Social work in Spain: a new social and economic reality to develop in practical academic training

This work focuses on understanding how the current Spanish economic crisis is generating changes in the social and economic reality in which social work degree students are developing their practical training and on knowing if this new reality has an impact on their training and on the vision, they...

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Published in:Social work education 2019-11, Vol.38 (8), p.996-1009
Main Authors: García-Moreno, Cristina, Anleu-Hernández, Claudia Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College students
Economic crisis
Internet
practice teaching
Professional practice
professional practices
Professional training
Professionals
Qualitative research
Social work
Social work education
Social workers
Spain
Students
Training
Tutoring
Welfare
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Summary:This work focuses on understanding how the current Spanish economic crisis is generating changes in the social and economic reality in which social work degree students are developing their practical training and on knowing if this new reality has an impact on their training and on the vision, they can create of the profession. Using a mixed qualitative methodological approach, we aim to visualize and analyze the opinions and insights that both social work professionals and students provide. Online and face-to-face interviews were conducted with social workers working as practice tutors. Likewise, two focus groups were set up and social work degree students at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain) were also interviewed. The main results show that the new scenario creates a debate not only among professionals, but also among the students themselves. They value this stage as an opportunity to rethink their future professional practice. This article may be applicable to the European context, given that the economic crisis is affecting, to a greater or lesser extent, on the different welfare states in Europe.
ISSN:0261-5479
1470-1227
DOI:10.1080/02615479.2019.1611756