Fulfilling the Ethical Obligation to Political Participation: Clinical Social Workers and Professional Socialization

Autor/inn/en	Ostrander, Jason; Kelly, Kate
Titel	Fulfilling the Ethical Obligation to Political Participation: Clinical Social Workers and Professional Socialization
Quelle	In: Journal of Social Work Education, 58 (2022) 2, S.317-332 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1043-7797
DOI	10.1080/10437797.2020.1817824
Schlagwörter	Professional Development; Advocacy; Counselor Training; Social Work; Socialization; Caseworkers; Professional Identity; Counselor Attitudes; Justice; Counselor Role; Ethics; Counselor Client Relationship; Political Attitudes; Psychotherapy; Public Policy; Work Experience; Field Experience Programs; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Public Health; Public Agencies; Clinical Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialanwaltschaft; Soziale Arbeit; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Gerechtigkeit; Ethik; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Psychotherapie; Öffentliche Ordnung; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Praxisnahes Lernen; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Gesundheitswesen; Öffentliche Einrichtung
Abstract	In this exploratory study, the professional socialization of 23 clinical social workers based in New England is examined. Building on a landmark framework for understanding professional socialization, this article extends the conversation to assess professional identity among the study participants as well. Findings suggest that clinical social workers identify throughout presocialization, formal socialization, and practice after formal socialization as much or more with clinical roles in social work, especially as a psychotherapist or clinician, than as social workers invested in justice-oriented activities. Although all participants in the study associated justice with being a topic introduced in some social work courses or in evidence in some elements of clinical practice, most participants said that policy-related advocacy, organizing, and encouragement are not primary objectives of their clinical work and in many cases raise questions of the ethics of talking to clients about political participation at all. This paradoxical understanding of social work practice suggests a need for further exploration particularly of formal and postformal professional socialization so that clinical social workers will embrace social justice as part of the work that separates their profession from psychiatry, psychology, and counseling. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01