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Consequences of client violence towards the social worker: A systematic review International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Cristina Vidal-Marti, Antoni Ruiz Bueno
Client violence towards social workers is a phenomenon with serious consequences that affect the professional, service and organisation. However, it is not known what effect such violence has on each. A systematic review of 26 studies found that the consequences have an impact on the social worker, the service and the organisation. In particular, it affects the health of the social worker, the professional
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What has been done for social workers’ self-care practice? A systematic review of interventions International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Miao Jian, Miao Wang, Yingfei Du, Hao Yan
Improving mental well-being is essential for social workers. Self-care services are often facilitated to enhance it, but there is limited research exploring their characteristics and effectiveness. We conducted a systematic review of self-care interventions targeting the mental well-being of social workers. A comprehensive search of four English and one Chinese databases yielded 2969 studies for initial
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Exploring stressors impacting the mental health of refugee mothers in Lebanon during COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Nada Alnaji, Bree Akesson, Danstan Bagenda
This study analyzes stressors experienced by Syrian mothers in Lebanon in 2020 and emphasizes the necessity of addressing their distinct needs. Through in-depth interviews, it identifies stressors linked to living conditions in Lebanon, the economic crisis, health care access, and the impact of the pandemic. The study recommends that social workers should utilize and enhance existing support systems
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Research knowledge utilisation among Swedish health social workers: Influence of higher education, job tenure and workplace International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Daniel Ståhl, Jörgen Lundälv
Health social workers, like social workers in general, have been found to utilise research knowledge to a low degree. No previous study has made comparisons based on the following: higher education, job tenure and workplace. This article is based on statistical comparisons between 1236 health social workers in Sweden working in various healthcare contexts. The central finding was that higher education
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Improving LGBTQ+ mental health in Southeast Asia through social work: Insights from the Philippines International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Rowalt Alibudbud
This article explores the roles of social workers in advancing LGBTQ+ inclusive mental healthcare in Southeast Asia. This role aligns with the global nature of the social work profession and several regional and national ethical frameworks and principles for social workers in Southeast Asia, emphasizing core values such as dignity, human rights, and social justice. Highlighting mental health disparities
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Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic) International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-03-19
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News from our societies – ICSW: From the Windhoek Declaration on Social Policy and Social Protection in Africa, to the Lisbon Declaration for the Development of Social Work and Humanitarian Action in the 21st Century: a global project to achieve social welfare for all International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Antonio López Peláez
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‘Social work as a shared dream’ International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Patrick O’Leary, Ming-sum Tsui
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Reconceptualizing transnational knowledge transfer in mental health services: Reflection upon the postcolonial era International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Kedi Zhao, Ruth Wilson, Weijia Tan, Xiaoxue Kong, A. Ka Tat Tsang
Knowledge transfer in global mental health services has long been depicted from Western perspectives. This article destabilizes this discourse through a conceptual model that integrates the top-down approach (macro postcolonial context, meso transnational knowledge transfer and micro mental health programmes) and the bottom-up approach (the roles of transcreation in reconfiguring micro mental health
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Social work beyond the pandemic: Exploring social work values for a new eco-social world International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Sarah Banks, Teresa Bertotti, Lynne Cairns, Jane Shears, Michelle Shum, Ana M Sobočan, Kimberly Strom, María Jesús Úriz
This article draws on a series of international research-focused webinars with social workers in 2022. They were designed to examine the rethinking of professional values during the pandemic in the context of other global crises, particularly the climate emergency. Participants readily shared ethical issues relating to self-care, digital working and reduced bureaucracy during the pandemic and implications
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During the chaos of war: US adoptions and risks for unaccompanied Ukrainian refugee children International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Karen S Rotabi-Casares, Patricia F Fronek, Justin S Lee
The adoption of Ukrainian children, by US citizens, is examined as the Ukrainian government ceases adoptions of children during the chaos of war. Intercountry adoption dynamics are presented with data from 2021, prior to the conflict in 2022. Then, the situation regarding child rights and the official Ukrainian government position are considered. Implications for guardianship and foster care of unaccompanied
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Authoritarian nationalism and social work International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Mark Lusk, Marcin Boryczko, David Stoesz
Despite predictions that liberal democracy was ascendent as a paradigm for governance in the contemporary era, the world has witnessed an alarming rise in authoritarian nationalism. A seeming preference for open and transparent models of plural democratic government has been challenged by the global advance of despotic and repressive regimes that are organized around racial, religious, and nationalist
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The mediating effects of resilience on psychological distress in social workers in Singapore and South Korea during the Covid-19 pandemic International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Boon Kheng Seng, Ok Kyung Yang, You Jin Chung
Under the pandemic situation, social workers functioning as front liners were found to be more adversely affected. This study examined the mediating effect of resilience between psychological distress and organizational support among frontline social workers in two countries, South Korea and Singapore. The hierarchical multiple regression and Sobel z-test were conducted. We found that resilience statistically
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Faith-based rehabilitation for drug abuse in Indonesia: A spiritual approach of social work International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Nurliana Cipta Apsari, Budi Muhammad Taftazani, Meilanny Budiarti Santoso
Indonesia is in a state of drug emergency, both for the misuse and the distribution of drugs. Various institutions for drug abuse rehabilitation have been established, including Islamic-based rehab...
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Social work and funeral service: A proposed framework for practice International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Weijia Tan, Ka Tat Tsang, Jian Su, Kedi Zhao
Funeral services are related to the vital interests of human beings and are supposed to meet people’s social, psychological and spiritual needs. More and more people from the funeral service indust...
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Decentralised international development aid from municipalities: Exploring its added value, challenges and implications for international social work International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Sergio Belda-Miquel, Alba Talón-Villacañas
This study focuses on international development aid policies implemented by municipalities. By proposing a theoretical framework and addressing the Spanish context, it first explores the added valu...
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The link between burnout and social-occupational variables in Spanish social workers International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Leonor Belén Ariza Toledano, Rosario Ruiz-Olivares
This study aims to relate the sociodemographic and work-related variables that characterize social work professionals with the presence or absence of burnout. A single-group ex post facto prospecti...
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Developing a ‘defamilisation framework’ to examine the strategies for promoting the adult worker model and women’s welfare in eight European countries International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Sam Wai Kam Yu, Ruby Chui Man Chau, Iris Po Yee Lo
This article is intended to explore the link between the study of defamilisation and that of the adult worker model. To meet this purpose, a defamilisation framework for studying issues concerning ...
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Social workers’ migration to the United Kingdom: Comparing social networks, job and life satisfaction post-migration International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Yohai Hakak, Glory Alade, Kwaku Amponsah, Simona Anton, Sophia Bosah-Onuh, Gladys Bozorgisaran, Toks Francis, Shirley Onokha, Lucy Willett, Kei Long Cheung
This study explores if and how migrating social workers’ gender, country of origin and time living in the United Kingdom relate to their job and life satisfaction, and to building a new social netw...
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A practical study of the main transformations from social welfare to social development in Lesotho: Success factors, challenges and prospects International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-04-01 Tšepang Manyeli
Lesotho recently experienced a paradigm shift from social welfare to social development. The study was aimed at assessing achievements and challenges that resulted from the transition. A sequential...
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‘Everybody needs to be on board’: Individual and organisational youth worker experiences of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy training and implementation in a multi-cultural Singaporean context International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Luke Ho, Timothy Goh, Jin Yao Kwan, Joan Lim, Joanna Khor
Despite growing knowledge of intervention outcomes associated with Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, practitioner-centred processes of training and implementation, especially involving social workers...
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A good casework relationship and Buddhist philosophy International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Teruo Yokoi, Kayo Inagaki
Thus far, casework practice has been based solely on reason. In this article, we propose that, to form a good casework relationship between worker and client, it is important to adopt a mental stat...
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Financial capability training for social workers in Singapore: Towards more effective practice International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-02-08 V Deepa, Corinne Ghoh, Margaret Sherraden
In most countries around the world, social workers assist financially vulnerable people, but they often do so with little or no training in finance. This article examines the development and pilot ...
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Minority group local government mayors and their relations with welfare bureau* social workers International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-02-05 Ibrahim Mahajne
Mayors play a major role in determining their locality’s welfare policies and significantly influence the welfare bureaus’ work. This study employed in-depth semi-structured interviews with 19 mayo...
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Indigenous social work with older persons: An international perspective International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Venesio Bwambale Bhangyi
As social work gains strength as a global profession, indigenous social work has emerged within the growing calls to decolonize the profession and offers an alternative worldview. This article uses...
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Indigenization–internationalization debate and Bangladesh strategies in international social work and women’s development International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Syeda Sultana Parveen, Mohammad Sadiqunnabi Choudhury
This article examines the position of Bangladesh in the field of international social work with women. It explores the country’s women’s development initiatives in the context of the global debate ...
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A systematic review of qualitative social work articles: Exploring embodiment from 2000 to 2019 International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Erin Gardner, Loretta Pyles, Jo Mensinga, Laurie DeJong Zuverink, Craig Fizzell
Scholars have increased their interest in the body as it relates to social inequality and health. The purpose of this review was to understand social work’s engagement with and adoption of embodime...
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Is indigenisation a social justice risk? Exploring indigenisation of social work in Africa through the lens of universalism versus relativism of social work ethics and values International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Prince Chiagozie Ekoh
With the indigenisation of social work gathering momentum, the lens of universalism and relativism can highlight some critical social justice concerns. Sociocultural beliefs around human rights and...
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Designing and developing a virtual reality escape game for youth vocational rehabilitation International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Jaana-Maija Koivisto, Kati Nykänen, Salla Kuuluvainen, Jessi Maunula, Elina Kauhanen, Kaijus Varjonen, Satu Jumisko-Pyykkö, Kyösti Koskela, Taina Romppanen
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, youth unemployment has been growing with increased risks of social exclusion. Vocational rehabilitation helps young people to plan their future and find their way into...
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Community social workers as social entrepreneurs: Lessons from Israel International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Hani Nouman, Ram A Cnaan
Social entrepreneurship in social work is vital to finding innovative, creative, and long-term solutions to complex and persistent social problems. Among all social workers, community social worker...
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Troubled times: Canadian social workers’ early adversities, mental health, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Ramona Alaggia, Carolyn O’Connor, Esme Fuller-Thomson, Keri West
Canadian social workers were surveyed about early adversities, mental health, and resilience. Bivariate analysis (n = 236) was conducted to understand relationships between predictor and outcome va...
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Assembling social determinants of health: COVID-19 vaccination inequities for international students in Canada International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Kedi Zhao, Rupaleem Bhuyan
In this article, we apply theories of non-citizenship assemblage to conceptualise the dynamic relationship of social determinants of health for international students in Canada who face barriers to...
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Decolonising social work with Nepali women International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-12-14 Pratiksha Ghimire, Raj Yadav, Cindy Davis
A plethora of discussion informs decolonising social work. However, how social work can be decolonised from women’s perspective is still unexplored. Using the context of Nepal as a case study, this...
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Practice reflection: How social workers can use an internationality lens to understand recent older refugees falling through the cracks in services: Using Vancouver, Canada, as an example International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Karen Lok Yi Wong
This article is a practice reflection of a social worker working with recent older refugees in Vancouver, Canada. Using an intersectionality lens, she will refer to four service areas to explain ho...
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Social work field education in the United Arab Emirates: Emerging standards, opportunities, and challenges International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-12-04 Vivienne Mitchell, Prospera Tedam, Beverly Wagner, Taghreed Abu-Sarhan
This article describes the current status of social work field education in the United Arab Emirates. Using a case study approach, the authors explore field education differences and commonalities ...
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‘We were social ICUs’: Qualitative study on the perception of the impact of Covid-19 on social work professionals in Spain International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Alfonso Marquina-Márquez, Rogelio Gómez-García, Jezabel Lucas-García, Siro Bayón-Calvo
This article explores occupational factors and their psychosocial effects on the quality of life of social work professionals during the first three waves of the pandemic in Spain. Design was a qua...
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Whose life matters? A call for social work action in response to a global humanitarian crisis International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Marjorie Johnstone, Eunjung Lee, Emel Seven Bozcam
In a few short weeks, the war in Ukraine displaced over four million people. As a human rights profession in the new global order, the social work profession has called for not only the support of ...
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Towards developing ethical capacities in social work practice in Africa: Case study and critical commentary from Uganda International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Venesio Bwambale Bhangyi
This article engages with a case study situated in a public social service system in Uganda, Africa. Through case analysis, I highlight the complexities related to professional ethics in social wor...
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National Strategy for a Barrier-Free Environment: Problems, tolerance and implementation International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-10-31 Oleg M Yaroshenko, Hanna V Anisimova, Tetiana V Koliesnik, Halyna A Kaplina, Nadiya O Babych
The aim of this article is to study the issues of inclusiveness in Ukraine and analyse the National Strategy for Creating a Barrier-Free Environment regarding its consistency with the facts of life...
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Global social work working conditions and wellbeing International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Jermaine Ravalier, David Jones, Rory Truell, Paula McFadden
This research explores the working conditions of social workers around the globe, using a mixed-methods approach. A survey of working conditions and wellbeing was distributed to social workers via ...
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Acceptance of using technologies in telesupervision during the pandemic: An international study International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Kitty Yuen-han Mo, Kieran O’Donoghue
This study utilizes the Technology Acceptance Model by exploring the relationship between user acceptance attitude and actual usage behaviors of technological tools in telesupervision among supervi...
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Addressing the essential skills competency in teaching among social work educators in Malaysian public universities International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Siti Nur Edlyn Nadia, M Rezaul Islam, Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah, Noralina Omar
The article derives data from a qualitative study conducted to address the essential skills competency in teaching among social work educators in Malaysian public universities. The study conducted ...
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Recognising common developments and trends across Western child welfare systems: A comparison of Italy, Norway and Slovenia International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Nina Helen Aas Røkkum, Nigel Parton, Bente Heggem Kojan
Based on observational data, individual interviews (N = 22) and focus groups (N = 8) with practitioners in Italy, Norway and Slovenia, this study applies a grounded theory approach in exploring fro...
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Non-governmental organizations’ enablers of asset accumulation and poverty reduction in Zimbabwe International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-10-24 Itai Kabonga, Kwashirai Zvokuomba, Enock Musara, Witness Chikoko, Kudzai Mwapaura, Kudzai Nyabeze
This Voices from Practice note delineates institutional and non-institutional enablers of asset accumulation in Zimbabwe. It argues that in promoting asset accumulation and poverty reduction, non-g...
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Identification work: Ambivalence, qualms and resistance in social workers’ identification of trafficking victims International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Anette Brunovskis
Social workers play a pivotal part in the implementation of human trafficking policies, not least in identification of victims. When assessing who is and who is not a trafficking victim, boundaries...
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A phenomenological study of addiction recovery at a model drug abuse center, Social Welfare Department, Punjab, Pakistan International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-09-26 Khadija Tariq Khan, Tahira Jabeen
This article attempts to provide an insight into the experiences of drug addicts at a rehabilitation center, run by the provincial Social Welfare Department in Lahore, Pakistan, through a qualitati...
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Gendered experiences of loneliness during COVID-19 isolation: Insights for intersectional feminist social work – the case of Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Burcu Hatiboğlu-Kısat
The aim of this study is to understand the phenomenon of isolation due to COVID-19 through the lens of a feminist perspective. It focuses on daily life experiences of oppressed individuals living i...
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Nature-based interventions in social work practice and education: Insights from six nations International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-09-14 Maddy Slattery, Sylvia Ramsay, Anita Pryor, Hilary Gallagher, Christine Lynn Norton, Lynette Nikkel, Amanda Smith, Ben Knowles, Donna McAuliffe
This paper presents findings from an investigation of nature-based practices, from the perspectives of 10 academics/educators from six nations. Participants engaged in a focus group exploring the p...
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Strategic processes to further the professional status of social work in Nigeria International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-09-13 Mel Gray, Solomon Amadasun
This article examines pivotal issues relating to social workers’ search for professional recognition in Nigeria. It begins with a historical discussion of social work’s universal quest to establish...
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Motivational factors among social work undergraduates in online education during the post-COVID-19 era International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-09-13 Athirah Azhar
This essay summarises social work students’ experiences with online learning during a pandemic and investigates motivational factors post-pandemic. Post-COVID, 56 percent prefer hybrid learning. St...
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Social work practice for togetherness in a divided world International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-09-05 Patrick O’Leary
‘Working with people’ and ‘getting united’ are always the terms used in our daily social work practice. This explains why we always walk with our clients, their families, and communities for individual well-being and the common good. Here we recognize that collective well-being and togetherness has a direct relationship to individual well-being. As social workers, we always use our voice to call out
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Writing reports in social work: Characteristics, correctness and style International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-09-02 Mayte Cortés García, Silvia Patricia Cury, Andrés Arias Astray
This research analyses the characteristics of a sample of social work reports issued at a social care centre in Spain. The research involved three assumptions: (1) drafting reports is a demanding task; (2) social workers are poorly trained in report writing; and (3) procedures for drafting reports are inadequate. The research involved two phases: (1) social workers (N = 8) were interviewed; (2) the
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Burnout and mindfulness among social workers in Spain: A structural equation model of mindfulness and areas of worklife as burnout predictors International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Sandra Romero-Martín, Carmen Elboj-Saso, Tatiana Íñiguez-Berrozpe
Although the number of studies on burnout in social work has increased in recent years, research is still scarce. A similar situation occurs in the area of studies on the effects of mindfulness in this profession, although the research topic has increased exponentially. Based on a quantitative analysis, our study proposes a structural equation model that relates the constructs of burnout, areas of
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Perspectives on being mothered and on negotiating the transition to motherhood: A qualitative study of low-income single mothers in Botswana International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Tumani Malinga, Teresa Ann Ostler
This study explored the different circumstances that single, low-income women from Botswana had to navigate in childhood with their own mothers and how they experienced and negotiated motherhood as single mothers living in poverty. Grounded in a constructionist paradigm and in literature on motherhood as a practice, discourse, and social identity that is constructed in the intersecting contexts of
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Asian critical theory in understanding the women victims of anti-Asian hate crimes International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-08-04 Sangeun Lee
Asian critical theory provides a conceptual lens to understand how racism affects Asian Americans and their communities as a racially marginalized population. During the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-Asian crimes were witnessed at a heightened level and highlighted by the Atlanta massacre. Six out of eight victims were Asian women. The author calls for the utilization of Asian critical theory to elevate
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Working for peace: Conflict and social work practice in the divided Cyprus International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-07-26 Vasilios Ioakimidis, Gregory Neocleous, Agamemnonas Zachariades, Hanife Serin, Buse Erzeybek, Ayse Ozada
This article focuses on social work professionals from both sides of divided Cyprus. Cyprus presents a very interesting, yet under-explored, case study as it remains an island de facto divided. The division has resulted in the physical and political separation of the two most populous ethnic communities (Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots) for over 50 years. This article offers an exploration of the
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Assessing professional integration of clients’ religion and spirituality beliefs in practice International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-07-15 Rebecca Ranz, Merav Moshe Grodofsky
This article presents the findings of a cross-sectional study of 131 Israeli Jewish and Arab social workers that aimed to predict the probability that social workers would integrate clients’ religion and spirituality in practice. The study is the first of its kind in Israel. Findings showed that social workers have favourable attitudes and high levels of self-efficacy. However, study participants reported
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Developing a complexity-informed approach to hospital end-of-life care for people with dementia and their families International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-07-15 Felicity Moon, David W Kissane, Fiona McDermott
Little is known about the role of hospital social work during end-of-life care of older patients diagnosed with dementia. In Australia, hospital social work assessment and intervention have been predominantly framed through systems theories, which provide limited insight into the dynamics shaping intervention outcomes. Using a complexity-informed theoretical approach, this article draws from a study
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COVID-19 and client violence toward healthcare social workers in Chile International Social Work (IF 2.071) Pub Date : 2022-07-12 Magdalena Calderón-Orellana, Daniela Díaz Bórquez, Paula Miranda Sánchez
This article discusses the violence perpetrated by clients against social workers who provided services to COVID-19 patients and their families in Chilean hospitals during the initial peak of the disease in the country. In this way, this becomes the first study to analyze client violence toward social workers in the health crisis generated by the pandemic. The results indicate that the presence of