Social Work articles from January 2003

Social Work archives from January 2003

To thine own ethics code be true. (Editorial).(Editorial)
January 1, 2003... Important lessons on ethics come to us these days from an unlikely source--the accounting profession. In recent months, newspapers have been filled with stories and pictures of thousands of workers leaving their offices carrying the contents of...

Social work labor market: a first look.
January 1, 2003... If the supply of social workers is inadequate to meet the demand for social work services, their wages must be rising. To an economist this is virtually axiomatic. But when I tried to verify it, I found virtually no literature on the social...

So how far have we come? pestilent and persistent gender gap in pay.
January 1, 2003... Salary holds significant meaning in this society in terms of the value and worth assigned to professions and to the holders of professional positions. The importance of wage levels to social workers has been repeatedly demonstrated (Gibelman &...

Managed care and the evolving role of the clinical social worker in mental health.
January 1, 2003... During the past 15 years, managed care has become a central philosophy and organizing theme for the delivery of mental health care services (Gibelman & Schervish, 1996; Hartman, 1994). With managed carets increased control, the mental health...

An in-law comes to stay: examination of interdisciplinary conflict in a school-based health center.
January 1, 2003... It is one of the peculiar curses of the social work profession that we often find ourselves guests in another's domain. Social workers are often destined to toil in settings, such as hospitals, schools, prisons, nursing homes, and mental health...

From barriers to successful collaboration: public schools and child welfare working together.
January 1, 2003... Few mechanisms exist to support successful collaboration between public child welfare systems and public education systems, despite the fact that most children living in foster care attend public schools. Child welfare and public education have...

Changing times: understanding social workers' motivation to be field instructors.
January 1, 2003... Social workers are essential to successful field education in their roles as field instructors. They link the student, the agency, and the school; teach practice knowledge and skills; and serve as mentors and role models (Bogo & Vayda, 1998)....

Facilitating writing by practitioners: survey of practitioners who have published.
January 1, 2003... It is generally not expected that social work practitioners must conduct research and publish to maintain their jobs or be promoted. Consequently, there are usually limited incentives for practitioners to engage in writing for publication, and...

Understanding adjudication: origins, targets, and outcomes of ethics complaints.
January 1, 2003... The NASW Code of Ethics (2000a) describes the responsibilities of social workers to their clients, colleagues, employers, and society as a whole. The standards delineated in the Code provide the basis for public expectations of professional...

Ethical dilemmas of reporting suspected elder abuse.
January 1, 2003... In a caregiver support group for the elderly people, group members were discussing stressful caregiving situations. Mr. Smith began talking about how he sometimes became frustrated with his wife, a victim of Alzheimer's disease. "When you say...

Value differences between social workers and members of the working and middle classes.
January 1, 2003... It is widely acknowledged that differences in value frameworks, or worldviews, between social workers and consumers can negatively affect service provision. For example, although there has been considerable discussion on the appropriate role of...

Boundary issues in social work: managing dual relationships.
January 1, 2003... Particularly since the early 1980s, social workers have developed an increasingly mature grasp of ethical issues. During the past two decades, social work's literature has expanded markedly with respect to identifying ethical conflicts and...

Beyond individual rights and freedoms: metaethics in social work research.
January 1, 2003... In recent years an increased focus on research in social work has been evident. Doctoral programs in social work are flourishing and attracting more professionals interested in furthering their skills in the area of research. Concurrently,...