Ethnicity and Placement: Beginning the Debate

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Small
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Guest Editor ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Radical Shift ◽  
International Social

This article is based on an interview with John Small by Guest Editor Beverley Prevatt Goldstein during the Fourth International Conference of Caribbean and International Social Work Educators, which took place in Jamaica in July 1999. Small played a key role in the recruitment of black carers, which, with its focus on the importance of identity, contributed to the radical shift in the ideological base of British social work practice from the early 1980s. After a brief introduction by the Editor, he reflects on these issues, both in the light of the pioneering work carried out by black activists at that time and the challenges for those engaged in family placement work today. In conclusion, Prevatt Goldstein comments on the interview and the relevance of Small's position in the 21st Century.

scholarly journals Australian students going to the Pacific Islands: International social work placements and learning across Oceania

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 56-69
Author(s):  
Jioji Ravulo
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Field Practice ◽  
Student Motivations ◽  
International Social

INTRODUCTION: This paper explores various issues pertinent to international social work practice, including its definition, how Western epistemologies affect international placements, barriers to effective placements and student motivations for undertaking practicum away from home. METHOD: Reviewed literature will be coupled with Australian student-participants’ evaluations of their experience in completing social work placements in Fiji and Samoa.  FINDINGS: A new model of approaching Pacific social work across Oceania emerges from the study. Entitled Tanoa Ni Veiqaravi(Serving Bowl of Serving Others), this culturally nuanced framework integrates both Western and Pacific social work perspectives to support professional practice, policy development and research across the region.CONCLUSIONS: Recommendations for the improvement of international field practice are offered. 

scholarly journals International Conference on Social Development and Social Work Education

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 586-588
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Rajah
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Development ◽  
International Association ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
International Social

The Twenty-Sixth Congress of the International Association ofSchools of Social Work (IASSW) and the Seventh International Conferenceof the Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development(IUCISD) was held during 13-19 July 1992, in Washington, DC.These biennial international conferences are held simultaneously in thesame location to encourage interested social work educators to participatein the activities of both conferences.IASSW represents the interests of almost two thousand schools of socialwork and training institutes worldwide. The theme of the 1992 conferencewas "Realities of Global Interdependence: Challenges to SocialWork Education." Papers presented spanned the wide range of interestsof social work educators, from practice theory formulations to curriculumdevelopment to indigenous case materials. They also dealt with many diversefields of social work practice, for example, from family and childwelfare to rural and urban community development. Papers also dealt withclinical practice interests, polity, planning, and social development issues.IUCISD is a younger multidisciplinary organization of social workeducators and other allied professionals with an interest in the broaderarea of international social development. The theme of the IUCISD 1992conference was “Strategies of Social Development for Improving the HumanCondition.” Papers presented covered diverse topics, including socialwelfare provisions in Eastern Europe and countries of the former SovietUnion, peace and development, sustainable agriculture, refugees, socialdevelopment skills, social development and indigenous populations, socialdevelopment and aging populations, social development and children, andmany others ...

Beyond the Code of Ethics, Part II: Dual Relationships Revisited

2002 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 483-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Freud ◽  
Stefan Krug
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Dual Relationships ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Social Work Practitioners

The authors, both social work educators, serve on an ethics call line committee that provides insights on how the provisions of the (United States) National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics (NASW, 1996) interface with the ethical dilemmas encountered by the social work community. In this paper, the authors highlight aspects of social work practice that they consider ethical, yet not easily accommodated by the provisions of the current Code. They also question the 1996 introduction of the concept of dual relationships into the Code and suggest that the Code adopt the less ambiguous term of boundary violations. Also recognized by the authors is the need for clear boundaries for the protection of clients against temptations that might arise in a fiduciary relationship, and for the legal protection of social workers. But, the authors argue, social work practitioners in certain settings, with particular populations, and in certain roles, inevitably face multiple relationships as an integral aspect of their work. The authors conclude that social work's adoption of the psychoanalytic constrains of anonymity, neutrality, and abstinence has detoured the profession from its original double focus on individuals and their society.

scholarly journals Animals and social work: An emerging field of practice for Aotearoa New Zealand

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 24-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Walker ◽  
Jenny Aimers ◽  
Claire Perry
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal

Social work is traditionally human-centered in practice, even though for many the bond between humans and animals is the most fundamental of daily-lived experiences. The intent of this paper is to reflect on the predominant humanistic basis of social work and to consider the growing evidence for developing a wider perspective to incorporate the human-animal connection into social work practice. Joanne Emmens (2007:9) observes that the human-animal bond is considered by some as ‘…too mainstream (in the sense of being lightweight, cliché or sentimental), or as not mainstream enough…as substantial material worthy of study.’ In this article we argue that the human-animal bond is neither sentimental nor fringe and that our attitudes toward this relationship is based on a construction of western thought. To support this we offer a review of literature that provides evidence of good practice that can move social work beyond a purely humanistic approach to a more holistic view resulting in a more comprehensive toolkit for practice. We explore the literature and practice surrounding the place of animals in social work, both in New Zealand and internationally. In addition, we identify some of the ways the human-animal bond is currently utilised in rehabilitation, therapy, as animal assistants and as an indicator of domestic violence within New Zealand. We argue that this area of research and practice is highly relevant for social work as evidence-based practice. The paper con- cludes by offering some suggestions for discussion within the social work profession, and considerations for social work educators, researchers and theorists. 

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