Hussein, Shereen, Manthorpe, Jill, Harris, Jess (2011) Do the characteristics of seconded or sponsored social work students in England differ from those of other social work students? A quantitative analysis using national data. Social Work Education, 30 (3). pp. 345-359. ISSN 0261-5479. (doi:10.1080/02615479.2010.491863) (KAR id:68372)
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Abstract
Amongst initiatives by social work employers in the United Kingdom (UK) to
resolve recruitment difficulties is the use of secondment and sponsorship to
attract entrants to the profession; commonly known as Grow Your Own
Schemes. This paper reports on part of a mixed-method research study that
asked ‘What works in Grow Your Own (GYO) schemes?’ in England. One
important research question for this study was whether the characteristics of
seconded or sponsored social work students differ from those of other social
work students. To explore this, the researchers analysed around 41,000
students’ anonymous data records supplied by the General Social Care
Council covering enrollments on social work programmes from 1998 to 2007.
The findings indicate that GYO schemes have facilitated the participation of
men, Asian groups and older applicants in social work qualifying programmes
when compared to the general population of social work students. However,
students from Black ethnic backgrounds and those with disabilities have been
more likely to be under-represented in such schemes. The findings are
discussed within the wider study remits and messages for educationalists and
social work employers are drawn out.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1080/02615479.2010.491863 |
Additional information: | Unmapped bibliographic data: M3 - Article [Field not mapped to EPrints] U2 - 10.1080/02615479.2010.491863 [Field not mapped to EPrints] JO - Social Work education [Field not mapped to EPrints] |
Uncontrolled keywords: | employer-based training, large dataset, secondment , sponsorship , social work students, students characteristics |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
Divisions: |
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit |
Depositing User: | Shereen Hussein |
Date Deposited: | 13 Nov 2018 11:49 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:25 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/68372 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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