Social Work in the Frame of a Professional Competencies Approach
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-13527-9 (ISBN)
There has been growing interest to define the social work profession within a professional competencies framework. Professional competencies are considered in their complexity as a triangle of knowledge, skills and values. They are not solely a tool for education and practice, but they are also important for professional socialization and identity in social work. A professional competencies approach has been used to define standards and expectations for social workers-practitioners; it is an evaluation tool for formal education and lifelong learning programs, provides guidance for field practice and placements for social work students, and could be a frame for distinguishing levels of professional expertise.
The volume provides an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of a professional competencies approach in social work with 10 chapters organized in four sections:
- Part I: Understanding a Professional Competencies Approach, including Criticisms of the Competency-Based Education Approach
- Part II: Major Areas of Professional Competencies, including Leadership and Professional Socialisation
- Part III: Measuring Professional Competencies and Education Outcomes, including How to Conceptualise, Operationalise and Measure Professional Competencies in Social Work
- Part IV: Professional Competencies and Professional Development, including A Model of Holistic Competence in Social Work and the unique Professional Capabilities Framework
Ana Opacic, PhD, is an associate professor at the Social Work Study Center, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb in Croatia. She was a project leader on a collaborative research project Social Work in Social Welfare Centers in the Republic of Croatia in which the aim was to develop, measure and validate a national framework of professional competencies. She has more than 10 years of experience in teaching theory of social work at the baccalaureate, master's and postgraduate doctorate levels. She is one of the authors of the university textbook Theory of Social Work and author of many articles about social work in domestic and international peer-reviewed journals. Ana Opacic is very active in professional associations, namely Croatian Chamber of Social Workers and Croatian Association of Social Workers. She is engaged in statutory bodies dealing with professional standards and competencies in social work.
Chapter 1. Introduction .- Chapter 2. Framing Father Engagement.- Chapter 3. Engaging Individual Fathers and Families from a Developmental and Family Systems Perspective.- Chapter 4. Engaging Fathers within Programs, Organizations, and Systems.- Chapter 5. Engaging Fathers in Research and Evaluation.- Chapter 6. Assessment with Fathers: Recognizing Strengths, Challenges, and Contexts.- Chapter 7. Organizational "Father Friendly" Assessments.- Chapter 8. Framing Interventions with Fathers.- Chapter 9. Expanding Our Understanding of Public Policies to Support Father Involvement .- Chapter 10. Group Work with Fathers in Federal Pretrial Detention and a Community-Based Residential Setting: Reflections on Practice and Policies Across Contexts .- Chapter 11. Engaging Fathers in Child Welfare and Foster Care Settings: Promoting Paternal Contributions to the Safety, Permanency, and Well-being of Children and Families.- Chapter 12. Father-Friendly School Interventions: Helping Schools Create Engagement Opportunities .- Chapter 13. Fathers' Participation in Early Childhood Programs.- Chapter 14. Fathers and Child Support: How Money Transfers and Other Interactions Impact Family Dynamics.- Chapter 15. Engaging Fathers in Intimate Partner Violence Interventions .- Chapter 16. Setting the Course for Future Theory, Research, and Practice with Fathers.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.10.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | European Social Work Education and Practice |
| Zusatzinfo | XVII, 204 p. 11 illus., 7 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 460 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Schlagworte | career development in social work • Competency-based education (CBE) • education outcomes in social work • evaluation of education programs in social work • evaluation of field practice • evaluation self-efficacy scale • holistic competence in social work • knowledge-base for social work • meta-competencies in social work • pedagogical methods in social work • process competencies in social work • professional capabilities framework (PCF) for social workers • professional competence framework for social change • professional development in social work • professional socialization in social work • research instrument for measuring professional competencies • social work competencies • social work education outcomes • social work identity • social work leadership |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-13527-X / 303113527X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-13527-9 / 9783031135279 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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