Ethnic Minority and Majority Social Workers Working with Ethnic Minority Clients: Culture-Bound Professional Interventions and Burnout among Arab and Jewish Israeli Social Workers

Eugene Tartakovsky*

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Abstract

This study tests a new bicultural model of social work with ethnic minority clients. We examined how often social workers applied professional interventions rooted in the minority and majority cultures and how the choice of interventions affected the social workers' burnout. Methods: The study was conducted in Israel, and the research samples included Arab (n = 300) and Jewish (n = 210) social workers. Results: We found that Arab and Jewish social workers more often used interventions rooted in the minority than in the majority culture. More frequent application of both types of interventions was associated with a higher level of personal accomplishment in both groups of social workers. However, the connection between interventions rooted in the majority culture and burnout was positive among Jewish and negative among Arab social workers. Discussion: The implementation of the obtained results in social work practice with ethnic minorities is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)215-226
Number of pages12
JournalResearch on Social Work Practice
Volume32
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2022

Keywords

  • Arab Israeli and Jewish Israeli social workers
  • burnout of social workers
  • culturally bound professional interventions
  • ethnic minority and majority social workers
  • ethnic minority clients

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