scholarly journals Sustainable Development Goals and Social Work: Opportunities and Challenges for Social Work Practice in Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denison Jayasooria
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Development Goals

Developmental Social Work and the Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa: Opportunities and Challenges

2020 ◽  
pp. 251660262097522
Author(s):  
Emmison Muleya
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Goals

The main thrust of this article concerns the potential for the social work profession to contribute to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which overlap with developmental social work, specifically with respect to poverty and inequalities in South Africa. Although developmental social work practice may attempt to tackle the structural causes of poverty and inequality, relatively few studies appear to have been conducted to evaluate the contribution of this approach to attaining SDGs. The article draws from contemporary available literature and documents and the author’s observations pertaining to developmental social work and the role which it can play in attaining SDGs in the context of present-day South Africa. The review revealed the potential for developmental social work to make a meaningful contribution to attaining SDGs and the factors which could continue to hinder developmental social work practice, thereby making it difficult for SDGs.

Financial capabilities development: essential discourse in social work

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 1234-1246
Author(s):  
Lambert K. Engelbrecht ◽  
Abigail Ornellas
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Vulnerable Households ◽  
Definition Of

Purpose Within a neoliberal environment, financial vulnerability of households has become an increasing challenge and there is a requirement of financial literacy education, a necessary activity to facilitate sustainable development and well-being. However, this is seldom a mainstream discourse in social work deliberations. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach First, introducing the neoliberal impact on financial well-being and capability for vulnerable households, the authors’ postulation is substantiated on a seven-point argument. The contexts of financially vulnerable households are sketched. Second, a conceptualisation of financial literacy is offered, and third, perspectives on and approaches to financial literacy as a fundamental capability are presented. This is followed by a theoretical foundation of community education as a practice model in social work to develop financial capabilities. In the fifth place, prevailing practices of Financial Capabilities Development (FCD) programmes are offered. Subsequently, the implications of a neoliberal environment for social work practice are examined. Findings The revised global definition of social work encourages the profession to understand and address the structural causes of social problems through collective interventions. As a response, it is argued that community education towards FCD of vulnerable households within a neoliberal environment should be an essential discourse in social development. Originality/value The authors reflect on the significance of FCD, highlighting its contribution towards human security and sustainable development. Although this paper draws on Southern African contexts, the discourse finds resonance in other contexts across the world.

scholarly journals Social Work Grand Challenges and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals: Linking Social Work and Women’s Health

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Annalise John ◽  
Elizabeth Gamarra ◽  
Melissa Bird ◽  
Rachel L. Wright ◽  
Caren J. Frost
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Grand Challenges ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Goals

The health of women is a crucial component to family and community wellbeing. However, social work scholars have not been very engaged in research pertaining to the health needs of women. With the Grand Challenges of Social Work becoming a major element for national discussion and with the revision of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SGD) in 2015, we wondered how connected the 12 Grand Challenges and the 17 SDGs were. We searched the social work literature from 2005 to present to identify what salient publications were available about women’s health and then connected them to the current themes of the Grand Challenges and SDGs. There are no more articles to review in the social work literature. Using a feminist social work framework, we summarize the topics covered in these articles and define a call to action for more scholarly work on women’s health in the context of current national and global conversations about this social justice issue.

Policy Practice

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demetrius S. Iatridis
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Human Wellbeing ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Macro Social Work ◽  
Work Knowledge

Major socioeconomic developments during the last decades of the twentieth century and the beginning of the new millennium, including globalization, urbanization, the diminishing nationally funded welfare state, privatization, the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, and the consequent rapid expansion of private nonprofit health and welfare organizations, contributed greatly to the integration of social policy in macro social work practice. In this context, policy practice based on specific macro social work knowledge, values, and skills includes problem-solving intervention methods for human wellbeing. This transformation challenges and enhances social work's goals for both individual and societal development.

scholarly journals Substantiation of the advanced training program “Social work with military personnel and military-social work in the context of sustainable development goals”

2021 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 04007
Author(s):  
Iryna Trubavina ◽  
Mykhailo Medvid ◽  
Andrew M. Cwer ◽  
Ludmyla Petryshyn ◽  
Halyna Meshko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Work Concept ◽  
Program Content ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Military ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The article is devoted to the implementation of sustainable development goals in the training of social employees and military personnel engaged in military and social work. The purpose of the research is to develop a training program “Social work with military staff and military-social work”. There were used such research methods as comparative analysis, theoretical analysis, generalization, survey, modeling, synthesis. The result of the article is the developed program that consist of three modules. Among them there are such modules as “Digital tools for teaching social work”, “Theoretical foundations of social work with servicemen and their families”, and “Practice of social work with servicemen and their families in the community”. The program features are following: a training form and a set of approaches to its content. There are the program prerequisites for the study result implementation such as the mastering by teachers of the tools of media education, the distance technologies and their methods of use, and interaction of community specialists with military component in training. The prospects for further research are the development of specialization disciplines in the higher education institutions on the research issue. The scientific novelty consists of a set of scientific approaches in the program content developing, clarifying the essence of the “military and social work” concept and others.

Application of social work in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals for children: A case study from Abkhazia

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282110015
Author(s):  
Yamile M. Marti Haidar ◽  
Mashkhura Akilova ◽  
Catherine Carlson ◽  
Amina Zantaria ◽  
Yan Luo
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Child Outcomes ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Work Model

Social work can be an effective tool in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically those concerning children and families such as ending poverty, hunger, promoting good health, wellbeing, peace, justice, and strong institutions. Now, more than ever, with the COVID-19 pandemic, social work has a crucial role in promoting the SDGs through communities that are suffering from illness, isolation, grief, economic despair and mental health illness, and particularly to support children. Using a case study from the post-conflict partially recognized state of Abkhazia, this article will discuss how strengthening and expanding the social work profession can support communities striving to meet Sustainable Development Goals related to child outcomes. We will present the general social work model of practice and training program developed in Abkhazia, in collaboration with UNICEF.

The Relationship Between Developmental Social Work, Poverty Alleviation, and Sustainable Development in Nigeria

2022 ◽  
pp. 279-305
Author(s):  
Chigozie Ugwoji
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
The People ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter explores the nexus between developmental social work (DSW) and sustainable development in Nigeria with the specific aim of outlining the issues, challenges, and opportunities involved therein as they affect Nigeria's social development and social work. Social work, which promotes the advancement of social wellbeing, social change, empowerment, and liberation of the vulnerable groups, is an integral concept of DSW. DSW maps out a new direction for social work practice, offering processes to address the causes of societal dysfunction and socioeconomic challenges faced by the people. This approach could be used to tackle Nigeria's social issues and poverty. This chapter argues that there is overlap for DSW to promote and contribute to the realisation of sustainable development, the literary and documentary sources, and the review thereof shows that there is a relationship between DSW and sustainable development as both are geared towards promoting the welfare of the people.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF GERONTOLOGISTS IN ACHIEVING THE UN’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S75-S75
Author(s):  
Toni C Antonucci
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Older People ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Gender

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) developed by the United Nations in 2015 have as their underlying theme, the pledge that no one will be left behind. The SDGs address global poverty, inequality, climate change, the environment, peace and justice. They are intended to be global benchmarks to be reached by 2030 to ensure well-being and prosperity while protecting and promoting human rights and freedoms (UN, 2015). They envision a world without poverty, where all persons can live with dignity and security in societies free of violence and discrimination based on the foundation of universal human rights. The 17 goals and their 169 targets cover a range of social and economic development issues from poverty and gender inequality to climate change and sustainable cities. These goals are both interrelated and indivisible with each important for individual and social well-being. For example, achieving gender equality can help eradicate poverty while improved health can contribute to increased individual productivity and economic growth. Unfortunately, the needs of older people are larger ignored. In this symposium we outline how gerontologists can and have contributed to the SDG goals. We provide input from four disciplines whose work directly addresses the needs of older people. The four disciplines are: health- how do we meet the health needs of older people, psychology – what are the mental health issues facing older people, public policy – how can\has governments assist through laws and policy, and social work – how can social work address the needs of the vulnerable old.

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