Our Voices: Aboriginal Social Work

ISBN-13: 9781352004090 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 268 str.

Bindi Bennett;Sue Green

Opis

The second edition of Our Voices is a ground-breaking collection of writings from Aboriginal social work educators who have collaborated to develop a toolkit of appropriate behaviours, interactions, networks, and intervention. The the text explores a range of current and emerging social work practice issues such as cultural supervision, working with communities, understanding trauma, collaboration and relationship building, and the ubiquity of whiteness in Australian social work. It covers these issues with new and innovative approaches and provides valuable insights into how social work practice can be developed, taught and practiced in ways that more effectively engage Indigenous communities.

Spis treści

The importance of Aboriginal history for practitioners Race and the Indigenous Social Work academic in the Australian Academy Colonialism and the atrophy of Indigenous male identities Australian Social Work is White Indigenising Social Work Indigenous Social Work and a Wiradyuri Framework to Practice Resilience: An Aboriginal Perspective Aboriginal people in a hospital setting How Social Work can improve the Health and Well being of Aboriginal Men Social Work and Cultural Support Developing Aboriginal identity as a light skinned person Aboriginal Welfarisation Aboriginal People, Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme Embodiment of Sovereignty Using horses to assist in promoting Aboriginal wellbeing

O autorze

Bindi Bennett is a Lecturer/Indigenous scholarship holder with the Australian Catholic University.

Sue Green is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of New South Wales.

Blurb

This revised and updated textbook is essential reading for anyone wanting a better understanding of social work practice with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Our Voices is a ground breaking collection of writings exploring contemporary social work practice issues such as cultural supervision, working with communities, understanding trauma, and collaboration and relationship building. Building upon the success of the first edition, it provides valuable insights into how social work practice can be developed, taught and practiced in ways that are culturally safe and competent.