The political participation of social workers: a comparative study

Gray, Mel; Rooyen, Colin Collett van; Rennie, Gavin; Gaha, Jo

doi:10.1111/1468-2397.00204

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“…The AASW's CPE programme needs to provide opportunities for social workers to develop an acute awareness of the political context in which their actions take place and the political consequences of their actions (Gray 2002). Without those opportunities, the AASW may, by omission, reinforce prevailing ideologies.…”

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Protecting Clients From Harm: The Role of Continuing Professional Education

Kent¹

2006

Australian Social Work

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In the absence of professional regulation and in the context of a changing and competitive environment, the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) encourages member commitment to self-regulation and continuing professional education (CPE). Continuing professional education is promoted as the platform upon which the credibility of the entire profession of social work and the maintenance of high-quality standards of practice rest. High practice standards are integral to the protection of vulnerable people from potential unethical, inappropriate and harmful practice. The present article asserts that Australia's changing and competitive environment, driven by prevailing ideologies and policies, has an impact on social work practice and is harmful to vulnerable clients. In order to protect vulnerable clients from harm and to maintain high standards of practice, the AASW's CPE programme arguably needs to include topics that enhance professional knowledge of current ideologies and policies and their impact on social work practice and clients.

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confidence: 99%

Protecting Clients From Harm: The Role of Continuing Professional Education

Kent¹

2006

Australian Social Work

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“…Giving the lack of comparable studies employing similar methodological tools on social worker participation in parliamentary committees in other welfare states, it is unclear whether there is a similar degree of involvement in parliamentary committees in other national contexts. While in the existing literature on the participation of social workers in the policy process in different countries (Ezell 1994, Gray et al. 2002, Dudziak & Coates 2004, Figueira‐McDonough 2007) does indeed report on testifying before public hearings and state commissions, these studies draw upon either the retrospective self‐reported data of social workers or on specific case studies of the involvement of social workers in the legislative stages of policy process.…”

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Social policy formulation and the role of professionals: the involvement of social workers in parliamentary committees in Israel

Gal

Weiss‐Gal

2010

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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The aim of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of the role of social care professionals in the social policy formulation process by studying social workers' involvement in parliamentary committees in Israel. The study methodology is a quantitative content analysis of the minutes of parliamentary committees that met between the years 1999 and 2006. The findings indicate that social workers participated in 13% of the deliberations of parliamentary committees concerning diverse social policy and social care issues and that two-thirds of these participants are affiliated with non-profit organisations and local government. The findings also offer an insight into the types of parliamentary committees in which social workers participate, and the subjects upon which these focused. Finally, the data shed light on organisational and demographic characteristics of the social workers participating in parliamentary committees in the Israeli parliament. These findings appear to offer support for the discourse within international social work literature that advocates greater involvement of social workers in social policy formulation.

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“…Thirteen demographic questions were used to gather information about participants’ personal and professional backgrounds, including level of education, number of years licensed, practice location and context, and professional organization membership. Twenty‐nine items covering Dietz Domanski's () domains of policy engagement were adapted from an investigation of the political participation of social workers (Gray et al., ). The survey consisted of yes/no questions about policy advocacy (e.g., “Have you ever advocated for governmental policy change for a client?”), organizational advocacy (e.g., “Have you ever made efforts in a professional capacity to influence opinion among coworkers about an agency or workplace problem?”), and political participation (e.g., “In the past 5 years, have you actively volunteered or worked for a political party?”).…”

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“…Following the method used by Gray et al. (), we analyzed the data with descriptive statistics, reporting frequencies, and mean scores. To explore the data from the open‐ended question, we used Braun and Clarke's () six‐phase thematic analysis.…”

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Public Participation: Moving Beyond the Four Walls of Therapy

Jordan¹,

Seponski²

2017

J Marital Family Therapy

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Family therapists have an ethical responsibility for public participation, to work toward creating a better society. Serving the public interest and developing laws to promote the profession and the public good can be achieved through policy advocacy and political participation. Political and policy work are important but overlooked aspects of family therapy, which is significant given the consequences differing policies have for clients and the profession. This paper reports on results from a random, national survey of licensed family therapists' (N = 174) advocacy actions. Findings indicate family therapists have overarching policy concerns yet lack proactive legislative and activist engagement. The exploration of therapists' actions and beliefs presented in this paper, serves as a springboard for therapists' movement into the public arena. Video Abstract is found in the online version of the article.

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The political participation of social workers: a comparative study

Cited by 46 publications

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Protecting Clients From Harm: The Role of Continuing Professional Education

Protecting Clients From Harm: The Role of Continuing Professional Education

Social policy formulation and the role of professionals: the involvement of social workers in parliamentary committees in Israel

Public Participation: Moving Beyond the Four Walls of Therapy

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