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The Shifting roles of Employers: At the Intersection of Employment and Social Work: A case study from Norway
Get PDFActive labour market policies (ALMPs) are often seen as a panacea for dealing with labour market exclusion, especially when it comes to young people with mental health issues. Such policies demand considerable involvement from employers, placing more responsibility in their hands. Yet, there remains a notable knowledge gap concerning the actual role that employers play in processes of inclusion in the labour market. In this article, we provide knowledge about what employers do in order to include young people with mental health issues into the workforce, what roles they play in these processes, and what motivations underlie their endeavours. We argue that, due to organizational changes to occupational rehabilitation in Norway, employers must increasingly occupy a vacancy left open by social workers. While this situation has demanded further responsibility from employers, they are quite often insufficiently educated or trained to deal with such issues.We address what consequences this could have for young people with mental health issues striving to enter the labour market
Editorial: A provisional narrative and framework for assessing the impact of Covid-19 on the UK health and social care sector
Get PDFResearching Adverse Childhood Experiences in a Domestic Violence service: The role of co-operative inquiry groups in practice development and change
Get PDFThe long-term impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are of increasing interest to researchers and practitioners. While attention is being paid to the effectiveness of screening for ACEs to improve health and social outcomes, how to implement such practices has become key. The Irish study upon which this article is based used an action research approach to implement ACEs routine enquiry within a domestic violence service, while also utilising co-operative inquiry groups for practitioners within the organisation (n=10) and those working in associated fields of infant mental health, child protection and welfare and community support (n=7). This article documents the process of enacting the co-operative inquiry groups and outlines learning points, challenges and lessons. Drawing on Finlay’s (2002a, 2002b) theories on the variants of reflexivity in research processes, six themes emerged on the research process: insider and outsider status; the structure and approach to the groupwork process; participation in the group process; addressing fears; practice concerns; and motivations to act. We conclude with suggestions for effective co-operative inquiry processes and highlight the factors related to groupwork that may contribute to improvements in practice, organisational and community change
Support-nets: A participative Action-research into the Value of a Mutual Support Group to overcome Social Isolation.
Get PDFSocial isolation is a widespread problem with which community oriented social workers are increasingly confronted. Mutual support groups can be used by social workers to support socially isolated people. This paper reports on a participatory action research into the method Support-nets. In this method, a mutual support group is set up specifically for people that share the problem of social isolation. The aim of the study was to gain insight in how participants and social workers give substance to mutual support to overcome structural social isolation. Results show that in a Support-net, every participant is enabled to actively contribute. This makes participants feel that they are valued members of a social group. Based on this shared identity, people offer each other different types of social support, thus alleviating their isolation
Assessment, Risk and Decision making in Social Work. An Introduction. Campbell Killick and Brian J. Taylor
Get PDFDevelopment of a positive group intervention for coexisting problems: A mixed methods study
No full textSubstance misuse commonly coexists with psychological disorder (dual diagnosis) making the problems more complex and the symptoms augmented with far-reaching negative consequences. Despite the wide range of support that treats both problems, clients often relapse. This study was the first empirical attempt to investigate how positive psychology can facilitate recovery by not focusing merely on the disorders but exploring and enhancing the positive aspects of clients’ lives moving them toward optimal human functioning. A mixed methods approach was applied to test a 12-week positive group intervention in two groups of service users (n=10) with coexisting disorders at an outpatient addiction service to explore the feasibility and acceptability of a positive approach in their recovery. Participants seemed to have benefitted from the programme, all positive concepts were found relevant, and the intervention was found feasible and acceptable by service users. It was concluded that a strengths-based positive approach has the potential to serve as a useful adjunct to the treatment of coexisting problems. Implications for treatment are discussed in terms of how positive psychology may be helpful in long-term recovery by providing alternative strategies to cope with mental illness and a substitute for the love, nurturing, and belonging that substances appear to offer to individuals
Peer-Led Group Supervision A model to support and inspire social work students to be ‘active discoverers and constructors of their own knowledge’.
Get PDFThis article reviews the research findings from a student evaluation of a pilot study of peer-led group supervision for undergraduate social work students at a university in the UK. The definition, purpose and concept of peer-led group supervision are considered and the pilot model and intended learning outcomes described. The student evaluation provides positive feedback that this group setting allowed for support, knowledge exchange and an opportunity to discuss learning from placement experiences. Constructive student feedback enables further discussion in regard to the logistical set-up of this group learning environment and the role of an observing Practice Educator/link tutor. Recommendations are made for how this model can be developed in the future to further the learning opportunities for social work students using this peer-led group supervision model
Service Learning Model Development in Medical Education
No full textMany medical schools provide curricular or extra-curricular courses focused on service activities for social responsibility. Research on service learning varies from theory to teaching model, but research on service learning in medical education is difficult to find. Therefore, this study aims at developing a program that combines a medical educational curriculum and service activities. For the development of a service learning model in medical education, this study adopted Design Based Research method as a research method and developed a service learning model in medical education by analyzing problems in educational settings (2014-2017), reviewing literature, and going through a total of three formative cycles. As a result of applying the first Service Learning Model in Medical Education developed through literature analysis to the school field three cycles and revising it, we developed a final Service Learning Model in Medical Education with preparation, orientation, implementation, reflection, celebration, and evaluation s stages. The feelings of reward, interest, and satisfaction levels of the student’s analysis results showed continuously increased. In particular, the students showed higher levels of feelings of reward, interest and satisfaction in the final SL-ME model applied in 2017 than in the first SL-ME model applied in 2014. This study is significant in that it outlines the concepts, necessity, and instructional model of service learning necessary for the operation of service-related programs in medical education