Social Workers and Social Activism in Victoria, Australia

Mendes, Philip

doi:10.1300/j059v18n01_03

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“…Peers who are viewed as mentors may be especially influential as students hold them in high esteem and may emulate their behaviors and decisions. As reflected in the literature on peer relationships and discussed later in this article, this finding has implications for the development of peer student mentorship programs within BSW programs (Astin, 1996;Mendes, 2007). Involvement in other organizations and the converse, never being involved in other organizations, were also predictors of involvement in SWSOs.…”

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confidence: 62%

“…Studies have found that students are quite capable of recognizing client needs but they are not well-versed in systemic and macro issues, such as poverty, discrimination, and inequality. In response, scholars propose that social work curriculums increase supplemental learning opportunities in macro practice to better meet the requirement of competencies across all system levels (Dewees & Roche, 2001;Mendes, 2007;Nandan & Scott, 2011;Swank, 2012).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Others have found that the students attending public universities had more opportunities for student groups and are more likely to be involved in student organizations (Montelongo, 2002). Finally, researchers have found that peer connections are associated with student involvement in organizations (Astin, 1996;Mendes, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Finally, volunteering and being in a field practicum were positively related to active membership in SWSOs. This may speak to exposure to professional values and early experiences of identifying as a social worker (Mendes, 2007). The notion being that the more one identifies as part of a group, the more likely that person may be to actively participate in organizations that promote the interests and positions of that group.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Practicing Professional Values: Factors Influencing Involvement in Social Work Student Organizations

Martindale¹,

Olate²,

Anderson³

2017

IJHE

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One of the most promising avenues for the development of professional values is involvement in professional student organizations. A convenience sample of baccalaureate social work students (n = 482) was drawn from 15 institutions. Regression analyses revealed several predictors of involvement in social work student organizations, including student mentorship, involvement in other student organizations, and type of institution (public/private). These results suggest that involvement in professional student organizations (e.g., social work, nursing, law) may be amenable to interventions such as structured educational/social events and peer mentorship programs which, in turn, may help in the development of professional values.

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confidence: 62%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Specific Aimmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Practicing Professional Values: Factors Influencing Involvement in Social Work Student Organizations

Martindale¹,

Olate²,

Anderson³

2017

IJHE

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“…The political involvement of department directors can also serve as a model and example for their subordinate social workers and encourage their workers to engage in policy practice (Mendes 2007;Mosley 2013). A clear and detailed demand to engage in this field, and particularly a formal requirement that is based on official documents and job descriptions (Weiss-Gal and Levin 2010) or accompanied by concrete signs of legitimation, recognition, and compensation (Makaros and Grodofsky-Moshe 2016), provides substantial encouragement and can be an important way of increasing the involvement of social workers in policy practice.…”

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Policy Practice Is Important But…Voices of Social Service Departments Directors

Makaros

Baum

Levy

2020

J of Pol Practice & Research

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The purpose of this study is to enhance knowledge about the involvement of social workers in policy practice at social service departments in Israel from the perspective of department directors, as well as to identify the driving and restraining forces for involvement in policy practice. The research is based on a qualitative method. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 13 social service departments' directors. The duration of the interviews was from about 60 to 90 min each. The investigators identified differences in the extent social workers engage in policy practice. Most of the directors indicated that policy practice is a major part of the job of social workers, but there were also those who believed that policy practice is not part of the profession at all. About half of the directors believed that social workers should engage in policy practice, whereas half believed it is the sole domain of the directors. The findings also show that despite the importance they attributed to policy practice, the directors gave three main explanations why it cannot be done: the sensitivity of local politics; the social workers' workload and lack of time to deal with policy practice; and the social workers' lack of knowledge and skills for such engagement. The study findings shed light on the complexity of social workers' involvement in policy practice in social service departments in Israel and indicate potential directions for promoting this issue.

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Political Transition Tribulations in Sudan: Implications for Social Work Practice

Liyew

2023

J. Hum. Rights Soc. Work

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Social Workers and Social Activism in Victoria, Australia

Cited by 23 publications

References 11 publications

Practicing Professional Values: Factors Influencing Involvement in Social Work Student Organizations

Practicing Professional Values: Factors Influencing Involvement in Social Work Student Organizations

Policy Practice Is Important But…Voices of Social Service Departments Directors

Political Transition Tribulations in Sudan: Implications for Social Work Practice

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