Purpose

This study tests a new bicultural model of social work with ethnic minority clients. We examined how often social workers applied professional interventions rooted in the minority and majority cultures and how the choice of interventions affected the social workers' burnout. Methods: The study was conducted in Israel, and the research samples included Arab (n = 300) and Jewish (n = 210) social workers. Results: We found that Arab and Jewish social workers more often used interventions rooted in the minority than in the majority culture. More frequent application of both types of interventions was associated with a higher level of personal accomplishment in both groups of social workers. However, the connection between interventions rooted in the majority culture and burnout was positive among Jewish and negative among Arab social workers. Discussion: The implementation of the obtained results in social work practice with ethnic minorities is discussed.

目的

本研究测试了一种与少数民族客户一起进行社会工作的新双文化模式。我们研究了社会工作者应用植根于少数族裔和多数族群文化的专业干预措施的频率，以及干预措施的选择如何影响社会工作者的倦怠。方法：该研究在以色列进行，研究样本包括阿拉伯（n = 300）和犹太（n = 210）社会工作者。结果：我们发现阿拉伯和犹太社会工作者更经常使用植根于少数族裔的干预措施，而不是多数族裔文化。更频繁地应用两种类型的干预措施与两组社会工作者的个人成就水平更高有关。然而，植根于多数文化的干预措施与倦怠之间的联系在犹太人中是积极的，在阿拉伯社会工作者中是消极的。讨论：讨论了所取得的成果在少数民族社会工作实践中的实施。