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Direct linkZhang, Huan; Wang, Yean; Liu, Ziyu; Chui, Ernest Wing-tak – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Objective: This study examines the impact of the PC 3-sessions Training Project (PC-project), designed to improve professional competency among social workers in China. Methods: Using a quasi-experimental approach, 170 social workers from social work organizations (SWOs) or community organizations (COs) participated. The experimental group (Group…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Program Evaluation, Competence
Vance, Femi – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2010
Research suggests that the quality of out-of-school time (OST) programs is related to positive youth outcomes and skilled staff are a critical component of high quality programming. This descriptive case study of competency frameworks for youth workers in the OST field demonstrates how experts and practitioners characterize a skilled youth worker.…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Minimum Competencies
Manuel, Jennifer I.; Mullen, Edward J.; Fang, Lin; Bellamy, Jennifer L.; Bledsoe, Sarah E. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
The implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) as a professional model of practice for social work has been suggested as one approach to support informed clinical decision making. However, different barriers and processes have been identified that impact the use of EBP at individual, organizational, and systemic levels. This article describes…
Descriptors: Social Agencies, Social Work, Theory Practice Relationship, Caseworker Approach
Download full textLi, Shaowei; Yu, Haiping – International Education Studies, 2008
School social work is in its infancy in China, yet it has its special advantages in overcoming some increasingly evident social problems among contemporary college students, and it has become the necessary supplement to strengthening and promoting the ideological and political education in colleges and universities. According to the ownership of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Operations Research, Change Strategies
Peer reviewedPoertner, John; Press, Allan – Child Welfare, 1990
A study compared the Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) lay-volunteer program and the staff attorney model in a large midwestern city. Results indicate that CASA volunteers performed at least as well as specialized attorneys in representing children in juvenile court. (BG)
Descriptors: Adoption, Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers, Child Abuse
Alpert, Lily T.; Britner, Preston A. – Journal of Family Social Work, 2005
Recent concerns regarding permanence for foster children have inspired child welfare agencies to re-focus more of their efforts on biological parents as permanent resources for children in care. The social work field has responded to this situation with family-focused training for frontline staff; one such curriculum is the Family Development…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Parents, Welfare Services
ZOBER, EDITH – 1967
TWENTY-FOUR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 7 AND 16 WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS, ONE IN WHICH PARENTING AND THERAPY WERE DONE BY THE SAME WORKER AND ONE IN WHICH THE TWO FUNCTIONS WERE ASSIGNED TO SEPARATE WORKERS ON THE HYPOTHESIS THAT CHILDREN IN THE SPLIT-CASE GROUP WOULD SHOW MORE IMPROVEMENT AT THE END OF 2 YEARS THAN…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers, Child Welfare
