ABSTRACT

This exploratory study examines how social work practitioners in England integrate service users’ religion, belief and spiritual identities. The study involved 34 semi-structured interviews with Qualified Social Workers and took a qualitative investigational perspective. By means of thematic analysis, the study suggests that practitioners employ either avoidant or utilitarian approaches, which may indeed be a coping strategy before the vast religious plurality in practice. The study also highlights when professionals perceive religion, belief and spirituality important. Those times are a) initial assessments, b) conditional intervention, c) referrals and d) response to this subject when safeguarding and child protection issues arise.

摘要

这项探索性研究考察了英格兰的社会工作从业者如何整合服务使用者的宗教、信仰和精神认同。该研究涉及与合格社会工作者的 34 次半结构化访谈，并采用定性调查视角。通过主题分析，该研究表明从业者采用回避或功利主义的方法，这可能确实是在实践中大量宗教多元化之前的应对策略。该研究还强调了专业人士何时认为宗教、信仰和灵性很重要。这些时间是 a) 初步评估，b) 有条件的干预，c) 转诊和 d) 在出现保障和儿童保护问题时对该主题的回应。