Supply and demand: A study of labour market trends and the employment of new social work graduates in victoria

Hawkins, Linette; Ryan, Mary Morgan; Murray, Helen Burton; Grace, Marty; Hawkins, Glad; Mendes, Philip; Chatley, Bernie

doi:10.1080/03124070008415555

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“…As the evidence presented earlier in this paper shows, between 1996 and 2001, the number of welfare workers grew at almost twice the rate of social workers. Moreover, qualitative research in relation to new graduates shows a decline in the number employed in professional social work positions (Hawkins et al . 2000).…”

Section: External Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2000). In part this reflects the opening up of human service positions, formerly restricted to specific professional groups, and a comparative decline in professional occupational options as some graduates take up positions ‘ whether neither social work nor other higher education qualifications are essential ’ (Hawkins et al . 2000; p. 38).…”

Section: External Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social workers in the new human services marketplace: Trends, challenges and responses

Healy¹

2004

Australian Social Work

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This paper examines employment trends in social welfare occupations and challenges to the industrial and cultural recognition of professional social work in the new human services market place. Following examination of the threats posed by market reform and the crisis in public confidence in some domains of human services work, I focus on three key concerns. First, through analysis of Census data from 1996 to 2001, I compare trends in the employment of social workers, welfare workers and community workers. Second, drawing on the work of Nancy Fraser (1997), I argue that the challenges facing social workers can be understood as problems of 'recognition'. Using this framework, I examine the external contests to the valuing of professional social work and also the internal challenges, that is, threats from within the social work profession to the industrial and cultural recognition of social work. Finally, I will consider how social workers, particularly new graduates, can respond to the challenges facing them in the new human services marketplace. I propose that social workers should claim a position as practice leaders and I outline practical strategies for achieving this goal.

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Section: External Challengesmentioning

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Section: External Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social workers in the new human services marketplace: Trends, challenges and responses

Healy¹

2004

Australian Social Work

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“…Notwithstanding this perspective, social work degrees enjoy a strong reputation among employers (Hawkins, Ryan, Murray, Grace, Hawkins, Hess, Mendes, & Chatley, 2000), and Australian graduates generally are able to demonstrate a range of generic interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills, and good beginning skills across a range of social work practice modalities (Hudson & Munn, 2002).…”

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“Active Student Involvement and a Real Struggle with Ideas”: Small Group Teaching in Social Work Education?

Swain¹

2007

Australian Social Work

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The present article examines the strengths of small group teaching within the context of the professional and ethical requirements of social work education. It outlines some of the strategies adopted to ensure that reliance on this mode of educational delivery contributes to the excellence of practice knowledge and teaching standards to which universities commit and which professional associations and clients expect. Small group teaching continues to be perceived as an integral component in the preparation for professional social work practice and has important functions in the mentoring and socialisation of beginning practitioners. It would be valuable, in the light of developments in technology-assisted educational modes of delivery, to further research the relative impact of face-to-face teaching and its alternatives, given contemporary pressures upon both tertiary institutions and social work students.

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“…Furthermore, such skills have remained important over time as shown from longitudinal analysis of ES trends in advertisements, . Massey (2010), concluded that skill sets are in transition, with a move towards generic skills rather than job or profession-specific skills (Hawkins et al, 2000;Cramer & Tenzek, 2014;Quinn & Rochford, 2013). These skills may well protect and preserve employability.…”

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“…Several confirmed that generic skills were as, or more important, than discipline specific skills to secure a job, (Chipulu, Neoh, Udechukwu, & Williams, 2012;Varje et al, 2013;Lavy & Yadin, 2013;Broom & Gillen, 2014). Longitudinal studies showed changing skill requirements over time with increased emphasis on soft skills rather than job or profession-specific skills (Hawkins et al, 2000;Quinn & Rochford, 2013;Cramer & Tenzek, 2014). Monitoring of market trends to define current skill requirements was well supported although cultural and other contextual differences were acknowledged, (Cullen 2003;Den Hartog et al, 2007;Ahmed, Capritz, Bouktif, & Campbell 2012;Reeves & Hahn, 2012;Kuokkanen et al, 2013;Ahsan et al, 2013).…”

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Content analysis of vacancy advertisements for employability skills: Challenges and opportunities for informing curriculum development

Messum¹,

Wilkes²,

Peters³

et al. 2017

JTLGE

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The process of curriculum development can be informed by seeking the views of stakeholders, including employers, academics, students and recent graduates, about the skills, attributes and personal characteristics required by various professions. The views of several stakeholders may also be compared to help ensure reliability of results and identify areas of agreement or variance. However, there are documented limitations regarding the perceptions of academics and students of employability skills, and also problems with employers' and recent graduates' views. Another approach to identifying the skills required in various professions is content analysis of job vacancy advertisements. Content analysis of advertisements is a versatile way of identifying current skills required by various professions, and allows comparison across countries and over time to identify trends. Yet there is little evidence to suggest that this information is used to inform curriculum development. This paper presents a qualitative integrative review of studies looking at employability skills (ES) through the use of content analysis of job vacancy advertisements. Here ES are equated with essential requirements stated in vacancy advertisements. ES is the term adopted in Australia by DEST (2002) to define skills required to both secure employment and progress in an organisation. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (2014) checklist for qualitative research was used in this integrative review of 40 studies. The range of application, research methods used and findings are discussed in this paper, as are the advantages and challenges associated with analysing job vacancy advertisements as a method of identifying employability skills (ES) required by employers.

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Supply and demand: A study of labour market trends and the employment of new social work graduates in victoria

Cited by 15 publications

References 10 publications

Social workers in the new human services marketplace: Trends, challenges and responses

Social workers in the new human services marketplace: Trends, challenges and responses

“Active Student Involvement and a Real Struggle with Ideas”: Small Group Teaching in Social Work Education?

Content analysis of vacancy advertisements for employability skills: Challenges and opportunities for informing curriculum development

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