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- Title: Social Work in Jewish Community Centers: A Question of Compatibility.
- Author : Social Work
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 211 KB
Description
A sizable, but unknown, proportion of social workers are employed in host settings. Barker (1999, p. 221) defined a host setting as "an organization within which another organization provides specialized services." Host settings include schools, hospitals, prisons and courts, and recreational centers, such as the Young Men's and YoungWomen's Christian Associations (YMCA and YWCA) and Jewish community centers (JCCs). Employment in host settings poses a unique set of constraints and challenges for social workers. Decision making and major activities associated with the organization's mission are carried out by professionals of other disciplines and the social worker's role is ancillary (Gibelman, in press). Over the years, various commentators (Dane & Simon, 1991; Goren, 1981; Link, 1991; Reisman, 1981; Schafler, 1978) have posited that the incongruities are so great as to bring into question the appropriateness or fit between social work and the work of the host organization. Role conflicts, in particular, have been identified as a major cause of burnout among workers in these settings. These issues and problems, however, are largely based on speculation and anecdotal evidence rather than empirical investigation.