How the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) Prepares One for Working in a Residential Youth Care Setting: A Thematic Analysis of Youth workers’ Experiences in the Netherlands

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI:10.1080/0886571X.2023.2243211

Vera Verhage, D. Jansen, C. Wunderink, M. Alma, S. Reijneveld, H. Grietens

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ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to gain insight into the experiences of social work practitioners’, on how a social work bachelor’s degree program prepares them for working in residential youth care settings. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore experiences of social workers. The interviews were thematically analyzed and three themes were identified: theoretical knowledge, practical skills and work setting. Participants reported that the theoretical knowledge they gained during their education was very valuable, but that the relevance of this knowledge depended on the specific work setting. Participants further wished they had received more practical training during their education, especially regarding dealing with severe problem behavior like aggression. Concerning the work setting, participants often felt insufficiently informed on and ill-prepared for understaffing, high turnover rates, the extensive list of tasks, and irregular working hours. Finally, findings imply a need to enrich the curriculum using role-playing and addressing gaps between education and the specific work setting by offering continued education after graduation in a flexible and modular way. Adjustments to the BSW curriculum may help social workers to be better prepared for the demanding workplace and thereby contributes to better outcomes of residential youth care.

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社会工作学士(BSW)如何为在住宿青年护理环境中工作做好准备:荷兰青年工作者经验的专题分析

摘要本研究的目的是深入了解社会工作从业人员的经验，了解社会工作学士学位课程如何为他们在寄宿青年护理机构工作做好准备。采用半结构式访谈探讨社工的经验。对访谈进行了主题分析，确定了三个主题:理论知识、实践技能和工作环境。与会者报告说，他们在教育期间获得的理论知识非常宝贵，但这些知识的相关性取决于具体的工作环境。参与者还希望他们在接受教育期间接受了更多的实践培训，特别是在处理像攻击这样的严重问题行为方面。关于工作环境，与会者常常感到对人手不足、人员流动率高、任务清单繁多、工作时间不规律等问题缺乏充分的了解和准备。最后，研究结果表明，需要通过角色扮演来丰富课程，并通过灵活和模块化的方式提供毕业后的继续教育来解决教育与特定工作环境之间的差距。对BSW课程的调整可以帮助社会工作者更好地为要求苛刻的工作场所做好准备，从而有助于改善住宿青年护理的结果。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.