Seeing flowers through the mist: How social workers in disability services retrospectively view their educational experiences related to case management in Hong Kong

Seeing flowers through the mist: How social workers in disability services retrospectively view their educational experiences related to case management in Hong Kong

• Xun, Kangwei The University of Hong Kong

China Journal of Social Work, 12(1), 39-55, 2019

Routledge

2019

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GH Sport Science, Health & Welfare
• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MG Identities, Attitudes & Opinion of Educational Workers

Case Management Social Workers Social Work Education Disability Services

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

This article is principally designed to examine social workers' retrospective views on their past educational experiences with case management in disability services to supply a deficiency that very little literature attention has been paid to how prior professional education shape their case management practice. Using qualitative methods, 13 social workers selected by purposive sampling were invited to participate in in-depth interviews. The qualitative data were analysed to generate some themes. Three themes found are "from 'rarely heard of it' to 'remember it being referred to'"; "buy a lottery ticket before starting a field placement"; and "Ambiguity". These themes indicate that social work education related to case management was lagging behind, which may exacerbate social work's polarisation and lead to social workers' confusion about their professionality. As a result, an urgent need for greater knowledge of case management in university education and in-service training should be addressed in Hong Kong.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 17525098

• 10.1080/17525098.2019.1558741

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/9b77b0d4

2020-06-08