This article deals with the engagement of social workers in the policy arena. It offers a
conceptual framework for the examination of why social workers engage in policy practice …

Street-level bureaucrats have been given an increasing role in the implementation of
policies aimed at the poor. The article analyses:(1) how social workers in the Nordic …

Tarkastelemme tässä artikkelissa sosiaalityön pääaineopiskelijoiden
ammatinvalintamotiiveja Suomessa. Sosiaalityöntekijän ammatin harjoittamiseen vaaditaan …

Despite the primary mission of the social work profession to help meet the basic human
needs of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty, numerous scholars …

As a profession, social work has encouraged its members to run for public office to translate
the values and ethics of social work into public policy. This study of 416 elected social …

This study evaluated the impact that undergraduate social work education had on students'
attitude toward poverty as pretest and posttest data were collected from 166 university …

This article aims to define and describe social work (social policy) as a social control tool.
This article analyzes and studies social work's implications as a social control tool on social …

Although policy practice is regarded as an essential component of social work, the actual
involvement of social workers in policy practice is apparently very limited. This article …

Sosiaalityöntekijät ovat ammatillisen toimintansa ja asiantuntijuutensa takia
mielenkiintoinen ryhmä tarkastella. Sosiaalityöntekijät ovat hyvinvointivaltion ja erityisesti …

It is important to develop commitment to community practice among social work students to
encourage their engagement in this field as professionals later in life. This research …