Integrating religion and belief in social work practice: an exploratory study
Pentaris, Panagiotis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5593-8555 (2020) Integrating religion and belief in social work practice: an exploratory study. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 32 (1). pp. 33-45. ISSN 1531-3204 (Print), 1531-3212 (Online) (doi:10.1080/15313204.2020.1855493)
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Abstract
This exploratory study examines how social work practitioners in England integrate service users’ religion, belief and spiritual identities. The study involved 34 semi-structured interviews with Qualified Social Workers and took a qualitative investigational perspective. By means of thematic analysis, the study suggests that practitioners employ either avoidant or utilitarian approaches, which may indeed be a coping strategy before the vast religious plurality in practice. The study also highlights when professionals perceive religion, belief and spirituality important. Those times are a) initial assessments, b) conditional intervention, c) referrals and d) response to this subject when safeguarding and child protection issues arise.
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