Social Work Practice: Alive and Well in the JCC

Publication Date: January 2004

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Jay S. Sweifach

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Jewish Organizations; Jewish Values; Employment

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

A study of JCC professionals reveals congruence between social work and JCC practice. Social workers employed by JCCs are committed to Jewish practices and principles and to the Jewish function of the agency, and they possess knowledge and skills that are very much in tune with the social service mission of the JCC. Some of the anti social work sentiment that has dominated the literature was based on supposition, rather than actual experience.