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'Management and Leadership of Networks for Educational Success: Analysis of Emerging Networks in Spain'
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Longás Mayayo, Jordi; Riera Romaní, Jordi; de Querol Duran, Roser – School Leadership & Management, 2020
Within the framework of the CaixaProinfancia programme, networks have been developed in 18 regions of Spain which promote intersectoral cooperation to combat the social and educational exclusion of children. Their emerging nature and simultaneous development have enabled a comparative study to be made of their organisation, the supporting and…
Descriptors: Social Isolation, Program Descriptions, Governance, Networks
Action Learning as an Element within an Assessed and Supported Year in Employment for Newly Qualified Social Workers: A Three-Role Perspective
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Wells, Carol; Animashaun, Ikedola; Gibb, Anneliese – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2017
The assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) is employer-led and provides a programme to support and assess newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) working with children and families and adults during their first year of employment. Action learning was brought into Cambridgeshire County Councils ASYE programme as a 12-month pilot from…
Descriptors: Social Work, Experiential Learning, Caseworkers, Program Descriptions
Social Work and Law Interdisciplinary Service Learning: Increasing Future Lawyers' Interpersonal Skills
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Boys, Stephanie K.; Quiring, Stephanie Q.; Harris, Evan; Hagan, Carrie A. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2015
Social workers and attorneys both interact with persons from diverse backgrounds every day, yet although interpersonal skills are an essential focus of social work education, these skills are not addressed in legal education. Interdisciplinary courses in which social workers and lawyers learn interpersonal skills together and have an opportunity…
Descriptors: Social Work, Interdisciplinary Approach, Service Learning, Lawyers
Increasing Research Capacity in Ontario Child Welfare Organizations: A Unique University-Child Welfare Agency Partnership
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Fallon, Barbara; Trocmé, Nico; Van Wert, Melissa; Budau, Krista; Ballantyne, Mary; Lwin, Kristen – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
The objective of this article is to describe the successes and challenges of a unique knowledge mobilization initiative that was funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. This initiative focused on promoting knowledge mobilization by increasing the capacity of child welfare organizations in Ontario to conduct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Child Welfare, Research Opportunities
Research Note--A Pilot Cyber Counseling Course in a Graduate Social Work Program
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Mishna, Faye; Tufford, Lea; Cook, Charlene; Bogo, Marion – Journal of Social Work Education, 2013
Cyber counseling is a new and growing medium for offering mental health services to children and youth. However, there is a lack of identification of the core competencies required to provide effective online counseling. A school of social work, in partnership with a national service agency providing online counseling to children and youth,…
Descriptors: Social Work, Graduate Study, Pilot Projects, Counseling Psychology
A Grounded Theory of Collaborative Synchronizing in Relation to Challenging Students
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Thornberg, Robert – Urban Education, 2012
The aim of this study was to investigate multiprofessional collaboration as well as collaboration between professionals and challenging students and their parents in which the focus for these collaborations was on handling the challenging students' academic and social behavior. A grounded theory study of collaboration between a prereferral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory, Social Behavior, Focus Groups
A Pilot Training Program in the Mental Health of Older Women.
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Rathbone-McCuan, Eloise; Hart, Vicki – Educational Gerontology, 1981
Describes and analyzes a pilot social work education program in the mental health of older women. It discusses developmental activities related to planning, implementation, and evaluation of the model. The preliminary outcomes of this five-year project may offer some guidelines and alternatives for training professionals. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Curriculum Development, Educational Gerontology, Females