Developing education on problematic substance use in Norwegian social work bachelor’s degree

Svendsen, Thomas Solgård; Selseng, Lillian Bruland; Galvani, Sarah

doi:10.1080/02615479.2018.1556630

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“…Motivational interview skills (Munoz et al, 2019), together with knowledge and skills in evidencebased substace abuse recovery strategies (Urada et al, 2014), could enhance social work practice in this specific area. Evidence-based practices in substance abuse counseling, which contains motivational interview skills (Hodorowicz et al, 2020;Putney et al, 2017;Sacco et al, 2017), as well as skills in making and maintaining changes (Galvani, 2015), and expertise in communicational, assessment practices (Svendsen et al, 2019) are among the most important topics to include in social work education, which are recognized worldwide. It could be assumed that professional skills development in motivation interview, and other areas mentioned, may help to overcome this tension sphere.…”

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“…More recently, Osborne-Leute et al ( 2019) described social work practice in the field of alcohol and other substance use disorders in four core aspects: knowledge, skills, attitudes, and interprofessional practices (Osborne-Leute et al, 2019). Scholars also state that social work curricula should be extended in substance abuse knowledge and practical skills, including communicational and relational, assessment skills (Svendsen et al, 2019), research skills in social work to improve treatment services (Unegbu, 2020;Wilkey et al, 2013), risk assessment, types of interventions (Galvani et al, 2013), substance abuse recovery strategies (Urada et al, 2014), screening and motivational interviews (Munoz et al, 2019), etc. Generally, it is acknowledged that teaching and learning substance abuse topics should be a higher priority in social work programmes (Galvani & Allnock, 2014).…”

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Social Work with Individuals Having Alcohol Usage Problems: Overview of the Situation in Lithuania

Kievišienė

2022

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This article analyzes social work with individuals having alcohol usage problems in Lithuania. In this survey-based quantitative research, frequency data was gathered to examine the usage of methods, services, practices and challenges in this specific area. The results revealed a strong orientation towards individual intervention in social work with individuals having alcohol usage problems. Uncommon usage of group, community or network methods was observed in research data. Low usage of social action or social welfare methods might represent a weak policy-making function. Among services, providing information, consultation and representation are the most often applied. Lithuanian social workers also favor social skills development and family consultation in terms of specific practices, as those are the most often used. Finally, professionals acknowledge that low the motivation among clients to change is among the biggest challenges in this field. Improvements in social work with individuals having alcohol usage problems could be made through the enhancement of skills and practices that are the most effective in the substance abuse area, although relatively rarely used in social work in Lithuania.

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Social Work with Individuals Having Alcohol Usage Problems: Overview of the Situation in Lithuania

Kievišienė

2022

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Treatment for problematic substance use in Nordic youth: a narrative review from the viewpoint of social services

Kosonen,

Kuusisto

2023

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Background Youth mortality from drugs is worryingly increasing in Europe. Little is so far known about what substance use services are available to young people. An out-of-home care placement is often used but does not suffice alone as an intervention in problematic substance use among youth. Additional interventions are needed. Objective This narrative review investigated what has been done, what works, and what is needed in treating youth substance use in the Nordic countries from the viewpoint of social services. This study brought together previous Nordic studies on this topic and presented responses to youth substance use in Nordic social welfare system to the wider international audience. Methods A search of the ProQuest and EBSCOhost databases revealed seven interventions reported in 17 papers. Narrative synthesis was used. Results Interventions included the Cannabis Cessation Program (CCP), the Icelandic version of the Motivation to Change Inventory for Adolescents, the Norwegian multisystemic therapy program (MST), the Structured Interview Manual UngDOK implemented in the Swedish Maria clinics, the Finnish ADSUME-based intervention in school health care, and the Swedish Comet 12–18 and ParentStep 13–17 programs. Many interventions had originated in the US rather than in the Nordic countries and most of them were adapted from adult interventions when youth specificity was lacking. Parental involvement was deemed important, but ineffective without involving the adolescent themself. Interventions and ways for dealing with young offenders required reconsideration from the perspective of the best interests of the child. The current research focuses on universal prevention while more knowledge about selective and indicative prevention was called for. Conclusions Not enough is known about the cessation of problematic youth substance use and subsequent rehabilitation in social services. We would encourage further research on the multi-producer system, subscriber-provider-cooperation in youth substance use services, non-medical youth-specific substance use interventions in social services, and rehabilitative juvenile drug offense practices.

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Developing education on problematic substance use in Norwegian social work bachelor’s degree

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

Social Work with Individuals Having Alcohol Usage Problems: Overview of the Situation in Lithuania

Social Work with Individuals Having Alcohol Usage Problems: Overview of the Situation in Lithuania

Treatment for problematic substance use in Nordic youth: a narrative review from the viewpoint of social services

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