The how and the why: Competences and holistic practice |
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| Authors: | Jean Kelly William Horder |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences, ISCSP University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugalmcarvalho@iscsp.ulisboa.pt;3. Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences, ISCSP University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal;4. Center for Administration and Public Policy, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | Social work education and training in the UK was, in the 1990s, restructured on a competence-based model. Drawing on the literature and a survey of students from one Diploma in Social Work programme, this paper offers a critical appraisal of this approach to social work education, placing it in the context of opposing ideological frameworks. It reviews the strengths and limitations of the system and discusses some of the problems and dilemmas arising in training for work involving values conflicts and complex tasks. It argues that there is a need for a new synthesis drawn from the strengths of technical rationalism and holistic reflective practice. |
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| Keywords: | Social work education profession trajectories challenges |
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