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- Among the obstacles experts identify as standing in the way of self-care are a lack of energy, too many responsibilities, and the fear of appearing weak or vulnerable. de Saussure says another hurdle is a person’s difficulty in putting himself or herself first and the inability to acknowledge that his or her needs deserve to be made a priority.
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Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review is to fill the gap in a critical understanding of peer-reviewed empirical research on self-care practices to identify structural, relational, and individual-level facilitators and barriers to self-care practices in social work.
- Reclaiming Self-care: Self-care as a Social Justice Tool for ...
Self-care is unequivocally important and necessary for all...
- Reclaiming Self-care: Self-care as a Social Justice Tool for ...
May 3, 2018 · Self-care may not only be crucial in preventing secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and high staff turnover, but it can serve as a means of empowerment that enables practitioners to proactively and intentionally negotiate their overall health, well-being, and resilience.
- Jacquelyn J. Lee, Shari E. Miller
- 2013
Often when it comes to self-care, there is an expectation that the onus is on social workers to take care of themselves. What they need are informed organizations that incorporate a self-care perspective into their cultures.
Apr 9, 2024 · We conducted a systematic review of self-care interventions targeting the mental well-being of social workers. A comprehensive search of four English and one Chinese databases yielded 2969 studies for initial screening.
- Self-Care in The Organizational Context
- Self-Care as Competent Professional Practice
- Self-Care as Integral in Socialization to The Profession
The first two suggestions in the policy statement emphasize the role and responsibility of organizations to implement policies, procedures, and programs that promote wellness cultures. The third and fourth items call for supervisors and administrators to model, support, and promote self-care. This attention to the macro context is crucial. Certainl...
The fifth element of NASW’s policy statement on professional self-care focuses on the individual professional’s responsibility to attend to their own self-care—as integral to their practice role. Explicitly, the statement urges that practitioners should commit to specific self-care plans. We, the editors, have been studying and promoting self-care ...
As such, self-care competency development needs to begin in educational programs that prepare professional social workers. The eighth and ninth items of the NASW policy statement on professional self-care emphasize this pivotal role of social work education programs, including the field education component. Socialization to the profession occurs th...
- J “Jay” Miller, Erlene Grise-Owens
- 2020
Self-care is unequivocally important and necessary for all individuals, inclusive of those in Black communities. Self-care can be a tool of resistance and preservation for Black people, given their frequent exposure to systemic oppression and discrimination.
Dec 10, 2020 · Results show that social work educators rely most heavily on psychological and physical self-care. Participants identified a range of supportive factors and barriers to self-care. Areas of future research and implications for social work curriculum are discussed.
