公民社会视角下社会工作的社会责任建构

综观中国当代社会工作的实践,社会责任始终是社会工作的重要议题,但在相关理论研究上,大多只谈到社会工作的哲学、使命、价值观等这些源于西方的意识形态方面,少有直接提及社会责任问题。本文认为,社会责任不仅是社会工作本土化的重要特征,也是公民社会的重要特征,因此,社会工作背景下的社会责任需要积极建构。因此,从公民社会的视角出发,以在海南开展的戒毒社会工作等社会实践为例,在理论基础、现实需求和实现途径这三个方面对建构本土化社会工作的社会责任问题进行了探讨。     

研究、服务、训练:民国时期高校社会工作专业人才培养机制的构建——以燕京大学、金陵大学为例

社会工作本土化自社会工作引进我国以来都是一个重点研究的课题,社会工作的发展或者本土化离不开人才的培养与建设,如何培养一批具有本土化社会工作特色的社会工作人才队伍,也许可以从民国时期高校社会工作专业人才培养机制中找到些许借鉴.民国时期高校如燕京大学、金陵大学着力从社会调查研究、社会服务模式与实习训练三方面探索构建"研究、服务、训练"三位一体的社会工作专业人才培养机制.这一培养机制对今天社会工作专业人才的培养有着重要的启示:明确培养目标,强化社会工作专业认同感;加强师资建设,健全社会工作专业教育层次;依托政府,多渠道开展高校社会工作人才的实习训练.     

浅析传统价值观在高校社会工作中的运用

西方高校社会工作发展的背景与中国社会现实存在较大的差异,直接运用西方社会工作的理论和方法在中国高校开展工作存在诸多难题。中国传统价值观与高校社会工作基本理念具有相似性,正确地运用传统价值观有利于促进高校社会工作的本土化。     

凝聚专业智慧探求社会工作专业人才培养规律——“中国社会工作教育协会第八届年会暨社会工作人才发展规划与社会工作教育使命研讨会”综述

来自全国三百多所高校和机构近五百名代表出席了中国社会工作教育协会第八届年会暨社会工．作人才发展规划与社会工作教育使命研讨会。代表们围绕和谐社会建设与社会工作教育发展研究、政府社会工作人才发展规划与社会工作教育的任务、政府购买服务与社会工作教育的应对与发展、高校教师领办社会服务机构研究、社会工作专业化与本土化的实证分析、社会工作专业课程教学研究、我国MSW教育的经验与存在的问题分析、开展社会工作与社会政策研究等8个主题展开研讨,取得了丰硕成果。     

社会工作专业教师核心能力的建设

当社会工作专业教师的教学和研究工作集中于发展核心能力时,才能有效培养高质量的专业学生。目前关于社会工作专业教师能力的研究多数局限于对专业素养、学科知识、研究能力和实务经验的概括性评价,往往忽视了对核心能力的精准判断和针对性的改进策略。研究针对高校社会工作专业教师的核心能力进行了深入分析,探讨了提升这些能力的具体途径。研究指出,应重点在强化社会工作价值观和人文情怀、理论与实务的融合、研究与实务的互动转化,以及教学与学生指导能力的提升这四个方面,加强社会工作专业教师的核心能力建设。     

高校辅导员工作与学校社会工作耦合性探讨

本文在分析高校辅导员职责与学校社会工作存在契合点的基础上,探讨学校社会工作与高校辅导员工作的结合原则,进一步构建学校社会工作与高校辅导员工作结合的模式,并就该模式在具体运用时的保障条件做了相关探讨。试图通过高校辅导员工作与学校社会工作相结合模式及其运用等方面展开的探讨,以期能对辅导员的专业化发展提供一些可能的视角,从而进一步探索辅导员的专业化发展空间。     

高校辅导员工作与学校社会工作耦合性探讨

本文在分析高校辅导员职责与学校社会工作存在契合点的基础上,探讨学校社会工作与高校辅导员工作的结合原则,进一步构建学校社会工作与高校辅导员工作结合的模式,并就该模式在具体运用时的保障条件做了相关探讨。试图通过高校辅导员工作与学校社会工作相结合模式及其运用等方面展开的探讨,以期能对辅导员的专业化发展提供一些可能的视角,从而进一步探索辅导员的专业化发展空间。     

社会工作在城市社区工作领域中的功能评估——基于长沙市城市社区的实证研究

为全面落实民政部关于民政系统社会工作人才队伍建设推进会议要求,各省各地市积极探索社会工作介入基层社区的途径与模式。本研究选择了2009年民政部社会工作人才队伍建设试点单位——长沙市天心区作为研究对象,对社会工作介入城市社区工作以来的功能进行评估。研究结果表明:社会工作在增强社区居民主体意识、加强社区居民能力建设、改善社区居民人际关系、维护社区弱势群体权益、丰富社区居民文化生活等五个方面均体现了较为显著的功能。社会工作介入城市社区已初见成效,社会工作的介入使城市社区工作由"管理型"向"服务型"转变。     

社会工作视阈下高校思想政治教育创新实践研究——以河南科技大学为例

随着我国社会转型,当代大学生精神风貌出现了一系列前所未有的新特征,传统高校思想政治教育模式面临诸多亟待解决的难题。河南科技大学利用社会工作专业的学科优势,借助社会工作的方法和理念,对改进和创新高校思想政治教育进行了一系列尝试,如开展个案辅导、新生破冰训练营、思想政治素养提升小组、举办成长论坛与文化大讲堂等活动,取得显著效果,为高校开展大学生思想政治教育工作提供了一个可供参考的介入模式。     

社会工作视阈下高校思想政治教育创新实践研究——以河南科技大学为例

随着我国社会转型,当代大学生精神风貌出现了一系列前所未有的新特征,传统高校思想政治教育模式面临诸多亟待解决的难题。河南科技大学利用社会工作专业的学科优势,借助社会工作的方法和理念,对改进和创新高校思想政治教育进行了一系列尝试,如开展个案辅导、新生破冰训练营、思想政治素养提升小组、举办成长论坛与文化大讲堂等活动,取得显著效果,为高校开展大学生思想政治教育工作提供了一个可供参考的介入模式。     

What do we know about child neglect? A critical review of the literature and its application to social work practice

Child neglect is a difficult and complex area of practice for social workers and other childcare professionals. To work effectively, practitioners need a good grasp of relevant literature and research – a point underlined by the moves to incorporate ‘research mindedness’ and ‘research literacy’ into social work education, training and practice. This paper aims to contribute to the debate around research literacy by looking in more detail at the research and knowledge base informing work with neglected children and their families, and considering the ways in which this can be applied in practice. In the first part of the paper, we provide a critical overview of the main aspects of research knowledge, summarizing ‘what we know’ currently about child neglect. Next, we look at some of the difficulties associated with this body of knowledge and at some of its limitations. Having noted these concerns, however, we go on to suggest ways in which the research evidence can be used in mainstream social work. We draw out some of the consequences for work with children and with their parents as well as considering the implications for social workers and their agencies.     

民国医疗社会工作述评与当代启示

民国时期北平协和医院、南京的鼓楼医院、济南的齐鲁医院等医院相继成立社会服务部开展医疗社会工作。民国医疗社会工作起步不晚,但分布不广;以经济救助为主要内容,以个案工作为主要手段;与学校互动,实践与教学良性循环。民国医疗社会工作的开展凸显了以北平协和医院为代表的相关医院鲜明的人道主义精神和强烈的社会责任感。民国医疗社会工作对当代我国医疗社会工作的复苏与发展有着积极的启示意义。     

中日秘书工作特点之比较

受体制的影响 ,中国的秘书和秘书工作与日本相比存在较大的差异。主要表现在从业人员的组成、行业化、性别特点、自动化程度等四个方面。相比较之下 ,日本在这些方面更规范 ,更符合现代社会对秘书和秘书工作的要求。而改变中国的秘书和秘书工作现状则应从推行资格证书制度、建立秘书组织、提高秘书素质、改善工作手段等方面入手 ,使之更适应社会发展     

Importance of Research in Social Work Practice: A Pilot Study From Turkey

Abstract

It is highly important that social work practice be guided by scientific research and the resultant practices introduced to the literature. Social work research in Turkey is carried out by social work academics and practitioners. This dual position they occupy has not been thoroughly investigated in recent years; therefore, the aim of this research was to scrutinize the relationship social workers take when completing research in Turkey. Within the scope of this research, data were collected by conducting an online survey of 365 social workers. Results of the study show that 45.8% of the social workers have conducted research before. Nonetheless, 93.7% of the social work practitioners do feel the need to carry out scientific research in order to shape their professional practices. Considering these results, future research should concentrate on social work practitioners’ problems taking into account their dual position as both the producer and consumer of the research.     

研究中国宗教的社会学范式杨庆堃眼中的中国社会宗教

摘要：本文通过杨庆堃教授对中国宗教极其卓越和具有开创性的研究,来审视中国宗教的社会学范式。杨氏的《中国社会中的宗教》是一部堪称现代经典的华丽巨著,是中国宗教社会学研究的典范之作,是社会学学者研究中国宗教的重要参考书,具有极高的学术价值和理论创新意义。相对于西方宗教的制度性,杨氏提出发散性宗教的概念,指出散开宗教的信仰和仪式有机会发展为有组织的社会体系,同时它是作为社会组织模式整体的一部分,在散开的形式中,宗教发挥着多样的功能,以组织的方式出现在中国社会生活中。杨氏是第一个从宽阔的社会学角度来证明中国宗教存在形式、合理性以及历史传统的华裔学者,对于其后学者的研究奠定了重要的学术基础。     

Child protection social workers in Italy and the Covid-19 challenges: Redefining services to support children and their families

During the Covid-19 pandemic, social workers played an essential role in helping people understand what was happening and cope with new unforeseen difficulties, even carrying out new tasks and activities. Social workers were asked to redefine their work methods to maintain aid relationships with families. This reorganization was complex and challenging for child protection services. The paper will discuss the results of a qualitative research project aimed to describe the Italian child protection social workers' functions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Three online focus groups were conducted with child protection social workers. These focus groups helped researchers explore the new organization of social workers' work in child protection services, which was aimed at maintaining their role and performing the new tasks they need to carry out to support families and children. Three main areas of discussion emerged from the qualitative analysis: (1) postponed and maintained activities; (2) remote work advantages and challenges; and (3) new professional learning.     

Neo-liberalism, Social Exclusion and Welfare Clients in a Global Economy

Globalization has played a major role in redefining the nature of the welfare state and the ways in which social work practice is being undertaken in a number of different countries. Moreover, its impact has been to exacerbate gendered and racialized social relations. In this article, I explore the changes that globalization has wrought on the social work profession. These have resulted in neo-liberialist policies that have contributed to the realization of a purchaser-provider split in service delivery, the commodification of inter-personal relationships embodied in caring work and the creation of a technicist cadre to deal with vulnerable people in need. I conclude by arguing that social workers need to engage in a public debate which challenges this state of affairs and form alliances with clients, professional associations, trade unions, politicians and other professional groupings in order to set a new welfare agenda which replaces profit-making with social justice to ensure that needs-led assessments and people are at the heart of their professional remit.     

Welfare through Work: An Audit of Occupational Social Provision at the Turn of the New Century

Occupational welfare has been a relatively neglected area in both theoretical and empirical studies of the welfare state despite its importance to overall levels of social provision. Surprisingly, there has not yet been a comprehensive examination of British occupational social provision, as opposed to non‐wage benefits more generally or specific provision such as pensions, housing or childcare. This neglect can be explained both by the perception that occupational welfare plays a relatively insignificant role in contemporary welfare states and by a general lack of clarity regarding its definition and scope, factors which have added to the difficulties surrounding its conceptualization and measurement. Despite the lack of attention it has received, however, recent pressures have propelled the issue higher up the social policy agenda, increasing the need for a clearer conception of what constitutes occupational social provision and a more comprehensive assessment of its contemporary significance. This paper seeks to shed some light on to these areas by drawing on comparative and UK data in order to carry out an audit of occupational social provision.     

Knowledge and Reasoning in Social Work: Educating for Humane Judgement

Much has been made of the uncertainties and contingencies ofpractice, and of the need for social workers to make more explicituse of formal knowledge in order to reduce this uncertainty.However, we argue that this focus on making certainty out ofuncertainty glosses over the ways in which both knowledge andpractice often propel practitioners towards early and certainjudgements when a position of ‘respectful uncertainty’might be more appropriate. Facilitating learning that will helpsocial workers to deal with uncertainty raises challenges forsocial work educators. If they are to equip social workers withthe skills to exercise ‘wise judgement under conditionsof uncertainty’, they will need to recognize the waysin which both theory and popular knowledge are invoked to makeunequivocal knowledge in case formulation. In this paper, wesuggest ways in which students can be helped to remain in uncertaintyand interrogate their knowledge and case reasoning.     

The future of social work education: beyond the state of the art

David Cox (1995) argues that social work educators need to engage with social issues if they are to move social work away from the doldrums in which it has become trapped. Although this is true, changes of a greater magnitude are required if social work practice is to remain relevant in the twenty-first century. In a globalizing world, social work educators have to play a key role in internationalizing the social work curricula (academic and practicum) and socializing practitioners to embrace emancipatory approaches to social work if they are to counteract the brutalizing forces of industrialism and militarism. Engaging with social change to empower excluded groups requires social workers to work with "clients", policy-makers and international welfare organizations in ways that link the personal and structural dimensions of social life. In short, practitioners need to go beyond the state of the art if their interventions are to respond to the "person-in-their-situation" in a modern context.