COWBURN, M. and NELSON, P. (2007). Safe recruitment, social justice, and ethical practice: should people who have criminal convictions be allowed to train as social workers? Social work education, 27 (3), 293-306.
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Abstract
Decision making in relation to admitting people to train as social workers is, either explicitly or implicitly, an ethical activity. This paper considers ethical and practical issues related to the processing of applicants to social work training in England who have criminal convictions. These issues are explored by focusing on policies that strengthen regulations that exclude ex-offenders from working with children and vulnerable adults. The admissions processes for social work education are analysed in terms of how they contribute to, or counteract, processes of social exclusion. The advice and guidance from the General Social Care Council of England (GSCC) is summarised and analysed. A case study of a social work education partnership grounds the ethical discussion by illustrating the complexities of engaging with combating social exclusion whilst seeking to ensure that the public is protected.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is the authors' version of an article published in Social work education at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0261-5479&volume=27&issue=3&spage=293 Citation for the published version: COWBURN, M. and NELSON, P. (2007). Safe recruitment, social justice, and ethical practice: should people who have criminal convictions be allowed to train as social workers? Social work education, 27(3), 293-306. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | social work training, criminal convictions, ethics, social justice |
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Hallam Centre for Community Justice |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02615470701380394 |
Page Range: | 293-306 |
Depositing User: | Ann Betterton |
Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2008 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 13:21 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/593 |
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