Social work profession and social work education in Turkey

Conflict Theories and Social Work Education

Social Work in Disaster, a Case Report

Introduction: Natural disasters cause many problems for society. Children are one of the most vulnerable groups that could face severe mental illness and are often separated from their family members and primary caregivers in this situation. Therefore, professional interventions are necessary to reduce the consequence of such situations for children. The purpose of this article is to report a s...

Contemporary social work licensure: implications for macro social work practice and education.

Understanding the impact of state licensing on social work practice remains a critical concern for social work academics and professionals alike. Given the complex social problems of our times, social workers need to be prepared to intervene with the individual, in various structural dimensions, and to engage in policy debates at the core of human injustice and suffering. Currently, there is in...

Precarious employment conditions affect work content in education and social work: results of work analyses.

Work content is adversely affected by precarious employment conditions, with consequences for workers and clients/customers. Three examples are taken from professions involving long-term relations between workers and clients. Adult education teachers hired on short-term contracts to teach primarily immigrant populations prepare their courses under less favorable conditions than regular teachers...

A Challenge to Social Work Education

Lecturer in Mental Health, School of Economics; Chairman, Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, 1958-60 Of all the groups of untrained social workers in the statutory services, the mental welfare officers have been the most persistent their demand for training. The reasons why their cry went Unheard by the Ministry of Health and the local authorities is now Part of history?too recent to un...