An Exploration Of Social Workers Perceptions And Experiences Of Substance Misuse In Young Adults
Topic
An exploration of social workers perceptions and experiences of substance misuse in young adults
Objectives
- To understand the challenges faced by social workers when rendering services to young adult drug users
- To understand social worker’s views about young adult drug addiction
- To have an understanding about the programmes and services rendered to young adult drug users
Literature review
- Galvani & Forrester (2011), How well prepared are Newly Qualified Social workers for Working with Substance Use Issues?
Questionnaires disseminated via email to 2914 newly qualified Social workers
284 questionnaires returned
Results
Inadequately prepared for working with substance misuse issues
Little input during qualifying education
More future training needs
- Alcohol and other Drug Use: The roles and Capabilities of Social workers by Sarah Galvani (2015).
Results
Many social work and social care professionals are not clear of what they should be doing in relation to substance use
- Taylor and Francis (2017), Social work and substance use: ecological perspective on workforce development
Web based survey of 216 graduate social work programmes
Only four with a mandatory substance use component
