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Child Welfare: Addressing the Recruitment and retention dilemma

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Research Page focuses on a number of studies that identify challenges to recruitment and retention; provides research and resource information that supports the importance of professional education for child welfare practice; highlights issues...

The Reprofessionalization of Social Work: Collaborative approaches for achieving professional recognition

The article discusses the deprofessionalization of social services work and analyzes collaborative strategies for achieving recognition, specifically the formation of professional associations and trade unions. The emerging convergence between new professionalism and the new political unionism, and...

Theorizing Change: The role of professional associations in the transformation of institutionalized fields

This study examines the role of professional associations in a changing, highly institutionalized organizational field and suggests that they play a significant role in legitimating change. A model of institutional change is outlined, of which a key stage is "theorization," the process whereby...

Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) for Baccalaureate and Master’s Social Work Programs

The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) uses the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) to accredit baccalaureate- and master’s-level social work programs.  The goal is to shape the profession’s future through the education of competent professionals, the generation of knowledge...

Online Dissemination of Research: Are professional associations making the grade?

This paper examines research to find out if professional associations succeed in disseminating research to social workers.  The findings found that the online dissemination of research by these professional associations is lacking. There is a lot of room for growth in the associations supporting...

Promoting Social Development: Building a professional social work association in Namibia

Namibia's government has established a social welfare system with a social development emphasis. This study examines the role of the National Association of Social Workers in promoting social development and cohesion among social workers in Namibia.

Health Information Systems: The foundations of public health

Public health decision-making is critically dependent on the timely availability of sound data. The role of health information systems is to generate, analyze and disseminate such data. In practice, health information systems rarely function systematically. The products of historical, social and...

Summary Report of the 3rd Annual Global Social Service Workforce Symposium

The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance hosted its 3rd Annual Symposium on June 2nd, 2016. The event was held at the Birdsall House Conference Center in Washington, DC and also via live webcast. Just over 300 participants from 25 countries across NGOs, government, academia, donors and others...

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