Wind of change? Social work students' policy engagement and career preferences in Finland.
Although a general mission of social workers is to advance social justice, it has been claimed that many social workers, including those studying to become social workers, have a rather weak commitment to policy engagement (PE). It has been a common assumption that Nordic social workers lack a tradi...
| Published in: | Social Work Education Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 1590 - 1609 |
|---|---|
| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2024
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=180889220&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 180889220 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 02615479 36Q jtl: Social Work Education issn: 02615479 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2024 vid: 43 iid: 6 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 180889220 10.1080/02615479.2023.2201262 ppf: 1590 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 477KB tig: atl: Wind of change? Social work students' policy engagement and career preferences in Finland. aug: au: Kallio, Johanna Marketta Jaakola, Anne-Mari Blomberg, Helena Kroll, Christian affil: Social Work, Department of Social Research, University of Turku, Turku, Finland Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland su: Finland Social workers Social work students Social justice Nordic model sug: subj: Social workers Social work students Social justice Finland Nordic model keyword: career preferences Policy engagement social work students structural social work career preferences Policy engagement social work students structural social work ab: Although a general mission of social workers is to advance social justice, it has been claimed that many social workers, including those studying to become social workers, have a rather weak commitment to policy engagement (PE). It has been a common assumption that Nordic social workers lack a tradition of PE due to their primary role as public employees in the comprehensive Nordic welfare state. We address these topics by empirically analyzing Finnish social work students' views toward PE. Do Finnish social work students perceive PE as an integral part of the social work profession? Moreover, if so, what ideological, sociodemographic and study-related factors explain their perceptions? Are views toward PE connected to future career preferences among students? Drawing on data from a nationwide survey among Finnish social work students, the results show that the majority of students perceive PE as important in social work. PE is explained by factors such as the respondent's political party preference, previous education and personal experiences of poverty. Students who strongly support PE are less eager to engage in individual case work with clients than other students. In addition, positive views toward PE are connected to students' preferences for working with immigrants and refugees. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|