title: Differential work assignments of social work practitioners in hospitals.
abstract: This article reports the results of a survey concerning the differential assignment of tasks to social workers with bachelor of social work (BSW) and master of social work (MSW) degrees by social work directors in Canadian hospitals. It also provides data relative to the variation in amount of supervision provided to workers in those settings where both BSW-level and MSW-level workers perform the same tasks. It is intended that this study will yield useful information to assist the profession in defining the appropriate assignment of tasks to hospital social workers.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Edmonton Division, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herbert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004500:Education, Graduate; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload