The Effective Social Worker

Hilarski, Carolyn; Wodarski, John S.

doi:10.1300/j137v04n01_02

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“…Daniel (2013), continuous expansion of professional competence is a very important part of social work which can assist social workers in deepening their current knowledge and reducing difficulties which arise. C. Hilarski and J. Wodarski (2001) note that social worker, who functions in today's modern society, must be engaged in a continuous learning process. The inevitability of the qualification improvement of social workers when restructurings are underway is emphasized by S. Hojlund (2011).…”

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The Qualification Improvement of Social Workers Working in Children‘s Care Homes in the Context of Their Restructuring

Gudžinskienė

Raudeliūnaitė

2016

SIE

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The article analyses the qualification improvement of social workers, who work in children‘s care homes, in the context of their restructuring. A qualitative-empirical study has been conducted by using the method of a semi-structured interview. The study data were processed by using the method of content analysis. The results of the empirical study are based on the experience of 14 social workers, who work in care institutions, which participate in the restructuring, which consists of the changeover from institutional care to the services that are provided to children, who have become destitute of parental care, in a family and community. Internal (an aspiration for a continuous qualification improvement and the desire to share professional experience) and external (changes related to the restructuring, ever higher requirements for social workers, the encouragement and support of the administration of institutions to improve their qualification) stimuli to improve qualification have been highlighted. The most relevant topics of qualification improvement for social workers are the development of personal and social skills in children, the preparation of them for an independent life, the solution of behavioural and psychological problems in children and the preparedness of social workers themselves for the restructuring and the need for supervisions. The topics, which meet their needs, are: the development of social skills, the communication with children and the preparation of them for a family. According to the informants, there is a lack of trainings oriented towards the solution of practical problems which arise while organizing the restructuring. The following problems related to the improvement of qualification were highlighted: the mismatch between the teaching topics and the content, during the trainings for social worker, who work in children‘s care homes, the problems of other social groups, but not of children are analysed. During trainings, there is a lack of the detailed examination of the solution of practical problems. The social workers lack trainings related to the preparation for the restructuring.

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The Qualification Improvement of Social Workers Working in Children‘s Care Homes in the Context of Their Restructuring

Gudžinskienė

Raudeliūnaitė

2016

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The struggles of Arab social workers in Israel: professional success among minority group social workers

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Allassad Alhuzail

2024

Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work

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Empirically Supported Interventions

Wodarski

Curtis

2015

Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work

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Within the past four decades the social work profession has responded to the challenge to base practice on empirical evidence to adequately meet client needs. Most social workers would agree that the challenge has resulted in positive changes in the majority of cases-for example, in the execution of relevant research studies; the incorporation of more research findings into practice; the development of a technology of interpersonal helping; an emphasis on the incorporation of new knowledge bases, such as socio-behavioral and systems theory, in the curricula of schools of social work; and the development of services to meet emerging client needs and evidence-based practice. In this article the authors outline different references available pertaining to empirically supported interventions. A literature review revealed several textbooks, reference resources, journals, and handbooks that contain the most current research on therapeutic interventions. Different treatment components were explored in an effort to uncover the most cutting-edge developments in psychosocial treatments. These treatment components include treatment configuration, worker traits, compatibility of worker and client characteristics, professionals versus paraprofessionals, treatment length, and behavior acquisition.

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The Effective Social Worker

Cited by 3 publications

References 56 publications

The Qualification Improvement of Social Workers Working in Children‘s Care Homes in the Context of Their Restructuring

The Qualification Improvement of Social Workers Working in Children‘s Care Homes in the Context of Their Restructuring

The struggles of Arab social workers in Israel: professional success among minority group social workers

Empirically Supported Interventions

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