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Undoing Racism Through Social Work 2022 - NASW Survey
Recommendations for Achieving Anti-Racist Social Work
This survey invites social workers to provide feedback on recommendations made by participants at the 2022 Undoing Racism in Social Work Summit.
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1.
Are you a social worker?
Yes
No
2.
What is your primary role in social work?
Student
Faculty
Community Organizer
Agency Practitioner
Clinical Therapist
Organization Executive
Consultant
I am not a social worker
Other (please specify)
3.
Have you read the 2022 report
Undoing Racism Through Social Work: A Collaborative Vision for an Anti-Racist Future
?
Yes
No
4.
Recommendations in the October 2022 Undoing Racism Report published by NASW address six domains. In which of the following areas are you most interested? (Check all that apply)
Education
Training
Policy
Research
Practice
Workforce
5.
Which EDUCATION anti-racist recommendation do you think is the most important? (Please select one)
Provide all social work students with a consistent anti-racist orientation to the profession.
Expand field placement and course options to include community activist organizations.
Ensure faculty recruitment, retention and development reflect DEI commitments.
6.
Which TRAINING anti-racist recommendation do you think is the most important? (Please select one)
Model workplace inclusion in all social work employment settings.
Require annual anti-racist CE for all practitioners, centered on harm reduction.
Improve supervision quality through racial justice inquiry.
Increase practitioner access to relevant anti-racist, community-based research.
7.
Which POLICY anti-racist recommendation do you think is the most important? (Please select one)
Prioritize social work public policy advocacy efforts for: healthcare equity, economic security, public education, freedom and democracy, and criminal justice.
Center community needs in all publicly funded social service program assessments.
Educate the public on issues of inequity and discrimination, through a social work lens.
8.
Which RESEARCH anti-racist recommendation do you think is the most important? (Please select one)
Conduct more social work research with community organizations as lead partners. Use community-based participatory research.
Identify best practices for anti-racist social work service delivery through anti-racism practice implementation research.
Translate more social work research for practice and policy application.
9.
Which WORKFORCE anti-racist recommendation do you think is the most important? (Please select one)
Increase agency leadership support for growing a diverse workforce.
Develop and promote anti-racist organizational policies and accountability mechanisms to be shared publicly.
Create alternative pathways to social work licensure.
Ensure equitable career advancement, competitive wages and leadership opportunities.
10.
Which PRACTICE anti-racist recommendation do you think is the most important? (Please select one)
Collect and publish data scorecards for best practice service delivery.
Create standards, protocols and strategic plans with an anti-oppressive lens.
Prioritize growing and supporting a diverse workforce.
Develop accountability mechanisms, including self-assessment tools.
Provide training about white supremacy and how it affects all groups of people in society.
11.
Do you have any suggestions for anti-racism books, journals, webinars, speakers, videos, events, conferences or groups that should be shared with social workers?
12.
Would you like to provide additional comments about current or future racial equity initiatives in the social work profession?
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