Taking the measure: a participatory approach to measuring and monitoring psychological empowerment in social work practices

Depauw, Jan; Driessens, Kristel

doi:10.1080/13691457.2016.1255878

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“…In terms of education, they suggest a need for further investment in training. In terms of practice, they suggest the need for greater consensus among social workers on the link between their practice and system-wide goals related to clients' empowerment [70]. In terms of research, they point to the need for further study of on two related issues: the perceptions of social workers in individual level practice regarding fostering their clients' empowerment and the factors that may explain or are correlated with their diversity of views.…”

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Empowerment Potential of Social Work Techniques among Practitioners in Israel and the USA

Zoabi¹,

Gal²

2020

Global Social Work - Cutting Edge Issues and Critical Reflections

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Even though empowerment is an intervention approach that occupies an important place in social work, social workers' perceptions of intervention techniques that may empower their clients have not been examined. This paper reports the findings of a pilot study on the perceptions of social workers regarding the empowerment potential of various intervention techniques. Data were collected on convenience samples of social workers in Israel and the USA. The findings indicate that the social workers in the two countries broadly agree on the high empowerment potential of techniques aimed at helping clients to change their behaviors so as to make their conduct more functional and to augment their control over their lives but have differing perceptions regarding the empowerment potential of other approaches, including therapeutic approaches, aspects of service delivery, and means of providing support. Further study is recommended to better understand the relationship between social workers' perceptions of the empowerment potential of different approaches and techniques and their cultural backgrounds.

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confidence: 99%

Empowerment Potential of Social Work Techniques among Practitioners in Israel and the USA

Zoabi¹,

Gal²

2020

Global Social Work - Cutting Edge Issues and Critical Reflections

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“…To test the psychometric properties of a scale, quality criteria for content validity, internal consistency, criterion validity, construct validity, reproducibility, longitudinal validity, responsiveness, floor and ceiling effects, interpretability and model fit, need to be met (Singer, 1998; Terwee et al, 2007). Moreover, cooperative knowledge production in various phases of the research creates a relevant instrument that could be applied, accepted and valued in the practice of social work (Depauw and Driessens, 2017; van Dop et al, 2016). In this study, we performed some preliminary tests on content validity, internal consistency and construct validity by performing a principal factor analysis and adapted the WAMC-I through the use of focus groups.…”

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Measuring the quality of the Working Alliance in Flemish community supervision practice: A validation study of the Working Alliance for Mandated Clients Inventory

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Depauw

2020

European Journal of Probation

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This article describes the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Working Alliance for Mandated Clients Inventory (WAMC-I). First, we explain how, in contrast to other European jurisdictions such as England and Wales, community supervision in Belgium remains a specific form of social work practice, which is referred to as “social work under judicial mandate” (Devos, 2009: 18). Just as in general social work practice, the professional relationship between practitioners and clients1 is considered to be of paramount importance in community supervision practice. To capture the essence of this professional relationship, we draw on the pan-theoretical concept of the Working Alliance (WA) (Bordin, 1979) and a theoretical adaptation of this concept for the field of community supervision (Menger, 2018). Building on this theoretical adaptation, an instrument to measure the WA was developed for the Dutch context of community supervision: the WAMC-I. The objective of the present study is to assess the psychometric properties and factor structure of the WAMC-I with a sample of justice assistants2 and clients in the Flemish Houses of Justice. This study offers an elaborated conceptualization and operationalization of the concept of the WA. Preliminary tests on the psychometric properties and factor structure of the WAMC-I show that three factors on the WAMC-I for professionals proved valid and reliable: trust, clarity of rules and regulations and reactance. However, tests on the WAMC-I for clients showed no factor solution. Based on the theoretical framework of the WA and scientific-methodological arguments we express our reservations about the use of the WAMC-I and offer suggestions for improvement.

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“…Empowerment is a centrally located concept in contemporary social work which has been largely studied and defi ned in many fi elds (DePauw and Driessens, 2017;Pulla, 2013). One of the most popular defi nitions was coined by Rappaport, who attributed empowerment as "a process by which people, organizations, and communities gain mastery over issues of concern to them" (1987, p. 122).…”

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Sharing Experience and Learning in Doing International Research: The Case of the Erasmus Mundus ADVANCES Program

Naumiuk¹

2021

Minding the Gaps and Challenging the Change in Social Work: International Research in Poland Under Erasmus Mundus ADVANCES

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Th e article explores the experience of implementing the international studying program ADVANCES (Advanced Development in Social Work) in terms of the challenges and dilemmas in designing and realizing joint education & research programs. Th e program exposes the diff erence between 'the talk' and 'the walk' in the global social work concept building of human and institutional capacities, on the one hand, and merging theory and practice in preparation to contemporary social work profession, on the other. It also brings to light the process of integrating models and understandings of how international collaboration in higher education could look like (and be delivered worldwide). Th e ADVANCES program, which integrates the theories and practices that were formerly approached separately in social work, creates a context for the European (and, by extension, international) status of social work, while its respective components, such as the experience of social work institutions and their benefi ciaries, contribute a new, global value to the discussion by demonstrating the 'diverse universe' of helping professions off ers.

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Taking the measure: a participatory approach to measuring and monitoring psychological empowerment in social work practices

Cited by 12 publications

References 38 publications

Empowerment Potential of Social Work Techniques among Practitioners in Israel and the USA

Empowerment Potential of Social Work Techniques among Practitioners in Israel and the USA

Measuring the quality of the Working Alliance in Flemish community supervision practice: A validation study of the Working Alliance for Mandated Clients Inventory

Sharing Experience and Learning in Doing International Research: The Case of the Erasmus Mundus ADVANCES Program

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