Embedding Social Justice into Clinical Practice: A Framework for Early Career Social Workers
This article offers a framework to help graduating MSW students and early career clinical social workers become social justice practitioners. Beginning with the assertion that clinical social work has the potential to be a powerful force in the movement to create a more just and humane world, the authors outline and discuss key components that can provide the foundation for clinical social workers to meet that potential. The authors first provide a definition of social justice, anchored in an ethic of love, and discuss the compatibility of clinical social work and social justice. They then summarize a framework for social ...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - April 16, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Introduction to Special Section on Child Welfare: Current Realities and Future Possibilities in Clinical Social Work Practice
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Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - April 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress in Pediatric Emergency Room Social Workers: A Toolkit for New Graduates
This study is twofold: (1) it attempts to provide insight into the experiences of pediatric emergency room social workers (PERSW) with STS, and (2) to explicate the utility of the findings in practical strategies to assist newly graduated and current social workers entering high-stressful work environments. A thematic analysis and semi-structured interviews were used with twenty-three pediatric emergency room social workers with at least one year of experience. The analysis revealed three themes: (1) the trauma of the job, (2) the effects of STS, and (3) coping strategies for STS. The findings underscore the need for a spe...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - April 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Culturally Responsive CBT and Mindfulness: Minimizing Suicidality in Correctional Settings
AbstractIndividuals who are incarcerated are significantly more likely to experience mental illness and psychological distress than the general population. Many of these individuals do not have access to adequate mental health treatment. Rather than rehabilitation, correctional facilities focus on separating individuals deemed dangerous from the general population. With mental health being a primary topic in correctional settings, suicide mortality rates should be just as prevalent. While literature continues to document use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness separately, its documentation of both as a su...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - March 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Chinese Social Work Students ’ Attitudes toward Online Social Work Services: A Q Methodology Study
AbstractDuring the COVID-19 pandemic in China, the emergence of online social work services has garnered the attention of scholars, particularly as social work students are the future practitioners who will be responsible for delivering these services. This Q methodology study aimed to explore the perceptions and attitudes of 39 Master of Social Work (MSW) students (76.92% female, 23.08% male, Age(mean) = 22.14, SD = 0.48) from Shanghai, China, towards online social work service delivery. Participants were asked to respond to 73 Q statements. Three distinct viewpoints emerged from the factor analysis. Viewpoint On...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - March 4, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Factors Associated with Thoughts of Migration Among Latinx Mental Health Professionals from Puerto Rico to Mainland United States
This study examines various “push” and “pull” factors for the growing migration of Puerto Rican healthcare professionals to the mainland United States. Using a quantitative and cross-sectional approac h, we collected data on mental health professionals’ socioeconomic and work-related needs. We conducted a binary logistic regression to identify whether socioeconomic (i.e., age, marital status, gender, highest level of education, and income satisfaction) and work-related factors (i.e., perceived organizational support and emotional exhaustion related to the workplace) contributed to having thoughts of migration to ...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Examining Potential Psychological Protective and Risk Factors for Stress and Burnout in Social Workers
This study provided promising preliminary evidence for a mediated effect CBPM as being a potentially useful explanatory framework of variation i n social worker stress, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalisation. This study also provided evidence that several CBPM domains could have a direct effect on personal accomplishment. This study provides preliminary evidence that support programmes, which have the capacity to improve each CBPM domai n (mindfulness, acceptance, attention regulation/decentering, self-compassion, non-attachment, and non-aversion) and reduce experiences of worry and rumination, are likely to support s...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Caregiver Outcomes of Psychotherapy Evaluation (COPE): Development of a Social Work Assessment Tool
This study reviews the development and initial psychometric properties of the Caregiver Outcomes of Psych otherapy Evaluation (COPE), a pre- and post- treatment outcome measure designed to assess and monitor the individualized needs of caregivers for individuals living with ADRD. The COPE is comprised of eight questions that assess knowledge of dementia, confidence in caregiving abilities, communication strategies, emotional well-being, support system, planning for the future, enjoying life, and confidence facing future challenges. The COPE was administered to 85 caregivers prior to the start of counseling sessions. Respon...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
‘Recovering from Tornado Brain’: A Qualitative Analysis of Long-Term Needs after One of the Deadliest Tornadoes in U.S. History
This study examined qualitative open-ended responses from 359 residents in Joplin, Missouri who provided text comments about unmet needs they were facing 2.5 years following the May 22, 2011 EF-5 tornado. Strategies of content analysis were used to code the open-ended responses and identify the main themes of long-term needs. Four main themes were identified: (1) mental health needs, (2) affordable homes and safe shelters, (3) community rebuilding, and (4) household financial needs. These findings provide an understanding of individual experiences, perceptions, and challenges during long-term recovery. This data can be use...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 19, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Luchando Junt@s Por Una Familia Unida (Fighting Together for a United Family): Rebuilding the Cohesive Self of Immigrant Parents and Community Healing after a Family Separation in the United States – A Self Psychology Perspective
This article draws from the literature, my clinical experience with immigrants and refugees, and my work with Central American asylum-seeking families impacted by the “zero tolerance” immigration policy to argue that se lf psychology provides a lens for understanding the impact of the government’s empathic failure on parents upon entering the United States that led to a blow to parents’ cohesive self. Parents’ cohesive self can be restored with sufficient collectivetwinship,mirroring, andidealizing experiences, which in self-psychology are paramount psychological needs to be met for building and maintaining a str...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 17, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A Clinical Case Report of a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Treatment Team Serving a Client with Complex Medical and Social Needs
AbstractIn this case study, we describe a client, pseudonymously named Kai, who suffered multiple firearm injuries and was enrolled in a hospital-based violence intervention program (HVIP). Kai required multi-disciplinary care in pediatric and adult Level I Trauma Centers. His care was complicated by behavioral health issues, poverty, and a lack of adequate access to community-based healthcare and social support, leading to deteriorating health, frequent hospitalizations, and high health care utilization. Providers from the HVIP repeatedly worked with Kai, advocated for enhanced care, and provided him with the support nece...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Existential Social Work in Coping with Death and Grief
This article delves into the use of existential social work in coping with death and grief. After defining death and grief, the article explores individuals' attitudes towards death and the theoretical perspectives related to death and grief. The article further examines the fundamental concept of existentialism within the context of coping with death and grief. The article then considers the theoretical basis of an existentialist approach to social work evaluation and intervention. It highlights the importance of an existentialist approach in the process of coping with death and grief, as it encourages individuals to conf...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - January 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Family Intensive Treatment for Child Welfare Involved Caregivers with Substance Misuse Issues: Safety, Permanency and Well-Being Outcomes
AbstractThe Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) team model provides intensive team-based, family-focused, comprehensive services to families in the child welfare system with parental substance misuse issues. The current evaluation study examined the effect of FIT on child safety, permanency, and parental wellbeing. A longitudinal quasi-experimental design with a two-group comparison using propensity score matching was used. Compared to a group of similar parents/caregivers receiving child welfare services (N = 2976), parents/caregivers who received FIT (N = 3025) were less likely to have new allegations of child malt...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - January 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Introduction to the Special Issue: Social Workers at Work
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Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - January 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Hidden Populations for Healthcare Financial Protection in the Super-Aging Society: Closing the Gap Between Policy and Practice
AbstractDespite the remarkable health achievements of Japan ’s universal health coverage since 1961, along with numerous social programs to ensure financial protection, a growing proportion of the older population reportedly experiences financial hardship for essential health care. The socio-behavioral and economic situation of the households in need and t he effective policy interventions remain unknown. To identify the reasons behind older persons’ financial hardship and the effective policy interventions, we performed a questionnaire survey of social workers in all hospitals, local government offices and social serv...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - January 16, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
