Doing critical social work : transformative practices for social justice / edited by Bob Pease [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pease, Bob, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social justice.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 358 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Crows Nest, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin 2016.

Summary:

Critical social work encourages emancipatory personal and social change. This text focuses on the challenge of incorporating critical theory into the practice of social workers and provides case studies and insights from a range of fields to illustrate how to work with tensions and challenges. Beginning in Part I with an outline of the theoretical basis of critical social work and its different perspectives, the authors go on to introduce key features of working in this tradition including critical reflection. Part II explores critical practices in confronting privilege and promoting social justice in social work, examining such issues as human rights, gender, poverty and class. Part III considers the development of critical practices within the organisational context of social work including the fields of mental health, child and family services, within Centrelink and prison settings. Part IV is focused on doing anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice in social work with particular populations including asylum seekers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, domestic violence survivors, older people and lesbian, gay and transgender groups. Finally, Part V outlines collectivist and transformative practices in social work and beyond, looking at environmental issues, social activism, the disability movement and globalisation. Doing Critical Social Work is an essential resource for both students and practitioners working with marginalised and oppressed populations. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Addressing the Tensions in Critical Social Work 1

1 Doing critical social work in the neoliberal context: working on the contradictions / Bob Pease Pease, Bob, Sharlene Nipperess Nipperess, Sharlene 3

2 Critical reflection and critical social work / Christine Morley Morley, Christine 25

3 Towards critical social work supervision / Carolyn Noble Noble, Carolyn 39

4 Making sense of different theoretically informed approaches in doing critical social work / Norah Hosken Hosken, Norah, Sophie Goldingay Goldingay, Sophie 52

Part II Critical Practices in Confronting Privilege and Promoting Social Justice 71

5 Towards a critical human rights-based approach to social work practice / Sharlene Nipperess Nipperess, Sharlene 73

6 Interrogating privilege and complicity in the oppression of others / Bob Pease Pease, Bob 89

7 Social work, class and the structural violence of poverty / Norah Hosken Hosken, Norah 104

Part III Developing Critical Practices within the Organisational Context of Social Work 121

8 Beyond the dominant approach to mental health practice / Noel Renouf Renouf, Noel 123

9 Embedding critical social work in child protection practice / Robyn Miller Miller, Robyn 136

10 Critical social work in Centrelink: an oxymoron or an opportunity? / Peter Humphries Humphries, Peter 150

11 Building relationships and effecting change: critical social work practice in prison settings / Sophie Goldingay Goldingay, Sophie 163

12 Professional practice standards and critical practices: addressing the tensions in social work field education settings / Norah Hosken Hosken, Norah, Lesley Ervin Ervin, Lesley, Jody Laughton Laughton, Jody 176

Part IV Doing Anti-discriminatory and Anti-oppressive Practice in Social Work 193

13 Anti-oppressive practice with people seeking asylum in Australia: reflections from the field / Shadene Nipperess Nipperess, Shadene, Sherrine Clark Clark, Sherrine 195

14 Challenges for Indigenous and non-Indigenous practitioners in the neoliberal context / Stephanie Gilbert Gilbert, Stephanie 211

15 Feminism under siege: critical reflections on the impact of neoliberalism and managerialism on feminist practice / Ann Carrington Carrington, Ann 226

16 Developing anti-ageist practice in social work / Tina Kostecki Kostecki, Tina 241

17 Working for equality and difference: (de)constructing heteronormativity / Jude Irwin Irwin, Jude 254

Part V Towards Collectivist and Transformative Practices in Social Work 269

18 Environmental social work as critical, decolonising practice / Mel Gray Gray, Mel, John Coates Coates, John 271

19 Taking it to the streets: critical social work's relationship with activism / Jessica Morrison Morrison, Jessica 286

20 Social work, disability and social change: a critical participatory approach / Russell Shuttleworth Shuttleworth, Russell 298

21 The structural, the post-structural and the commons: new practices for creating change in a complex world / José M. Ramos Ramos, José M. 310

22 Education for critical social work: being true to a worthy project / Selma Macfarlane Macfarlane, Selma 326.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781760110840

1760110841

OCLC:

959272379