Securing rights for service users, particularly in taking up their social rights, has long been a goal of the social work profession. However, take-up advocacy is an under-researched and under-theorized practice, and little is known about how social workers engage in it and perceive it. The goal...

Field work is an integral part of the total social work education. Historically, the profession of social work has been considering fieldwork as a primary means of providing students the opportunity to integrate knowledge, value and skills. In fieldwork settings, (practicum’s) students are...

The article deals with the problem of standardization of training of social workers. The processes of standardization are based on the initial contradiction between the diversity of forms of social work, largely depending on the cultural and historical characteristics of a particular country,...

We estimate the labor market return to an MBA, a JD, and master’s in engineering, nursing, education, psychology and social work, and thirteen other graduate degrees. To control for heterogeneity in preferences and ability, we use fixed effects for combinations of field-specific undergraduate...

Das Thema dieses Buches ist die Wechselwirkung zwischen der Wirtschaftsordnung und der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung in den unterschiedlichen Wirtschaftssystemen Deutschlands seit 1945, der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft der alten Bundesrepublik Deutschland, der Staatssozialistischen Planwirtschaft der...

Many street-level bureaucrats (such as caseworkers) have the dual task of helping some clients, while sanctioning others. We develop a model of such a street-level bureaucracy and study the implications of its personnel policy on the self-selection and allocation decisions of agents who differ...

After the three international social work bodies, namely IASSW, ICSW and IFSW came together to evolve with the Global Agenda, sustainable development has taken the centerstage in social work discourses. This paper emphasises the importance of embracing sustainable development within the social...

Heilerziehungspfleger/-innen sind für Menschen in behindernden Lebenslagen, die eine Assistenz für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben benötigen, unverzichtbar. Und doch bleiben Ausbildung und Tätigkeit dieser Fachkräfte weitgehend unter dem Radar. Bundeslandspezifische Unterschiede in der...

Purpose - This paper explores how the introduction of new accounting information influences understandings of cost-consciousness. Furthermore, the paper explores how managers use accounting information to shape organizational members’ understanding of changes, and how focusing on...

Der Wechsel in eine andere berufliche Fachwelt stellt Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer vor neue Aufgaben und Herausforderungen. Welche individuellen Voraussetzungen müssen erfüllt und welche institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen sollten gegeben sein, damit ein erfolgreiches berufliches...

The quality of the early environment children experience influences their human capital development. We investigate retention and compensation in the Early Care and Education workforce by merging datasets from three different government agencies in Texas. We employ non-structural methods to...

Grundlagen der Demokratie und des politischen Systems der Schweiz -- Föderalismus und direktdemokratische Entscheidungsfindung -- Das Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen im Spannungsfeld von Staat und Markt -- Sozial- und Gesundheitspolitik im Zeichen der Sozialversicherungen -- Die schweizerische...

"Jane Addams stands as perhaps one of the most prominent female voices in social theory of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While built through books, essays, journal articles, and speeches, her intellectual legacy has seldom been recognized as academic by contemporary audiences. Yet,...

The paper concentrates on the discussion of some contextual issues along with the challenges that are closely associated with social work practice at Macro, Mezzo and Micro levels of intervention. Here in the paper, theoretical approaches and techniques that are significantly applicable in...

Elli Scambor und Daniel Holtermann erkunden die historischen und strukturellen Gründe für die geringe Beteiligung von Männern an formeller und informeller Sorgearbeit. Sie stellen dem das Konzept von "Caring Masculinities" gegenüber: männliche Rollenbilder, die Werte wie Aufmerksamkeit und...

Caseworkers are the main human resources used to provide social services. This paper asks if, and how much, caseworkers matter for the outcomes of unemployed individuals. Using large-scale administrative data, I exploit exogenous variation in unplanned absences among Swiss UI caseworkers. I find...

Caseworkers are the main human resources used to provide social services. This paper asks if, and how much, caseworkers matter for the outcomes of unemployed individuals. Using large-scale administrative data, I exploit exogenous variation in unplanned absences among Swiss UI caseworkers. I find...

Czech workers' compensation is "exemplified" by the adoption of the Worker's Accident Insurance Act in 2006, four deferments of its effective date and then complete annulment of the Act. A temporary settlement aimed at resolving the incompatibility of the communist model of workers' compensation...

Caseworkers are the main human resources used to provide social services. This paper asks if, and how much, caseworkers matter for the outcomes of unemployed individuals. Using large-scale administrative data, I exploit exogenous variation in unplanned absences among Swiss UI caseworkers. I find...

We estimate the labor market return to an MBA, a JD, and master's in engineering, nursing, education, psychology and social work, and thirteen other graduate degrees. To control for heterogeneity in preferences and ability, we use fixed effects for combinations of field-specific undergraduate...

The early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce is foundational for providing high-quality learning, development and well-being experiences for young children. Policies can support the development of this workforce by addressing requirements for initial education and continuing...

This paper presents the research interest to the occupation of the social worker in international scope and analyzes the essence of the social work in Bulgaria. The profile of the social worker rendering social services in Bulgaria is discussed and conclusions are made considering the need of...

“I'm thinking of a queer feeling I sometimes get, a feeling that I've got something important to say and the power to say it — only I don't know what it is, and I can't make any use of the power.” Aldous Huxley, Brave New WorldHuxley's fictional tale of a “Brave New World” provokes an...