International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Despite historical and current connections between the Catholic Church and social work in the Philippines studies investigating these connections have been limited Using an exploratory research design this study examined this relationship by drawing on existing documents legislation curricula and minimum standards for social work programmes course syllabi the Code of Ethics and textbooks Three themes emerged in the analysis offering tentative explanations for the Church's...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - November lt br gt Despite today's considerable changes in the labor market studies on the career commitment of social workers remain scarce The current study focuses on the personal organizational and vocational factors of social workers' career commitment The study included social workers from various organizations in Israel Findings show that their career commitment is positively correlated with Protean and Boundaryless career patterns as well as with their...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt How China's social work can establish its own epistemology has remained largely unexplored This article focuses on Confucianism Taoism and Chinese Buddhism to start this epistemological exploration as they represent Chinese culture and can provide valuable epistemological elements for China's social work Moving beyond epistemological elements from these philosophies how social workers in China can further develop social work research and practice based on the unique...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Significant technological advances have taken place in recent years especially in ICT which are rapidly transforming the different professions including social work We want to verify the degree of technological acceptance of social workers at the international level and how the relationship between professional practice and the use of new technological possibilities is established For this purpose we applied a specialized questionnaire and Technology Acceptance Model...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This article presents the results of a comparative study investigating work-related stressors WRSs that accompany German and Finnish school social workers SSWs while assessing children's well-being Semi-structured interviews were conducted in combination with the case vignette technique The interview data were subjected to a coding process and visualized with the MAXQDA software program The findings are embedded in the respective country-specific socio-political and legislative context and...

Sarah Goff Development Manager -- Safeguarding Young People Sarah is ACT Disabled Young People Manager she has over twenty years' experience in the fields of child protection and social care She is an expert in the field of safeguarding disabled children and her interests include the impact of domestic abuse and child sexual exploitation Sarah...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - May lt br gt This article explores how two common social work ethical principles respect for persons and justice are understood by refugee young people aged -- years old in Kenya Through semi-structured in-depth interviews with refugee young people who had previously participated in academic and or organization-based qualitative research this article explores how this group conceptualizes research ethics The analysis suggests that refugee young people in Kenya...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt The study explores the perspectives of social work students faculty and the main employer of social workers with regard to new graduates' readiness for social work practice in Georgia The results of focus groups and in-person interviews revealed significant gaps and tension between academic programs and professional practice contributing to students' low levels of readiness for practice Participants identified various concerns regarding academic program...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt Social work administrators may be receiving inadequate training due to the undervalued importance of formal education and professional development This study employed a cross-sectional survey on a sample of members of the Kentucky chapter of the National Association of Social Workers The majority were women Most held an MSW degree Correlation analysis revealed perceived capabilities of social work administrators correlated with the perceived importance...

We spoke with Frontline fellow Saul Lovell about how he has encouraged open conversations around 'Social GGRRAAACCEEESSS' with his new team which originally started informally last year...