Transnational Social Work: Opportunities and Challenges of a Global Profession

ISBN-13: 9781447333364 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 288 str.

Allen Bartley; Liz Beddoe

Opis

An international comparison of labour markets, migrant professionals and immigration policies, and their interaction in relation to social work.

Spis treści

Transnational social work: opportunities and challenges of a global profession ~ Allen Bartley and Liz Beddoe Part One: Setting the transnational context Opportunities and challenges of a global profession: an international perspective ~ Karen Lyons New Public Management, migrant professionals and labour mobility: possibilities for social justice social work? ~ Donna Baines Part Two: Practitioner perspectives A complicated welcome: social workers navigate policy, organisational contexts and sociocultural dynamics following migration to Canada ~ Marion Brown, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, Stephanie Ethier and Amy Fulton The experience of transnational social workers in England: some findings from research ~ Sue Hanna and Karen Lyons Transnational social workers in Australia: naivety in the transnational professional space ~ Allen Bartley Transnational social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand ~ Liz Beddoe Part Three: Employer/stakeholder views In search of better opportunities: transnational social workers in the UK navigating the maze of global and social mobility ~ Shereen Hussain Transnational social workers and the Australian labour market ~ Gai Harrison Powhiri: a safe space of cultural encounter to assist transnational social workers in the profession in Aotearoa New Zealand ~ Wheturangi Walsh-Tapiata, Helen Simmons, Litea Meo-Sewabu and Antoinette Umugwaneza Consistency and change: internationally educated social workers compare interpretations and approaches in Canada and their countries of origin ~ Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, Marion Brown and Stephanie Ethier Part Four: Policy challenges, professional responses Readiness and regulation: perspectives of Canadian stakeholders on the labour mobility of internationally educated social workers ~ Marion Brown, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon and Kate Matheson Will she be right, mate? Standards and diversity in Australian social work ~ Karen Healy Recognising transnational qualifications in Australia ~ Angelika Papadopoulos Social work mobility in Europe: a case study from Ireland ~ Trish Walsh, George Wilson and Erna O’Connor Conclusion ~ Liz Beddoe and Allen Bartley