TY - JOUR
T1 - Financial capability training for social workers in Singapore
T2 - Towards more effective practice
AU - Deepa, V.
AU - Ghoh, Corinne
AU - Sherraden, Margaret
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - In most countries around the world, social workers assist financially vulnerable people, but they often do so with little or no training in finance. This article examines the development and pilot testing of a financial curriculum to be used in social work education and training in Singapore. Feedback from social workers informed development of the curriculum, which is practical and capability-based. The study covers two phases: first curriculum development, then pilot testing. Focus group methods are used to analyse the process and effectiveness of curriculum development and the initial training outcomes.
AB - In most countries around the world, social workers assist financially vulnerable people, but they often do so with little or no training in finance. This article examines the development and pilot testing of a financial curriculum to be used in social work education and training in Singapore. Feedback from social workers informed development of the curriculum, which is practical and capability-based. The study covers two phases: first curriculum development, then pilot testing. Focus group methods are used to analyse the process and effectiveness of curriculum development and the initial training outcomes.
KW - Curriculum development
KW - financial capability
KW - financialisation
KW - household finances
KW - Singapore
KW - social work education
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85147661233
U2 - 10.1177/00208728221150901
DO - 10.1177/00208728221150901
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85147661233
SN - 0020-8728
VL - 67
SP - 346
EP - 359
JO - International Social Work
JF - International Social Work
IS - 2
ER -