Insights on Professional Identification and Licensure from Community Practice Social Workers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6076993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Lightfoot (0000-0002-0861-1047, ,), Mary Nienow (0000-0001-9269-0122, ,), Kao Nou L Moua (,), Gregg Colburn (0000-0001-7781-5177, ,), Alissa Petri (,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 123-146 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10705422.2016.1165328 |
| OpenAlex | W2398448329 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article describes a qualitative study designed to explore both how community practice social workers identify professionally and to examine their view towards professional regulation. Thirty-five MSW-level social workers in a large metropolitan region who self-identified as community practice social worker participated in in-depth interviews. The respondents shared their views regarding professional identification as social workers and the impact of professional identity on their work as community practitioners. Approximately half of the respondents indicated that they only sometimes or never identify as a social worker. The respondents were generally critical of the licensing burden placed upon them as community practice social workers
Community practice · Identification (biology · Identity (music · Licensure · Medical education · Metropolitan area · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Medicine · Nursing · Research in Social Sciences · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Promoting Competence
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Mechanisms that impact the experience and sustainability of the professional identity of social workers
The Self-Identified Social Work Workforce From the U.S. Census Bureau's Household Surveys
Racial Disparities in Social Workers’ Licensing Rates
Social Work Regulation in the United Arab Emirates
Rural Challenges in Social Work Regulation
The Nonlicensed Social Work Workforce From the 2024 Social Work Workforce Survey
Social Work Licensure and Regulation in the United States
Regulation, Registration and Social Work
Moving the River
Contemporary perceptions of social work
The Effectiveness of Community Practice Interventions
Assessing and Developing the Evidence Base of Macro Practice Interventions with a Community and Neighborhood Focus
Missing the Mark
The Status of Community Organizing in 2001
Is Social Work a Profession
Social Work Education as Professional Socialization
The Effects of Licensure on Student Motivation and Career Choice
Students' Perceptions of Social Work
Contemporary Social Work Licensure
Balancing Micro and Macro Practice
Influencing Social Policy in a Time of Devolution
The Search for Identity
The Public's Perception of Social Work
The Flexner Myth and the History of Social Work
Where Have All the Organizers Gone
Rebuilding Community Organizing Education in Social Work
Sustaining and Strengthening a Macro Identity
Qualitative Data Analysis
Qualitative Data Analysis for Health Services Research
Researching the researcher-as-instrument
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |