Meesterschap In Het Sociaal Werk

Diekman, Wilfred; Hoijtink, Marc; Pelt, Mariël van

doi:10.1007/s12459-013-0022-3

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“…Social workers who earned their MSW degree are expected to have thorough expertise regarding content, knowledge of interventions and intervention development, and a professional judgment of quality of social work practice. Also, MSW qualified workers should distinguish themselves from social workers with higher professional education, by critically reflecting on everyday practice and examining whether there are more suitable and better interventions (Diekman, Hoijtink, & van Pelt, 2013). While the EBP process is not mentioned explicitly in the goal and content of the MSW program curriculum, the curriculum does share some communalities with the EBP process.…”

Section: The Msw Programmentioning

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Exploring MSW students’ and social workers’ orientation toward the evidence-based practice process

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Social Work Education

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The aim of this exploratory study was to assess whether practicing social workers currently enrolled in Master Social Work (MSW) programs (hereafter referred to as MSW students) were more oriented to the evidence-based practice (EBP) process and more engaged in it than practicing social workers who are not currently enrolled in MSW programs (hereafter referred to as social workers) in the Netherlands. Data were collected from MSW students (n = 32) and from social workers (n = 341) using the EBP Process Assessment Scale. MSW students reported a stronger orientation toward the EBP process, more positive attitudes toward EBP, more familiarity with EBP and more intentions to engage in EBP than social workers did, however, they were less positive about the feasibility of implementing EBP in practice. These preliminary results suggest that there are grounds for optimism about MSW students' acceptance of and engagement in the EBP process. Implications for social work education are discussed. From the start of the twenty-first century, the Dutch government, local authorities, and funding bodies have been demanding more accountability and effectiveness in social work, leading to increasing attention for evidence-based practice (EBP) as a means of professionalization in social work (Steyaert, Van Den Biggelaar, & Peels, 2010). In 2008, a professional Master Social Work (MSW) program for universities of applied sciences (UASs) (Hogescholen) was funded by the Dutch government to deliver professionals who focus on the effectiveness of interventions and accountability of the profession (van Pelt, Hutschemaekers, Sleegers, & van Hattum, 2015). The new professional MSW program is a two-year part-time degree program for practicing social workers (who remain working in practice during the program). Currently three UASs in the Netherlands offer the new MSW program and one UAS offers a Master Healthcare and Social Work. This study explores the orientation toward the EBP process of social workers currently enrolled in the MSW program in the Netherlands. In order to contextualize this study, we first provide a brief

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Section: The Msw Programmentioning

confidence: 99%