Standardization of Human Rights–Based Workforce Induction Curriculum for Social Work Field Supervisors

Banks, Sevaughn; Tuggle, Felicia J.; Coleman, Derielle

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“…There is a call in the literature for social work to purposefully engage more with SDGs (Cox, 2020;Jayasooria, 2016;Lombardi, 2015) and an emerging body of literature about the role of social work education in integrating SDGs and human rights practice into class and field (Banks, Tuggle, & Coleman, 2021;Tuggle & Banks, 2022). African scholars have consistently called for social work to become more illuminated in Africa and suggest the profession must assume a developmental orientation, starting at the level of education (Gray et al, 2017).…”

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“…Three, expanding opportunities for students to engage in macro practice activities, like advocacy and community development, would help students and agencies mitigate systemic and structural social issues affecting Liberians. Four, as Liberian field education programs continue to develop training models,Banks, Tuggle, and Coleman (2021) andTuggle and Banks (2022) provide curricula to assist field education programs integrate core social work competencies, centering human rights practice and sustainable development goals, into students' field experience and the field agency itself.…”

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Findings from a national evaluation of social work field education programs in Liberia, West Africa

Tuggle,

Banks,

Gbessage

2023

Afri. J. Soc. Work

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Program evaluation is an integral component of social work field education and continuous social work programmatic improvement. To conduct an inaugural national survey of social work field education programs in Liberia, West Africa, Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) was used to design and implement a national evaluation of social work field education programs. The evaluation was led by and implemented with Liberian social work faculty and staff. Thirty-six field supervisors completed a quantitative survey. Results were used to assist programs identify strengths and areas for improvement. The MAE approach guided analysis and discussion of evaluation results. Findings revealed an emerging credentialed and experienced pool of field supervisors with high exposure and endorsement of human rights concepts, which was a strength. Field agencies were clustered in the city center of Montserrado County, the county seat for Monrovia-Liberia’s capital. Field agencies’ missions and services aligned with health, education, and gender equality sustainable development goals. Field agency supervisors provided few opportunities for students to practice macro based developmental social work activities such as advocacy and community work, an area identified as needing improvement. Challenges included Liberian social work faculty’s lack of experience in conducting evaluation research, insufficient access to scholarly databases to obtain research articles, and expensive data management platforms. Collaboration was recommended as a strategy to build evaluation capacity. How to reference using ASWNet style: Tuggle, F., Banks, S. and Gbessage, S. (2023). Findings from a national evaluation of social work field education programs in Liberia, West Africa. African Journal of Social Work, 13(6), 273-284. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajsw.v13i6.1 Visit journal website: https://ajsw.africasocialwork.net

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Findings from a national evaluation of social work field education programs in Liberia, West Africa

Tuggle,

Banks,

Gbessage

2023

Afri. J. Soc. Work

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“…It examined topics such as the training of field instructors, inclusion of human rights in different types of field placements or with particular populations, as well as human rights issues within field education itself, such as unpaid internships creating disproportionate impacts for povertyaffected students (Smith et al, 2021). Like social work faculty, many field instructors have not received formal training in human rights and may lack the competency to do this as they guide social work students' field practice experiences (Banks et al, 2021;McDermott et al, 2021). McPherson and Libal (2019) found that while field instructors generally rated their knowledge of human rights as high, many also reported never having read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.…”

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Looking Back to Move Us Forward

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Mapp²,

Androff

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Social work was a progressive profession at its founding, and social workers sought to transform people’s lives through wide-ranging reforms and work with individuals and communities. Over time, social work has evolved into a more conservative profession. Social workers have perpetuated oppressive policies, structures, and practices that marginalize vulnerable populations. This paper revisits the history of our profession and presents a human rights approach toward justice in social work practice and education that is more in line with its roots and the intentions of its founders. This renewed approach requires the participation of communities and the full inclusion of client voices, creating an atmosphere supportive of human rights, different curricular methods of delivering human rights and justice content, and new skill development in courses and fieldwork. This paper demonstrates how a rights-based approach bridges the divide between macro and micro practice and permeates all professional education and practice aspects. The paper shows how social work education can orient classroom and field curricula to promote human rights by emphasizing community-based practice frameworks and system-wide changes.

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Perceptions of a human rights lens in relation to the training of social work field educators

Rosich¹,

Caraballof²

2022

Journal of Human Rights

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Standardization of Human Rights–Based Workforce Induction Curriculum for Social Work Field Supervisors

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Findings from a national evaluation of social work field education programs in Liberia, West Africa

Findings from a national evaluation of social work field education programs in Liberia, West Africa

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Perceptions of a human rights lens in relation to the training of social work field educators

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