Key Concepts and Theory in Social Work

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hodgson ◽  
Lynelle Watts
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Key Concepts

Social Responses to a Changing Environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Reyes Mason ◽  
Susan P. Kemp ◽  
Lawrence A. Palinkas ◽  
Amy Krings
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Social Vulnerability ◽  
Cultural Relevance ◽  
Social Acceptability ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
Changing Environment ◽  
Social Responses ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Technical Solutions

Communities worldwide are facing environmental crises such as air pollution, water shortages, climate change, and other forms of environmental change and degradation. While technical solutions for environmental change are essential, so too are solutions that consider social acceptability, value cultural relevance, and prioritize equity and social justice. Social work has a critical and urgent role in creating and implementing macrolevel social responses to environmental change. The key concepts of environmental change, environmental and ecological justice, social vulnerability, and social responses are discussed. A description of the roles and skills unique to macro social workers for this effort is given, followed by examples of macrolevel strategies and interventions. Opportunities and directions for future social work responses to a changing environment are identified.

Key Concepts in Social Work Practice

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidan Worsley ◽  
Tim Mann ◽  
Angela Olsen ◽  
Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Key Concepts

Gestalt Therapy

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clayton T. Shorkey ◽  
Michael Uebel
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Gestalt Therapy ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Strong Emphasis ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
The Future

The entry defines Gestalt therapy, including brief history, major influences, contributors, and current status of Gestalt therapy in terms of memberships and journals. Key concepts are outlined, and the effectiveness and potential for Gestalt therapy's status as an evidence-based practice is framed in relation to recent overviews of empirical research and to what is needed in the future for further research. While the current literature in social work does not reflect a strong emphasis on Gestalt, we emphasize some of the philosophical and ethical compatibilities between these approaches.

scholarly journals Creative Marginality: Exploring the Links between Conflict Resolution and Social Work

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Rothman ◽  
Randi Rothman ◽  
Mary Schwoebel
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Disciplinary Boundaries ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Cross Fertilization ◽  
The Continuum

The concept of creative marginality refers to the process through which researchers in academic fields move away from the mainstream and toward the margins of their fields and look toward the margins of other fields that may overlap with and fill in gaps in their fields. This interaction, occurring outside of disciplinary boundaries, promotes intellectual cross-fertilization, and it is often the site of innovation. This article examines the links and interactions between the academic disciplines and practices of social work and conflict resolution. The article describes the different theoretical frames and practical approaches of both social work and conflict resolution, and discusses the ways in which these are parallel in both fields. Theorists and practitioners in social work and conflict resolution are engaged in debate around three key concepts related to self-determination, empowerment, and professional ethics. The newer and emerging frames of both fields are situated at parallel positions on the continuum of approaches to these key concepts, in their respective professions. These frames favor elicitive rather than prescriptive approaches and increased client or party self-determination, a focus on transformation and empowerment rather than on problem-solving alone, and a stance of engagement and advocacy towards intervention, rather than neutrality and impartiality. The authors argue that increased interchange between the two fields has the potential to contribute to the development of innovative approaches to transforming social conflicts and promoting positive social change.

Social work knowledge-some neglected key concepts

2018 ◽  
pp. 131-152
Author(s):  
Noel Timms ◽  
Rita Timms ◽  
Chris Blow
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Work Knowledge

Working in a School Setting

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Patrick Mulkern ◽  
Cindy Reide Combs ◽  
Jacqueline Cordova-Rodriguez ◽  
Susan Stone
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Public School ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
School Social Workers ◽  
New School ◽  
The Public ◽  
Key Concepts

The introductory chapter sets the stage for understanding the roles, responsibilities, and all other relevant information necessary for the success of school social workers within the public school setting. The chapter begins with a review of the key concepts related to the practice of school social work. It also discusses enduring practice tensions, policy domains that influence practice, seven domains of knowledge, values, and skills relevant to the success of new school social workers. The roles of school social workers and the factors that shape these roles are examined. Finally, the chapter discusses the importance and use of student and school assessments.

What is the Difference between ‘Desistance’ and ‘Resilience’? Exploring the Relationship between Two Key Concepts

Youth Justice ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Fitzpatrick (née Taylor)
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Young People ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

This article seeks to explore the relationship between two very important and distinct key concepts – desistance and resilience – by bridging theoretical insights from Criminology and Social Work. These concepts have developed quite separately and in different disciplinary contexts, and there are some clear differences between them. However, it is argued here that research on desistance and resilience also has much in common, in terms of the underlying mechanisms that enable these two distinct ‘processes’ to occur and in relation to the practical implications for working with vulnerable young people.

scholarly journals Key Concepts and Theory in Social Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. iii-iv
Author(s):  
Patricia Fronek
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Key Concepts

scholarly journals Trabajo Social Feminista: Una revisión teórica para la redefinición práctica.

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 24-39
Author(s):  
Patricia Fernández-Montaño
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Trabajo Social ◽  
Practical Field

El presente artículo de revisión teórica se estructura en torno a dos partes fundamentales: Por un lado, la aproximación a los conceptos clave para el Trabajo Social feminista, tales como género, patriarcado, sexismo y violencia de género, y por otro, un acercamiento al papel que el Trabajo Social está asumiendo ante la desigualdad de género, tanto a nivel práctico como disciplinario, que permitiráa la autora ahondar sobre la necesidad de redefinición en esta profesión como requisito indispensable para el logro de una transformación social que abogue por la justicia social entre mujeres y hombres. En ocasiones, el ámbito del Trabajo Social queda limitado a una intervención social encorsetada en el sistema patriarcal del que forma parte, cuyas instituciones y valores aprehendidos colaboran en el sostenimiento del sexismo y en la continuidad de la desigualdad entre mujeres y hombres. Es por ello que visibilizar situaciones de desigualdad, analizar manifestaciones sexistas y ahondar en el origen de las mismas, cuestionando las estructuras sociales que las sostienen, debe formar parte del ámbito práctico e investigador de esta profesión. This theoretical review is structured around two main parts: In one hand, an approach to the key concepts for Feminist Social Work, such as gender, sexism, violence based on gender and patriarchy, and in the other hand, an approach about the role of social workers against gender inequality, both practically and theoretical, allowing the author to analyzes the need for redefinition in this profession as essential for social transformation that advocates to social justice for women and men. Social Work is often limited to a corseted intervention in a patriarchal social system whose values apprehended continue inequality between women and men. This is why explore situations of inequality, analyze sexism and their origin, questioning the social structures that support them, it should be a part of the practical field of this profession.  

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