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A growing number of studies are assessing the extent to which clients—in specific settings or communities—receive evidence-based interventions. Kohl, Schurer, and Bellamy (2009) examined quality in a core area of social work: training for parents at risk for child maltreatment.
27 lis 2023 · Introduction. Ensuring that social work is practised to an acceptable standard of quality is essential to improve outcomes for individuals and families, and to prevent situations of neglect and abuse. Responsibility for setting and assuring the overall quality of social work practice is commonly divided between numerous actors.
15 lis 2022 · Introduction. Professional supervision needs to be cognizant of changes and challenges in social work and welfare as it cannot occur in isolation from them. Ongoing changes experienced through societal trends influence and shape the profession, affecting both supervisors and supervisees.
20 paź 2022 · More specifically, professional competencies are used in field practice by social work students. They guarantee the integral linking of knowledge, skills, and values in social work, where students, teachers, and practitioners share a common understanding of the role of social work.
This entry addresses the meaning of the phrase “quality of care” with respect to social work services, considers this topic in relation to quality improvement, quality assurance, and evaluation of services, and points to the research that is needed in order to assess and improve quality.
9 kwi 2021 · Critical–participatory practice is an established tradition in social work and is based on critical rationality that challenges classical hierarchical relationships between social workers and service users (Van Bijleveld et al., 2015).
13 lis 2017 · In a qualitative study, Wiles (2013) outlined three approaches for nurturing professional social work identities among students: (1) cultivating desired professional traits, (2) facilitating collective identity, and (3) fostering an intrapersonal process toward professionalism.
