Engaging with Social Work

Morley, Christine; Macfarlane, Selma; Ablett, Phillip; Ife, Jim

doi:10.1017/cbo9781107445321

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“…Arguments against registration tend to be similar to traditional arguments against social work professionalism (Morley et al, 2014). They include the following:…”

Section: Partmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…It will undermine the prospects of joint advocacy by social workers, other human service workers and service consumers to defend the welfare state, and distance social workers from the social justice, human rights and activist mission of the profession (Chenoweth and McAuliffe, 2008; Healy, 2016a; Morley et al, 2014; Van Heugten, 2011). For example, a New Zealand social work academic has argued that their Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB) statement of competencies focuses primarily on individual practice and does not require social workers to engage in collective policy advocacy (O’Brien, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Is there a case for the registration of social workers in Australia?

McCurdy

Sreekumar

Mendes

2018

International Social Work

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The Australian Association of Social Workers has campaigned for many years for the registration of social workers in Australia, but with little success to date. This paper critically examines the key arguments for and against registration with reference to academic and government policy literature from international jurisdictions (primarily New Zealand and England) where government regulation of social work already exists. This review of existing literature found that arguments in favour of registration broadly centre on two main assumptions. They are improved protection of clients and amplification of professional standing. The findings indicate that there is only limited empirical evidence as to whether registration does in fact lift the professional standing of social workers or protect consumers from substandard practice. We conclude that further research is required to examine whether registration of social workers is justified in Australia, and particularly to ascertain whether the regulation of social workers generally or in specific practice areas such as child protection can realistically take place independently of the large number of human service practitioners who are not social work trained.

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“…Arguments against registration tend to be similar to traditional arguments against social work professionalism (Morley et al, 2014). They include the following:…”

Section: Partmentioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Partmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is there a case for the registration of social workers in Australia?

McCurdy

Sreekumar

Mendes

2018

International Social Work

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“…As indicated in our result and consistent with another study (Lasalvia, Ruggeri, Mazzi, & Dall’Agnola, 2000), the perception of unmet needs differed between our study participants and hospital clinical providers. With cultural competency and sensitivity being core ethical principles of their profession (Reamer, 2013), social workers potentially bring unique skills to advocate on behalf of individuals whose critical voice have been silenced (Morley, Ablett, & Macfarlane, 2014). In addition, social workers may enhance and support family strengths, and preserve effective family functioning (Collins, Jordan, & Coleman, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Beyond symptom management: Family relations, unmet needs of persons living with severe mental illnesses, and potential implications for social work in South Africa

Tomita

Burns

King

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Social Work in Health Care

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This study examined the quality of family relationships and its associations with the severity of unmet needs of individuals admitted to a tertiary psychiatric hospital in South Africa. The quality of family relations and perceived unmet needs were assessed using the Lehman Quality of Life Interview and Camberwell Assessment of Needs, respectively. The results show that higher total unmet needs were associated with lower quality of family relations. The main areas of serious unmet needs included accessing government benefits and information, and establishing social relations. The results have implications for hospital-based social workers beyond managing psychiatric symptoms in South Africa.

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“…In this context, common hegemonistic discourses identified in the literature include those related to ‘ideations about race, gender, sexual orientation, economic arrangements’ (Chisholm, 2015, 2). This includes discourses that are ‘colonialist, patriarchal or neoliberal’ in nature (Morley et al., 2014: 219).…”

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Revisiting hegemony: A Gramscian analysis for contemporary social work

Flynn

2019

Irish Journal of Sociology

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This paper presents theoretically informed commentary on the concept of hegemony. This is achieved through recourse to the work of hegemony’s originator, the Sardinian social theorist Antonio Gramsci. There is renewed interest in Gramsci’s work within social theory. To date, existing social work literature makes the case for a more direct engagement with Gramscian theorisation. In this paper, the proposition is that Gramsci’s work holds the potential to progress contemporary practice. In seeking to realise this, however, at least one obstacle is encountered. It is argued that a degree of dialectical opposition exists between two themes prevailing in social work practice and pedagogy. This can be problematic for practitioners who are seeking to create civil society change. In the first instance, critical postmodern epistemologies support practitioners to uncover embedded hegemonic assumptions. In the second instance, more conservative managerial–technicist epistemologies also vie for space in wider social work pedagogy and practice. In this context, it is argued that better ideological and theoretical integration of these competing themes would be beneficial for social workers seeking counterhegemonic practice. Overall critical commentary in this paper rearticulates the importance of Gramsci’s hegemony for social workers in the present time.

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Engaging with Social Work

Cited by 24 publications

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Is there a case for the registration of social workers in Australia?

Is there a case for the registration of social workers in Australia?

Beyond symptom management: Family relations, unmet needs of persons living with severe mental illnesses, and potential implications for social work in South Africa

Revisiting hegemony: A Gramscian analysis for contemporary social work

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