ABSTRACT

The study analyses how social work professionals from Romania relate to a set of 45 practice behaviours further classified as professional and transversal competencies. During the last 30 years, upon the reinstalment of the profession in the early 90s, Romanian social work has gone through systemic changes in the areas of education and practice. We consider that this study contributes to strengthening the workforce in dealing with the current social work challenges. The study is exploratory and employs an electronic survey on a sample of 740 licensed social workers. The findings indicate that the most valued competency was Promoting Diversity and Difference in Practice, while the lowest agreement was for Engaging in Practice-Informed Research and Research-Informed Practice and for Engaging with individuals, families, groups, organisations, and communities. While there were no significant differences according to socio-demographic variables, results carry significant conceptual and practical implications in defining and implementing a competency-based social work approach in Romania.

摘要

该研究分析了来自罗马尼亚的社会工作专业人员如何与一组 45 种实践行为相关联，这些行为被进一步归类为专业和横向能力。在过去的 30 年中，在 90 年代初恢复该专业后，罗马尼亚的社会工作在教育和实践领域发生了系统性变化。我们认为这项研究有助于加强劳动力以应对当前的社会工作挑战。该研究是探索性的，对 740 名有执照的社会工作者样本进行了电子调查。调查结果表明，最有价值的能力是促进实践中的多样性和差异，而最低的一致性是参与以实践为依据的研究和以研究为依据的实践，以及与个人、家庭、团体、组织、和社区。虽然根据社会人口变量没有显着差异，但结果在罗马尼亚定义和实施基于能力的社会工作方法时具有重要的概念和实践意义。