The search for identity: defining social work - past, present, future.

Social Work;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......identity has occupied center stage within social work since its inception. Its efforts in...opportunity to reflect once again on what social work is, as represented in efforts over the...forces that affect the definition of social work and the place of the profession in society...

Six steps to stronger journal publication in social work.(Editorial)

Social Work;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......and become increasingly competitive in social work in recent years. The number of new journals...htm). At the same time, the number of social work authors may not be expanding as rapidly as the number of publication outlets. Social work authors have always had the option and...

Lena Dominelli, Social Work: Theory and Practice for a Changing...

Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Lena Dominelli, Social Work: Theory and Practice for a Changing...understand the changing context of social work practice in a globalised world by...understand the contemporary context of social work practice so that we are fully conversant...

Setting the record straight: social work is not a female-dominated...

Social Work;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The social work profession is frequently described as a female-dominated profession in the social work and other professional literature. Most frequently social work is grouped with nursing, teaching, and library science as similarly female-dominated...

Hidden Voices.(social work)

Social Work;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......that has characterized the profession, social work has not been able to convey adequately...care as the first voice of women and of social work and explores it as an avenue to better...vital tasks carried out in all venues of social work practice. Key words: first voice; second...

Comparisons between Caucasian students, students of color, and American...

Journal of Social Work Education;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Social Work's Traditional Mission WHATEVER THE SOCIAL or political climate, the profession of social work has historically accepted responsibility...1994; Williams, 1990). Many within the social work profession (Bogo, Michalsk, Raphael...

Social work and social reform: an arena of struggle.(Special Centennial...

Social Work;  November 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......containment and change have plagued social work since its origins in the late 19th century...same time, observers within and outside social work have often accused the profession of...quo. This contradiction has made the social work profession a site of ongoing struggle...

Redefining hospital social work: an embattled professional domain....

Health and Social Work;  November 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Is hospital-based social work in jeopardy? There are unmistakable...other restructuring are commonplace. Social work department personnel budgets have...disciplines are appropriating key social work functions. A luxury most cannot...

Improving social work.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

Social Work;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...I read the editorial in Social Work (October 2003 issue) with a great...information. Sometimes I think that social work as a profession is so client-centric...of methodology, though, I think Social Work may not be the best venue for articles...

Charles D. Garvin, Lorraine M. Gutierrez, and Maeda J. Galinsky (Eds.),...

Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Maeda J. Galinsky (Eds.), Handbook of Social Work with Groups. New York: Guilford Publications...2004. $70.00 hardcover. Many aspects of social work can be viewed productively from the group perspective. Although, at times, social work with groups is perceived as a social...

Social work shake-up delayed

The Scotsman;  February 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......biggest shake-up in Scotland's troubled social work services for 40 years, but admitted...publication of a wide- ranging report into how social work is delivered, no legal changes will...assistants - will also be introduced to the social work service to carry out administrative...

Social work organizations working together.(Editorial)

Social Work;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......National Institutes of Health Plan for Social Work Research (U.S. Department of Health...two important trends in the field of social work. One is the growing recognition of the value of social work research for promoting and preserving...

Challenges to the future of evidence-based practice in social work...

Journal of Social Work Education;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...EMPIRICALLY-ORIENTED SCHOLARS in social work have long been concerned about inadequacies...of research. Studies have shown that social work practitioners by and large rarely examine...Bacon, 2004). Several generations of social work educators have tried various ways to...

Claims that new social work inspector 'adds to red tape'

Evening News - Scotland;  May 31, 2005 ;     450 words ...A NEW inspectorate for social work will add more unnecessary bureaucracy...job, it was claimed today. The Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA) was due...morning at a conference for 250 social work staff and users at Edinburgh's...

A study of baccalaureate social work students' beliefs about the inclusion...

Journal of Social Work Education;  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......were evident from the early years of social work practice and theory, and they continue...1982, the three most recent Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) curriculum policy statements...as an area of diversity for study in social work education. The 2001 CSWE Educational...