Social Work in a Global Context: Issues and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9780415536073 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 332 str.

George Palattiyil; Dina Sidhva; Mono Chakrabarti

Opis

Social Work in a Global Context engages with, and critically explores, key issues that inform social work practice around the world. Social work can take many forms, and is differently understood in different parts of the world. However, at base, it can be seen as a profession which strives to advance the causes of the vulnerable and marginalised with the aim of promoting social justice, equality, and human rights. This text provides examples of social work in a wide range of countries, informing our understanding of what social work is. It looks at how practice changes or stays the same, and at the impact of policy, as experienced by service users as well as by practitioners working in challenging circumstances. It also meaningfully reflects on the strengths and challenges that are enabled by diversity. Divided into four parts, this wide-ranging text discusses: 　- what social work means in four different countries 　-some examples of the impact social and political context can have on social work practice 　- how social workers see and work with the vulnerable 　- the future for social work, from disaster work to involving service users. Social Work in a Global Context is the first truly international book for all those interested in comparative and cross-cultural understandings of social work.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Defining and Redefining Social Work in a Global Context  Part 1 Introduction  1. Social Work in Australia: Similarities as Difference  2. Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand: Social Policy, Risk and Professionalization  3. Evidence Based Social Work Practice: Challenges and Opportunities in the Global Context  Part 2: Political, Social and Theoretical Context of Social Work  Part 2 Introduction  4. Canadian Social Work Practice and First Nations People  5. Child and Family Social Work in Canada: Issues and Challenges Within a Neo-liberal Political Context  6. Politics as Social Work: The Micromanagement of Behaviour in the New Millenium  Part 3: Vulnerability in a Global Context Part 3 Introduction  7. What Kinds of Violence and Abuse Affect Vulnerable People? Reflections on the Evolving Context of Adult Protection and Safeguarding in the UK: Legislation, Regulation and Professional Practice  8. Social Work Practice in a Post-9/11 Context: Integrative Practice with Immigrants and Refugees in the United States  9. The Making of Childhood in a Post-modern Age: Challenges and Possibilities for Social Work in the United States  10. Social Work and HIV/AIDS in Botswana: Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward  11. HIV/AIDS in India: Challenges for Professional Social Work  Part 4: Toward the Next Generation: Developments in Social Work  Part 4 Introduction  12. Involving Service Users and Carers in Social Work Education: A Consideration of the UK and Global Perspectives  13. Social Work in Russia: Between the Global and the Local  14. Indigenous Social Work in China  15. A Social Work Charter for Unexpected Disasters: Lessons from the Bam, Iran Earthquake  16. The Changing Face of Social Work in Youth Justice in Scotland  17. Australian Social Work in the 21st Millenium: Workforce Trends, Challenges and Opportunities  18. Conclusion: Social Work: A Unique Profession in a Diverse Context