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Enhancing wellbeing in social work students: building resilience in the next generation

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Abstract

The need for social workers to be resilient is widely emphasised. Although enhancing resilience in social work trainees presents a challenge to educators, they are nonetheless responsible for developing professionals who are able to cope with the emotional demands of the job. This paper argues that building resilience in the future workforce should be a key element of social work education. However, as little is known about the competencies and support structures that underpin resilience or the extent to which resilience protects the wellbeing of trainees, an evidence-based approach is required to inform curriculum development.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 605-621

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Social Work Education (Volume 31, Issue 5)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2012

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2012

ISSN

0261-5479

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/279562
  • Scopus: 84863520409

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