

et al. 2016

Journal of Social Work

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“…Studies on students' civic engagement highlight that such activities develop skills, which are diffi cult to address through classroom instruction and contribute to the adaptation of theoretical knowledge into real-life environments (Gaston and Kruger, 2014). Since moral elements are increasingly excluded from education, which focuses on professional knowledge and practical skills (Reuben, 1996), volunteer work also provides an opportunity to convey these.…”

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Civic Engagement of Higher Education Students in a Central and Eastern European Region

Bocsi¹,

Fényes²,

Markos³

2020

tner

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Th e aim of the study is to provide an overview of higher education students' volunteering and voluntary group membership based on a database (N=2,199), in which full-time students from fi ve Central-Eastern European countries (Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, and Ukraine) were questioned. We analyzed as well, which variables infl uence civic engagement. Based on the results we suggest that universities in Central-Eastern European regions should make more use of students' potential in the fi eld of volunteering and organizational membership, and should do so in an organized way, with special attention to the groups, which display low civic participation according to our research fi ndings.

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Volunteering among social work students: satisfaction, motives and benefits. When the emotional transcends the academic

Montagud Mayor,

Martin Estalayo

2024

Social Work Education

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Students Perceptions of volunteering during the first two years of studying a Social Work degree

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

Care coordination in adult social care: Exploring service characteristics within the non-statutory sector in England

Care coordination in adult social care: Exploring service characteristics within the non-statutory sector in England

Civic Engagement of Higher Education Students in a Central and Eastern European Region

Volunteering among social work students: satisfaction, motives and benefits. When the emotional transcends the academic

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