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DR. JIM R. VANDERWOERD
Professor of Social Work
Phone: 905.648.2139 Ext 4434
Fax: 905.648.2134
Office: 219D
Email: jwoerd@redeemer.ca

Courses taught 2011/2012:
SCW235   SW Practice with Communities
SCW332   Diversity in Canada
SCW341   Social Welfare Policy and Procedure
SCW215   Introduction to Social Work Practice
SCW/SOC428   Poverty, Problems, Perspective
SOC122    Introduction to Sociology

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (2003), Social Welfare, Case Western Reserve University                         
Dissertation: "Secular and Religious Tensions in Government-Funded Faith-Based Social Services Organizations."

M.SW. (1991), Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Thesis: "Having A Say: The Experiences of Five Participants in a Community Development Project."

B.A. (1988), History and Psychology, Calvin College

Diploma of Arts. (1987), The King's University College


RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Domestic violence and sexual assault; violence prevention on college and university campuses
  • Nonprofit organizations, management and leadership; government funding and contracting; religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations; civil society
  • Social work education; educational assessment; service learning in social work education
  • Comparative social welfare policy; history of social welfare
  • Social support and prevention in family and child welfare


RESEARCH FUNDING

Evaluation of Safe Campus Project and Survey of Sexual Assault on Rural College Campuses, funded in part by U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, Grants to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus, 2004 - 2006.

Comparative Case Study Exploring the Influence of Government Funding on Faith-Based Social Service Organizations, funded in part by the Mandel Center For Nonprofit Organizations, 2002 - 2004.


RECENT PUBLICATIONS
 
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2011). Who Tells Social Work’s Story? Introduction to the Special Issue. Social Work & Christianity, 38, 3, 237-243.

Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2011). Reconsidering Secularization and Recovering Christianity in Social Work History. Social Work & Christianity, 38, 3, 244-266.
 
 
 
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2007). Who cares? Social welfare in a diverse society. Social Work & Christianity, 34, 4, 376-399. 
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (July 2006). Divisions between behaviour management and therapy: Toward new directions of authority in child and youth care, The International Child and Youth Care Network, Issue 90. 
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2006). Threat from the south: Is American religion bad news for Canadian social welfare?, Critical Social Work, 7, 1. 
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R., Muthengi, E., & Muilenburg, J. (2004). Role conflicts of BSW students and instructors in experiential learning: Lessons from a case study. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 9, 2, pp. 31-46. 
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2004). How faith-based social service organizations manage secular pressures associated with government funding. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 14, 3, pp. 239-262. 
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2002). When religion and sexual orientation collide: Ethical dilemmas in curriculum standards for social work education. Social Work & Christianity, 29, 1, pp. 53 – 64. 
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2002). Is the newer deal a better deal? Government funding of faith-based social services. Christian Scholar's Review, 31, 3, 301 – 318. 
 
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (1991). Divisions between behaviour management and therapy: Toward new directions of authority in child and youth care, Journal of Child and Youth Care, 5, 1, 33-41. 

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2008). "I Am Making Everything New! Biblical Themes for Macro Practice", in Christianity & Social Work: Readings on the Integration of Christian Faith and Social Work Practice, 3rd Ed. (Eds: B. Hugen & L. Scales). Botsford, CT: North American Association of Christians in Social Work, pp. 119 - 138.
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2008). "Who cares? Social welfare in a diverse society", in Christianity & Social Work: Readings on the Integration of Christian Faith and Social Work Practice, 3rd Ed. (Eds: B. Hugen & L. Scales). Botsford, CT: North American Association of Christians in Social Work, pp.179-196.
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2006). "Pushed Off the Fence", in Ronald A. Knott (Ed.) College Faith 3: 150 Christian Leaders and Educators Share Faith Stories from Their Student Days. Andrews University Press, pp. 172-3. 
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2005). Is the Newer Deal a Better Deal? Government Funding of Faith-based Social Services, in J.H. Kok (Ed) Celebrating the Vision: The Reformed Perspective of Dordt College. Sioux Center, IA: Dordt College Press, pp. 207 – 226.
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2001). An Applied and Interactional Approach to Teaching Social Welfare History, in B. Jansson, The Reluctant Welfare State - Instructor's Manual: Creative Ways to Teach Social Welfare History. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth / Thomson Learning. 
 
Cameron, G., & J.R. Vanderwoerd. (1997). Protecting Children and Supporting Families: Promising Programs and Organizational Realities. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
 
Narayan, J., & J.R. Vanderwoerd. (1997). "Kindling Community Capacity: Case Study - Onward Willow" in H. Campfens (Ed), Community Development Around the World: Practice, Theory, Research, Training. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 79 - 90.
 
BOOK REVIEWS AND NON-PEER REVIEWED
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R.  (2011). Book review of One Hundred Years of Social Work: A History of the Profession in English Canada, 1900-2000, by T. Jennissen & C. Lundy (2011). Social Work & Christianity, 38, 3, 377-380.
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (Spring 2011). Do we need a welfare net or floor? Debating child poverty in Canada. Cardus Policy in Public, Volume 4, Number 2, pp. 64-72.
 
Vanderwoerd, James R.. Book review of The Poor You Have With You Always by Alan Keith-Lucas in Social Work & Christianity, Fall2010, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p371-374.
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2008). Book review of Faith-Based Social Services: Measures, Assessments, and Effectiveness by Stephanie C. Boddie & Ram A. Cnaan (Editors). (2006). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press in Social Work & Christianity.
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2006). Book review of Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitaliz American Democracy by Mark Warren (2001). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, in Social Work & Christianity, 33, 4, 420-422.
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (March 2005). Book review of Saving America? Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society by Robert Wuthnow (2004) Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, in Pro Rege, 33, 3, 38-40.
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2002). Book review of Serving Those in Need: A Handbook for Managing Faith-Based Human Services Organizations by E.L. Queen II (2000), San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, in Social Work & Christianity, 29, 3, 248 - 250.
 
Vanderwoerd, J.R. (2001). Book review of Who Will Provide? The Changing Role of Religion in American Social Welfare by Mary Jo Bane, Brent Coffin & Ronald Thiemann (2000). Boulder, CO: Westview Press, in Social Work & Christianity, 28, 1, pp. 64 – 71.
 
Cameron, G., & J.R. Vanderwoerd. (1995). "Promising Approaches to Protecting Children and Supporting Families", Canada's Children, 3, 1, Fall 1995, pp. 4-7.
 
 
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Canadian Association for Social Work Education
Canadian Society of Spirituality and Social Work
North American Association of Christians in Social Work
Society for Spirituality and Social Work
International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Faculty Member, Social Work and Sociology Department, Dordt College, 1997 - 2006
Research Coordinator, Centre for Social Welfare Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1993 - 1997
Research Consultant, Family and Children's Services of Guelph and Wellington, 1991 - 1992
Research Assistant, Social Research Center, Calvin College, 1987 – 1988
Community Site Researcher, Onward Willow Better Beginnings of Guelph and Research Coordination Unit, Better Beginnings, Better Futures, 1991 - 1997
Teacher's Assistant, Pioneer Youth Services, Waterloo, Ontario, 1988 - 1989
Child Care Worker, Catholic Social Services, Edmonton, Alberta, 1983 - 1987


COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Evaluation & Learning Group, Hamilton Roundtable on Poverty, 2007 - present
Citizens for Public Justice, Toronto, Ontario, member since 1990

 
 
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