Czech Social Work from the Social Workers’ Perspective and the Consequences for Social Work Education

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Czech Social Work from the Social Workers’ Perspective and the Consequences for Social Work Education

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Social work in the Czech Republic is confronted with the impact of globalisation and neoliberalism. This affects not only social work practice but also education. The submitted chapter aims to understand how social workers perceive the position and role of social work (and themselves as social workers) in contemporary society in the social work practice and to make, based on these findings, recommendations for the setting of educational process and goals. To achieve this goal, a qualitative research strategy was chosen. We conducted 10 focus groups with altogether 60 social workers from 2011 to 2017. The data was analysed and arranged into groups using a cluster method based on the thematic overlap. From the data obtained it is obvious that the contemporary practice of social work places high demands on social workers due to an emphasis on efficiency, economisation, and bureaucracy. At the same time, theoretical education is perceived by social workers as being separated from practice. The data obtained shows that the inclusion of a reflexive approach and cross-sectional reinforcement of the social work identity into social work education can strengthen the (perceived) impact of social workers on formation of social work practice compared to the current sense of helplessness. In the paper’s conclusion, we discuss specific implications for the educational process and its objectives.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Czech Social Work from the Social Workers’ Perspective and the Consequences for Social Work Education

Popis výsledku anglicky

Social work in the Czech Republic is confronted with the impact of globalisation and neoliberalism. This affects not only social work practice but also education. The submitted chapter aims to understand how social workers perceive the position and role of social work (and themselves as social workers) in contemporary society in the social work practice and to make, based on these findings, recommendations for the setting of educational process and goals. To achieve this goal, a qualitative research strategy was chosen. We conducted 10 focus groups with altogether 60 social workers from 2011 to 2017. The data was analysed and arranged into groups using a cluster method based on the thematic overlap. From the data obtained it is obvious that the contemporary practice of social work places high demands on social workers due to an emphasis on efficiency, economisation, and bureaucracy. At the same time, theoretical education is perceived by social workers as being separated from practice. The data obtained shows that the inclusion of a reflexive approach and cross-sectional reinforcement of the social work identity into social work education can strengthen the (perceived) impact of social workers on formation of social work practice compared to the current sense of helplessness. In the paper’s conclusion, we discuss specific implications for the educational process and its objectives.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Work Education

ISBN

978-3-030-39965-8

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

539-551

Počet stran knihy

1052

Název nakladatele

Palgrave Macmillan

Místo vydání

Cham

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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