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Zerden, Lisa de Saxe; Jones, Anne; Day, Steven; Lombardi, Brianna M. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
Evidence shows that when an interprofessional (IP) approach is effectively implemented, it can counteract some of our most pressing health care problems. One such challenge is the lack of training in IP teamwork health care professionals receive during their education. Using a quasi-experimental matched comparison group design, this study assessed…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Cooperation, Teamwork, Health Services
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Johnsson, Genevieve; Lincoln, Michelle; Bundy, Anita; Bulkeley, Kim – Open Learning, 2023
Training and support will be vital in developing and maintaining a skilled disability workforce in the roll-out of individualised disability funding across Australia. Technology has the potential to deliver training and support that is more accessible and cost-efficient in geographically isolated regions. The current qualitative study explored…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Faculty Development, Students with Disabilities, Educational Technology
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Slaughter, Jamel; Hoefer, Richard – Journal of Social Work Education, 2019
In 2015, 81% of counties in Texas were designated as full or partial Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas. To address this problem, we worked with a community-based association of mental health practitioners, using the social theory of career selection, to explore factors that influence students to join the mental health field. Our goal was…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Mental Health, Allied Health Personnel, Supply and Demand
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Murphy, David; Oliver, Mary; Pourhabib, Sanam; Adkins, Michael; Hodgen, Jeremy – Education Endowment Foundation, 2017
This report examines the range of factors that might influence the decision by social care professionals on the use of boarding schools as an intervention option for Children in Need (CiN) or children on a Child Protection Plan (CPP). Attempts to conduct a randomised controlled trial (RCT) failed to recruit participants. Initially, failure to…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Caseworkers, Social Work, Intervention
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Bonifas, Robin P.; Mehrotra, Gita R. – Educational Gerontology, 2014
Considerable research highlights the value of mentorship to the professional development of early career faculty in academia, yet less research focuses on factors motivating individuals to provide formal guidance to junior colleagues. Given that new social work faculty, in particular, may not receive sufficient mentoring, understanding what…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Social Work, College Faculty, Mentors
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2006
The Building Capacities for Non formal Education and Life Skills Programmes project in Uganda was implemented by Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL) with financial and technical support from UNESCO--Section for Literacy and non Formal Education in 2004-05; aiming at assisting vulnerable and marginalised youth affected by HIV/AIDS and other risk…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Work, Functional Literacy, Nonformal Education