Abstract

FRIEIRO-PADIN, Paula; FERNANDEZ-ARIAS, Tamara  and  GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Rubén. Private practice Social Work: Professional perspective in Spain. Prospectiva [online]. 2021, n.31, pp.437-455.  Epub Jan 01, 2021. ISSN 0122-1213.  https://doi.org/10.25100/prts.v0i31.9038.

The present work aims to analyze private practice in Social Work from a current professional perspective. This research has been conducted through the dissemination of an open-ended questionnaire responded by sixteen people, all of them Social Work professionals who currently carry out their work as private practitioners. A current bibliographical analysis has been carried out on the state of the art, describing the presence of private practice in the Degree of Social Work and the areas of the professional field that are being developed, and examining the support given by state-funded schools. The results show that private practice is a choice made by the majority of people who have previously worked for others, and who do so due to the freedom it grants them, both to balance family and work life, as well as the freedom to choose methodology and to work with users or clients. Likewise, the scarcity of institutional support from Professional Association, as well as from the university itself has been noted.

Keywords : Social work; Private practice; Professional perspective; Employment; Business.

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