Privatisation of Social Welfare Services and Social Work Practice: An Overview of the Issues

1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 5-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Rosenman
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Welfare Services ◽  
Social Welfare Services

scholarly journals Fineman and vulnerability

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-88
Author(s):  
Ian Cummins
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Legal Philosopher

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that the work of the American feminist political and legal philosopher, Martha Fineman can be the basis for a shift away from the proceduralism and managerialism that has come to dominate social work practice. Design/methodology/approach This paper’s work is based on the application of Fineman’s work to social welfare settings. Findings Fineman’s work calls for a radical rethinking of our notions of autonomy and vulnerability. Originality/value This paper applies Fineman’s work to this field.

The State of Social Work in Egypt

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamido Megahead
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Synthetic Approach ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
Work Education

Although professional social work in Egypt has a 100-year history, there is a dearth of information in English about social work in Egypt and other non-Western countries. Five domains of social work in Egypt are (1) the international flow of Western social work practice into Egypt, (2) modern social work, (3) social work research and social work interventions, (4) social work education, and (5) fields of practice. These five domains that inform modern social work in Egypt were produced from international flows of Western social work practice into Egypt. It was also produced from social work research and social work intervention. Modern social work also comes from teaching bachelor of social work students professional social work courses. Social work knowledge was adapted, authenticated, and indigenized to meet local context. These five dominated themes have been detailed and explained. International flows of Western social work practice into Egypt include transmission (transplantation), authentication, and indigenization. Modern social work in Egypt includes social work practice and social welfare policy. Social work research has included explanatory, descriptive and experiment social work research studies. Social work intervention has included social work intervention of aiming at solving problems and stressors and social work intervention of aiming at applying resources for change. Fields of social work practice includes family and child Social Work and school social work. Social work education is focused only on Bachelor of Science in Social Work covering the professional social work courses group work practice, social casework practice, community organization, social welfare planning, policy and administration, fields of social work practice. A synthetic approach that knits together these five themes entail that modern social work has been produced from international flows of Western social work practice into Egyptian context. It is also produced from social work research and social work intervention. Modern social work also comes as results of teaching Bachelor Social Work (BSW) students the professional social work courses.

Social work with the local community in Ukraine and the possibility of using Polish experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-26
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Popow
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
Polish Experience

Although community organizing as a method of social work began to develop in Ukraine in the 1990s, but unlike individual and group social work, the attempts to introduce it into the activities of social welfare institutions and non-governmental organizations were unsystematic and not very successful. The aim of the article is to determine the possibilities of Polish experience of community social work implementation in Ukraine, taking into account the ongoing reform of local self-government. The study, the results of which are presented in the article, was designed as a so-called desk research and based on the results of the comparative analysis of Ukrainian and Polish scientific publications, documents, official websites, etc. The historical background of community social work development in Ukraine is outlined, the analysis of Ukrainian legal acts regarding norms and principles on community organizing is conducted. The article provides an overview of Ukrainian concepts and models of community social work. Particular attention is paid to the possibilities of Polish experience’ application, while implementing community organizing into practice of social welfare institutions as well as of NGOs. Possible structural and institutional changes related to the implementation of community organizing in social work practice and its benefits for the revitalization programs were analyzed. Polish experience of establishing a nationwide circle of community social work professionals was described. The author concludes that the challenges and barriers arising before community social work in both countries are quite similar and assumes that it is reasonable to take into account Polish experience, while implementing community organizing in Ukrainian realities.

Saleebey, M. Dennis

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Lieberman
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
University Of Kansas ◽  
Strengths Perspective

Dennis Saleebey was Professor, School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas (1987–2006), and one of the most important scholars in the development and extension of the strengths perspective to diverse populations and milieus in social work practice.

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