The Early Professional Experience of a New Social Worker in China

An, Qiuling; Chapman, Mimi V.

doi:10.1080/10437797.2014.885266

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“…Specific category labels, however, were seen where sample sizes were small (Moorhead, Bell, & Bowles, 2016), where participants described as ‘white’ did not dominate the sample, or did not feature at all, such as in China (An & Chapman, 2014), South Africa (De Jager, 2013), New Zealand (Hunt et al., 2016) and USA (O’Donnell & Kirkner, 2009). Labels used for participant categorisation, therefore, depend on the site of research and the ethnic groups within that site.…”

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A review of research about the transition from student social worker to practitioner: Exploring diversity

Battaglia

Flynn

2019

Journal of Social Work

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Summary With increasing student mobility to and from western host-universities, newly qualified social workers are more likely to enter the field in an unfamiliar context. To examine whether current knowledge appropriately informs education and support for a diversifying cohort of newly qualified social workers in the Australian context, a scoping review was conducted on 53 articles investigating the transition to social work practice. Research conducted over a 45-year period from a broad range of international contexts was included in the review. Findings Findings suggest that current understandings do not reflect the needs or experiences of the present cohort of newly qualified social workers as they transition to social work practice. Rather, study samples, mostly derived from western contexts, are notably homogenous, with most participants described by researchers, as ‘white’. Additionally, there is an assumption that students transition to practice within the same context as their education. Current knowledge therefore does not capture the various ways internationally mobile, newly graduated social workers may transition to practice, or how it is experienced. Applications Findings suggest that further examination is urgently needed on the pathways navigated to practice by diverse and mobile early career social workers. Further consideration of the influences of diversity and mobility on experience is needed, using more inclusive research methods, to capture the variability and complexity of the transition to practice as the profession diversifies and mobilises.

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A review of research about the transition from student social worker to practitioner: Exploring diversity

Battaglia

Flynn

2019

Journal of Social Work

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“…First generation Asian immigrant social workers perceived more career barriers than the second or third generation Asian Americans. Social work students often face significant career barriers including limited professional job opportunities, undesirable compensation, and little recognition of their professional status (An & Chapman, 2014;Guo, 2017;Hwang, 2007). Guo (2017) found that attitudinal and normative barriers were significant predictors for satisfaction with academic major and occupational intention among a group of social work undergraduates in China.…”

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Career Choice, Barriers, and Prospects of Asian American Social Workers

Kwong

2018

IJHE

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The current study explored factors influencing career choices of Asian American social workers and assessed if their personal characteristics and career-related experiences affected their perceived glass ceiling, perception of ethnic discrimination, and perception of career prospects. A total of 208 Asian American social work administrators, supervisors, practitioners and graduate social work students participated in a comprehensive online survey. Participants provided basic demographic and career-related information and completed a set of measures to explore their reasons of choosing social work as their career, and their career perceptions and prospects. Correlation analyses and multiple regression analyses were used to identify predictors of their perception of ethnic discrimination, perceived glass ceiling, and perception of career prospects. The findings showed that altruistic reasons were very important to extremely important in their choice of social work as their career. Social work idealism was found to associate positively with both altruistic reasons and professional concerns of choosing social work. There was a significant relationship between participant’s immigration status and family influence on their career choice. Those who were not born in the U.S. were more likely to be influenced by their family in their career choice than those who were born in in the U.S. Those whose parents were not born in the U.S. were more likely to be influenced by their family expectations on their career choice than either of their parents was born in the U.S. Perceptions of organizational fairness was found to be a strong predictor of perceived glass ceiling, perception of ethnic discrimination, and perception of career prospects. Implications of the findings for social work education and future research were discussed.

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“…More broadly, experiences and development of identity do not feature largely in the literature. Instead studies on new social workers have mostly focused on four key areas: transition and first year of practice (e.g., An & Chapman, 2014;Jack & Donnellan, 2010); evaluation of support, induction, and development programs (e.g., Carpenter, Shardlow, Patsios, & Wood, 2013); experiences and needs related to supervision (Manthorpe, Moriarty, Hussein, Stevens, & Sharpe, 2013;Pack, 2014); and preparedness for practice (Nix, Cooper, Davis, & McCormick, 2009;Tham & Lynch, 2014;Yan, Gao, & Lam, 2013).…”

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Exploring the Development of Professional Identity with Newly Qualified Social Workers

Moorhead

Bell

Bowles

2016

Australian Social Work

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This paper discusses the experiences of newly qualified social workers as part of a research project exploring professional identity. Drawing on literature in this area and a subset of data from a larger study involving Australian practitioners, it is argued that while several studies explore experiences of identity, the phenomenon remains under-researched, especially in Australia. Seventeen people participated in three in-depth, semistructured interviews across a 12-month period. A subset of the data explores how participants were actively motivated and benefitted from reflecting on their identities through the research process. Findings indicate newly qualified social workers appreciate meaningful opportunities to critically reflect upon their social work identities. It is concluded that further research is needed, to understand the identities and needs of newly qualified social workers in Australia. ARTICLE HISTORY

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The Early Professional Experience of a New Social Worker in China

Cited by 31 publications

References 13 publications

A review of research about the transition from student social worker to practitioner: Exploring diversity

A review of research about the transition from student social worker to practitioner: Exploring diversity

Career Choice, Barriers, and Prospects of Asian American Social Workers

Exploring the Development of Professional Identity with Newly Qualified Social Workers

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