Applying Logotherapy in teaching meaning in life in professional training and social work education

WCH Chan - The British Journal of Social Work, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Meaning in life is an important topic for professional training and social work education. This
article aims to illustrate how Viktor Frankl's logotherapy could be applied as the framework in …

'Perhaps I should be working with potted plants or standing at the fish counter instead?': newly educated social workers' reflections on their first years in practice

P Tham, D Lynch - European Journal of Social Work, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The present research follows twelve Swedish social work graduates over their first years in
practice. The overall aim of the study was to gain insight into the journey from their social …

How do we prepare students for the challenges of social work? Examples from six countries around the world

P Tham, P McFadden, E Russ, A Baldschun… - Social Work …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper we provide a descriptive comparison of the similarities and differences between
social work education at six different universities situated in Australia, England, Finland …

Exploring the readiness to practice of underrepresented healthcare workers: A scoping review

S Hussein, L Ishaky, B Nowrouzi-Kia… - SAGE Open …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Studies across the extant literature suggest that less-experienced healthcare
workers are more likely to experience adverse outcomes such as burnout, sick leaves, or …

The development of clinical self-efficacy in speech-language pathology graduate training: A longitudinal study

E McBride - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The study examined the development of speech-language pathology (SLP) trainee
clinical self-efficacy (CSE)—defined as an individual's confidence in performing tasks …

Self-efficacy, psychological flexibility, and basic needs satisfaction make a difference: recently graduated psychologists at increased or decreased risk for future health …

I Schéle, M Olby, H Wallin, S Holmquist - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The transition from university to working life appears a critical period impacting human
service workers' long-term health. More research is needed on how psychological factors …

The iron cage of leadership—the role of first-line managers in child welfare

P Tham, A Strömberg - The British Journal of Social Work, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In the social services in general and particularly in child welfare, high staff turnover and
recruitment difficulties have been reported for many years. Previous studies have shown that …

Not rocket science: Implementing efforts to improve working conditions of social workers

P Tham - The British Journal of Social Work, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The aim of the study was to investigate if the working conditions of child welfare social
workers in one municipality would be improved after the implementation of three initiatives …

(Re-) imagining social work in the anthropocene

CV Panagiotaros, J Boddy, T Gray… - The British Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The ecological crisis, marked by the Anthropocene epoch, is having a major impact on the
global ecosystem, and the consequences are predicted to become increasingly severe in …

The challenges of combining 'knowing-that'and 'knowing-how'in social work education and professional practice in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration

I Voll, IB Tysnes, AK Larsen - European Journal of Social Work, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents data from a focus group study of social workers in the Norwegian
Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) and investigates how social workers perceive and …