How do we prepare students for the challenges of social work? Examples from six countries around the world

Pia Tham; Paula McFadden; Erica Russ; Andreas Baldschun; Paul Blakeman; Austin Griffiths

doi:10.1080/02615479.2021.1976135

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How do we prepare students for the challenges of social work? Examples from six countries around the world

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How do we prepare students for the challenges of social work? Examples from six countries around the world

Pia Tham, Paula McFadden, Erica Russ, Andreas Baldschun, Paul Blakeman and Austin Griffiths

Social Work Education, Vol.42(4), pp.494-510

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2021.1976135

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Cross-country comparison

newly educated social workers

readiness

social work students

social work education

transition

In this paper we provide a descriptive comparison of the similarities and differences between social work education at six different universities situated in Australia, England, Finland, Northern Ireland, Sweden, and the United States. The aim was to begin an international conversation by examining the similarities and differences in these examples, around admissions and recruitment processes, professional training, and field practicum to prepare social work students for practice and to consider any implications that differing models of recruitment and training might have for the students’ preparedness for the challenges of social work. The findings reflect common characteristics relating to the curriculum, such as skills training, reflective practice and application of theory into practice. Differences include a range of approaches to professional regulation, admissions and selection, duration of courses and practicum during training. The complexities of trying to measure similarities and differences across diverse models of education are recognised, including the difficulties stemming from different factors being relevant in diverse geographic regions across diverse contexts. The authors suggest that starting an international discussion allows us to learn from one another and may serve as a catalyst for future progress in this area.

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Title: How do we prepare students for the challenges of social work? Examples from six countries around the world
Creators: Pia Tham (Author) - University of Gävle
Paula McFadden (Author) - University of Ulster
Erica Russ (Author) - Southern Cross University
Andreas Baldschun (Author) - The Center of Expertise on Social Welfare in South-East Finland
Paul Blakeman (Author) - Nottingham Trent University
Austin Griffiths (Author) - Western Kentucky University
Publication Details: Social Work Education, Vol.42(4), pp.494-510
Publisher: Routledge
Identifiers: 991012962800502368
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Academic Unit: Faculty of Health; Social Work
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

How do we prepare students for the challenges of social work? Examples from six countries around the world

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