Synopsis
Does social work need to be regulated? What are the benefits and drawbacks of social work regulation, and how might social work regulation be improved? Regulating Social Work: A Primer on Licensing Practice explores professional licensure by clearly delineating steps toward its achievement and discussing the tensions and controversies present in the process. The development of licensure and regulation is examined both locally and globally. But most importantly, Regulating Social Work gives readers the resources and information to understand how regulation might be influenced or improved in their area and how they can become involved in making such changes.
Features
Uses the social work professional-in-environment perspective to make licensure controversies and complexities more understandable
Contributions from England and Asia provide a global perspective and offer topics for practicums
Includes study questions, a literature review, and resources and references
About the Author
Anthony Bibus (PhD, University of Minnesota; MA, University of Virginia) is professor of social work at Augsburg College. As a member of the Minnesota Board of Social Work, he led several legislative committees and task forces engaged to develop and implement a comprehensive revision of the social work practice act in Minnesota as well as a variety of other regulatory policies. In addition to a major report for the Board of Social Work on licensing exemptions, his various publications address field education, supervision, cultural competence, child welfare, family-based services, international social work, welfare reform, and work with involuntary clients.
Needha Boutte-Queen (PhD, University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work; AM, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration) is associate professor of social work at Texas Southern University. Professor Boutte-Queen has worked with the Lutheran Social Services of Kansas and Oklahoma Emergency Foster Care and Quality Assurance Programs, the Illinois Facility Fund, Depelchin Children s Center Resource and Grants Management Department, and Spaulding for Children (Houston). Her dissertation, Identifying Barriers to Obtaining Social Work Licensure, was developed as a result of barriers faced as she moved between the states of Illinois, Oklahoma, and Texas following her graduation from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
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