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| Personal Name | Baldoza, Hermegildo Jr. N. |
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| Resource Title | The Contemporary Views and Experiences of Spirituality among Filipino Social Workers in Christian Social Welfare and Development Agencies: A Phenomenological Study |
| Date Issued | January 2021 |
| Abstract | This interpretative-phenomenological research explored the contemporary views and experiences of spirituality among Filipino social workers from Christian social welfare and development agencies. Underpinned with transpersonal psychodynamic theory, this study explored what role did spirituality play in the social participants’ motivation for entering the social work profession; what meanings do the research participants give to spirituality; what social worker interventions or practices were viewed as spiritual; and, what factors facilitate and hinder spirituality in social work practice. The objectives were accomplished through survey, reflective exercises, and in-depth interviews. The research findings revealed that the participants’ spirituality and the meaning they attached to it are connected with their Christian faith and religious upbringing. While the results indicate that none among the participants entered social work as their first choice of a degree when they entered college, spirituality did not play a significant role in their motivations for entering the social work profession. Spirituality, however, was found to have played a significant role as a guide in the motivation for entering social work. Those who took social work in the graduate level were considered mature enough to reflect what they wanted in life and entered social work with clearer purpose and motivations. The integration of biblical principles and values to social work interventions and practices utlized by the participants made them distinctly Christian. The recommendations include: (1) for the Christian social work agencies to explore the possibility of adopting a policy that recognizes, integrates and strengthens spirituality in social work practice; and (2) for Christian social work schools to explore the possibility of integrating spirituality as an essential course of study in the social work curriculum in order to build the knowledge-base |
| Degree Course | Master of Social Work |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Spirituality, Filipino social workers, Phenomenological study |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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