Social workers in the new human services marketplace
Trends, challenges and responses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11958796 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Healy (0000-0002-7743-1699, The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 103-114 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1447-0748.2004.00125.x |
| OpenAlex | W2028003437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 13 |
This paper examines employment trends in social welfare occupations and challenges to the industrial and cultural recognition of professional social work in the new human services market place. Following examination of the threats posed by market reform and the crisis in public confidence in some domains of human services work, I focus on three key concerns. First, through analysis of Census data from 1996 to 2001, I compare trends in the employment of social workers, welfare workers and community workers. Second, drawing on the work of Nancy Fraser (1997 ), I argue that the challenges facing social workers can be understood as problems of ‘recognition’. Using this framework, I examine the external contests to the valuing of professional social work and also the internal challenges, that is, threats from within the social work profession to the industrial and cultural recognition of social work. Finally, I will consider how social workers, particularly new graduates, can respond to the challenges facing them in the new human services marketplace. I propose that social workers should claim a position as practice leaders and I outline practical strategies for achieving this goal
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Human services · Political science · Position (finance · Public relations · Social position · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Work (physics · Engineering · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
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| Citations per year | 1.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2022 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |