The use of coaching strategies within the field of social work

Burroughs, Megan; Allen, Kimberly; Huff, Nichole

doi:10.1080/17521882.2016.1190981

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“…Peterson argued that social workers possessed the knowledge, values, and skills needed to engage patients in this process, effectively placing patient concerns at the center of decision-making. Burroughs et al (2017) affirm the relevance of decisional coaching in their article on coaching in social work practice. They also cite several studies where coaching strategies and techniques were successfully used by social workers in wraparound programs for at-risk youth exposed to parental substance abuse, with court-mandated and voluntary clients, during family visits with parents involved in child welfare systems, and with homeless populations to encourage greater use of social services and reduce substance abuse relapse.…”

Section: Coaching As a Practice Improvement Strategy For Social Workersmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…While both may focus on the here and now, therapy typically deals with emotional or behavioral issues and mental health disorders. In contrast, coaching is focused on goal attainment related to greater satisfaction in one's professional and/or personal life (Burroughs et al, 2017;UCD 2013;Williams, 2015). Coaching for management can focus on remedial or developmental purposes (Whetten & Cameron, 2019).…”

Section: What Is Coaching?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a 2020 survey of coaching across allied business and professional organizations and professional coaching bodies, an estimated 71,000 coaches were practicing around the globe, a 33% increase over previous survey in 2015 (ICF, 2020). The growing popularity of coaching for leadership development and performance improvement in health and human service sectors (Burroughs et al, 2017;Capacity Building Center for States, 2017) has increased visibility and interest in coaching as a professional competency for social workers.…”

Section: Evidence For Coaching Effectivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Others have contributed to this discussion, as well as the third step of assessing the current state of coaching in social work (Jost, 2013;Lasky, 2021;Martinez, 2016;Reardon, 2016). Burroughs et al (2017) and the UCD (2013) Northern Training Academy have taken the lead in addressing the fifth step, clearly demonstrating the appropriateness of coaching in social work settings. The seventh step of including and critiquing coaching in social work has been recently addressed by several authors (Jost, 2013;Lasky, 2021;Reardon, 2016).…”

Section: Social Workers As Coachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Coaching and Social Work

Hernandez

Douglas²

2022

ASW

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There is increasing recognition of the merits of coaching in social work, yet gaps in knowledge persist about the use and effectiveness of coaching in social work settings. This article bridges concepts and findings from the literature on coaching to provide readers with the information needed for decision-making about whether and how to integrate coaching into practice. Coaching is currently being used in a number of social work fields of practice to support the transfer of learning, practice implementation efforts, leadership development, and organizational processes. The evolution of coaching from the corporate world into service delivery settings is reviewed, with special attention to the commonalities and distinctions between coaching and social work practice. Knowing more about the background, purpose and value of coaching can equip the profession with further insights about the appropriate application of coaching in the world of social work. Moreover, the reader is invited to assess the potential of coaching as a method for enhancing workforce and leadership competencies and practice behaviors in service of improving client outcomes.

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Section: Coaching As a Practice Improvement Strategy For Social Workersmentioning

confidence: 88%

Section: What Is Coaching?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Evidence For Coaching Effectivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Coaching and Social Work

Hernandez

Douglas²

2022

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“…Long-term unemployment represents a serious problem with a mostly negative impact on a person’s well-being, and naturally, it constitutes a very significant part of the concern of social workers, especially those specialized in counseling [ 4 , 29 , 30 ]. Although a solution-focused approach is well established in social work practice [ 27 , 28 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ], using coaching (and particularly solution-focused coaching) in social work practice is still an open question with only a few attempts to answer it [ 5 , 35 , 36 , 37 ].…”

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Using Solution-Focused Coaching in Social Work Practice with the Long-Term Unemployed to Promote Their Well-Being

Zatloukal

Matulayová

Jurníčková

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Long-term unemployment, one of the challenges social workers face, produces a variety of non-monetary and social consequences. The helping professionals understand that interventions towards unemployed clients do not cover just the pure fact of their unemployment but that a holistic approach to the clients’ living situations is needed. This paper aims to promote well-being while implementing solution-focused coaching in working with unemployed clients in social work practice. The Reteaming coaching model is supported by two detailed case studies describing three key areas covered in the Reteaming process. Working with clients in both cases contributed to various elements of the client’s psychological well-being: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and achievement. The Reteaming coaching model can be used effectively as a suitable structured approach, mainly used in strength-based social work.

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Becoming a ‘Social Work Coach’: How Practising Coaching Creates Beneficial Agility in Social Work Identity

Triggs

2023

The British Journal of Social Work

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This article explores how social workers experienced the intersection of social work and coaching roles, and the impact that incorporating dual roles within a child protection context has on social work identity. It discusses the themes from a ‘real-world’ qualitative study conducted in a local authority family support and child protection service in the North of England. Thematic analysis was used to interpret data from focus groups and semi-structured interviews with seven social workers, and semi-structured interviews with six service users. The findings reveal that social work identities initially become disrupted through using coaching, before a more flexible, enriched professional identity is fashioned which is congruent with both the social work persona and coaching attitudes and behaviours. Service users appeared to intuit this shift in professional identity when comparing their received experiences of social work and coaching. They responded by compartmentalising their hostile associations towards their social worker identity and recast them positively as ‘coaches’. The study findings infer significant applied implications for social work practice, education and continuing professional development that includes coaching knowledge and skills training.

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The use of coaching strategies within the field of social work

Cited by 4 publications

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Coaching and Social Work

Coaching and Social Work

Using Solution-Focused Coaching in Social Work Practice with the Long-Term Unemployed to Promote Their Well-Being

Becoming a ‘Social Work Coach’: How Practising Coaching Creates Beneficial Agility in Social Work Identity

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