Introduction: promoting and maintaining a reflective professional staff in a hospital-based social work department

Promoting and sustaining a staff of reflective social work practitioners requires a supportive departmental structure and culture. Providing such support is a particular yet necessary challenge to social work administrators in the current health care environment. This article discusses an array of a...

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Published inSocial work in health care Vol. 33; no. 3-4; pp. 1 - 13
Main Authors Blumenfield, S, Epstein, I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 2001
Subjects
Allied Health Personnel
Career Mobility
Data Collection
Departments
Employee Performance Appraisal
Health Care Surveys
Health Services Research
Hospitals
Humans
Institutional Practice
New York City
New York City, New York
Organizational Culture
Organizational Innovation
Organizational Structure
Research Support as Topic
Social Work
Social Work - education
Social Work - standards
Social Work Department, Hospital - organization & administration
Social Work Department, Hospital - utilization
Staff Development
New York City
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Summary:Promoting and sustaining a staff of reflective social work practitioners requires a supportive departmental structure and culture. Providing such support is a particular yet necessary challenge to social work administrators in the current health care environment. This article discusses an array of administrative strategies employed in one hospital social work department to promote reflective social work practice. More specifically, it describes the role of practice-based research in enhancing worker reflectiveness.
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ISSN:0098-1389