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Social Work Core Competencies in Disaster Management Practice: An Integrative Review

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Purpose: Though social workers are increasingly engaged in the disaster management, there has been a lack of professional guidelines for social work practice and training in this emerging field. This study aims to develop a rudimentary social work competence framework to plug this gap. Method: We conducted an integrative review of 183 international empirical studies and practice reflections, comprising a systematic search, selection, review, and content analysis, guided by ecological systems theory. Results: This rudimentary framework consists of 73 competencies, including 33 micro-level competencies, 18 meso-level ones and 22 macro-level ones, covering knowledge, values and skills in four disaster management phases. Conclusion: Compared to other competence frameworks, this framework further elucidated and classified the salient knowledge, values, and skills in disaster management training and practice for social work.

Source: Research on Social Work Practice

DOI: 10.1177/10497315211055427

Authors: Timothy Sim, Minying He, Lena Dominelli

Institutions: Singapore University of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Stirling

Language: English

Topic: Social Work Education and Practice

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee

Award: G7567786873