Human Rights: Its Meaning And Practice In Social Work Field Settings

Keywords

Accreditation standards; Educational policy; Field education; Human rights; Social work education

Abstract

The goal of the study reported in this article was to explore the conceptualizations of human rights and human rights practice among students and supervisors in social work field settings. Data were collected from 35 students and 48 supervisors through an online survey system that featured two open-ended questions regarding human rights issues in their agency and human rights practice tasks. Responses suggest that participants encountered human rights issues related to poverty, discrimination, participation/self-determination/autonomy, violence, dignity/respect, privacy, and freedom/liberty. They saw human rights practice as encompassing advocacy, service provision, assessment, awareness of threats to clients' rights, and the nature of the worker-client relationship. These results have implications for the social work profession, which has an opportunity to focus more intently on change efforts that support clients' rights. The study points to the possibilities of expanding the scope of the human rights competency within social work education and addressing the key human rights issues in field education.

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Social Work (United States)

Volume

62

Issue

1

Number of Pages

9-17

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/sww075

Socpus ID

85014421670 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85014421670

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