Future social work practice requires a holistic framework to deal effectively with the great social and economic disruptions of this unprecedented time. Innovation and creativity are indispensable to empowering social workers and social service organizations to make an impact on the lives of people and societies in today's world. This book provides a range of innovative practices of social work drawing from alternate theories and with a global orientation. It is forward-looking with a focus on social resilience, social inclusion and recovery. Using a strengths perspective, discussions in the chapters provide useful insights in restructuring social life and social services at the individual as well as community and societal levels for meeting the challenges of a new global era.
The chapters draw on the experiences of the authors in their academic and practice engagements and focus on a variety of arenas of social work education and practice to enrich the understanding of the present and future of the field. Authors discuss theoretical and conceptual models to review social work education and practice of engaging in a fast-changing global era and complex contexts. Topics explored include:- New Era for Social Work in the Global Future
- Remaking Social Work by Applying an Anti-oppressive Lens
- Vulnerability and Resilience of Refugee Women and Children
- Critical Green Social Work as Futuristic Social Work Practice
- Globalisation and the Future of Social Work Practice and Education
- Equipping Social Workers for a New Global Era
Remaking Social Work for the New Global Era is an essential resource to inform practice, enrich teaching, and direct future research for social work academics, researchers, educators, students, and field supervisors, as well as social care, social work and social service practitioners in both clinical and policy settings. The book also would be of interest to mental health and community professionals in various practice contexts across the globe.
Author(s): Ngoh Tiong Tan, P. K. Shajahan
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 218
City: Cham
Foreword by Annamaria Campanini, IASSW President
Foreword by Sang-Mok Suh, ICSW President
Preface
The Great Revolutions
Tools for Future Good
Purpose of the Book
Four Waves Forming the Structure of the Book
Part I. Tracing the Contours of the New Era
Part II. Sustainable Approaches to Social Intervention
Part III. Capacities of Social Work Education, Service and Research
Part VI. Looking Forward: Global Challenges
Making and Remaking of Social Work
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Editors
Editors
Contributors
Part I: Tracing the Contours of the New Era
Chapter 1: New Era for Social Work in the Global Future
1 Social Reset: The Game Changer
2 Global Problems and Issues
3 Who to Bring the Needed Change?
4 Social Transformation Process
5 Social Welfarism: The New, New Deal
6 Impact of Reset for Social Work
6.1 Global Effort
6.2 Social Issues
6.3 Technology
7 Social Work Theory and Change
7.1 Social Work as a Disruptive Force
8 Innovation in Social Service Delivery and Social Work Education
8.1 Innovation and Adaptation in School’s Curriculum
9 Dealing with Global Challenges
10 Global Solidarity and Expected Outcome of the Social Work Reset
11 Conclusions
References
Chapter 2: Social Work and Social Development Challenges to the COVID-19 Pandemic
1 Introduction
2 Social Development and the Rise of Social Protection
3 Social Protection, Humanitarian, Community-Level Social Solidarity, and Social Work Responses to COVID-19
3.1 Social Protection Responses
3.2 Humanitarian Assistance and Community-Level Social Solidarity
3.3 Social Work Responses
4 What Kind of Social Work Is Needed?
5 The Implications for Social Work
6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Remaking Social Work by Applying an Anti-oppressive Lens
1 Background
2 The Context of the Research: Social Work in Italy
3 Method
4 Quantitative Findings. What Social Workers Think They Should Do and What They Actually Do?
5 Qualitative Findings: Tensions, Ambiguity, and Resistance
6 Discussions and Conclusion
References
Part II: Sustainable Approaches to Social Intervention
Chapter 4: Partnerships as Citizens’ Rights
1 Development
2 Brazil and Social Protection
3 CBCISS and Partners and Their Performance in the Brazilian Scenario
4 Social Service Contributing to New Achievements
5 Conclusion
References
Documents
Chapter 5: Vulnerability and Resilience of Refugee Women and Children
1 Introduction
2 Vulnerability, Resilience and Strengths in Spaces of Forced Migration
3 Uganda’s Refugee Policy
4 Methods
4.1 The Survey
4.2 In-Depth Interviews
4.3 Analysis
5 Findings
5.1 Categorisation of Vulnerability
5.1.1 Physical Aspects
5.1.2 Social Disadvantages
5.1.3 Economic Vulnerability
5.1.4 Structural Factors
5.1.5 Environmental Issues
6 Discussion
6.1 Features of Vulnerability
6.2 Prospects and Uncertainty
6.3 Suppressed Resilience
7 Social Work Practice with Vulnerable Refugee Women and Children
8 Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Critical Green Social Work as Futuristic Social Work Practice
1 Introduction
2 Environmental Impact of Climate Change
3 Indigenous/Ancestral Concerns
4 Social Ills
5 Economic, Social, Political, and Environmental Issues as a Result of COVID-19
6 Social Work’s Response So Far
7 Critical Green Social Work and Green Politics
8 Is This Possible?
9 Conclusion
References
Part III: Capacities of Social Work Education, Service and Research
Chapter 7: Partnership in Social Work Education Along the New Silk Road: Towards a Transformative Cultural Inclusion Model
1 Introduction
2 Opportunities and Challenges in Fostering Closer Social Work Partnerships Along the New Silk Road
3 Partnership in Social Work Education Along the New Silk Road
3.1 The Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong SAR
3.2 The Case of Israel
3.3 The Case of Kazakhstan
3.4 The Case of South Korea
3.5 The Case of Vietnam
4 Reflections on the New Silk Road Partnership Amidst the Global Reset: Towards a “Transformative Cultural Inclusion Model” for Regional and International Partnerships
4.1 Developing a Shared Vision of Hope Among Partners Based on Core Social Work Values
4.2 Towards a “Transformative Cultural Inclusion Model” for Regional and International Partnerships
4.2.1 Intercultural Inclusion
4.2.2 Equal Partnership
4.2.3 Capacity Building
4.2.4 Social Solidarity
4.3 The Stages of Development of the “Transformative Cultural Inclusive Model” for Regional and International Partnership
4.3.1 Initiation
4.3.2 Exploration
4.3.3 Convergence
4.3.4 Impact
5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Globalisation and the Future of Social Work Practice and Education
1 Introduction
2 Globalisation and Social Work
3 Overview of the Study
4 Globalisation’s Influence on Social Work Practice
5 Globalisation’s Influence on Social Work Education
6 New Directions in Social Work Practice
7 New Directions in Social Work Education
8 Lessons for Future Models of Social Work Practice and Education
8.1 Taking Better Account of Cultural Diversity
8.2 Building the Foundation of Forward-Looking Social Work
8.3 Greater Collaboration and Advocacy in Practice
8.4 Being Proactive and Staying Relevant in Academia
8.5 Training Self-Aware and Resilient Social Workers
9 Implications: New Competencies in a Globalised Era
10 Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Reflective Ethical Decision-Making Process for Advancing Social Work
1 Introduction
2 Research Context
3 Methodology
4 Results
5 Discussion
6 Implications for Future Practice
References
Chapter 10: Knowledge Creation in Social Work During the Time of COVID-19
1 Introduction
1.1 Practice Innovations in the Philippines
1.2 The UP Department of Social Work Graduate Field Instruction
2 Literature Review
2.1 Social Work and Knowledge Creation
2.2 Social Work in Time of COVID-19
2.3 Creativity as a Framework for COVID-19 Response
2.4 A Systems View of Creativity and the Propulsion Model of Creative Contributions
3 Procedure and Methods
4 Results Findings
4.1 Knowledge Sources
4.2 Faculty Reflections
4.3 COVID-19 Constraints as Context to Innovative Strategies
4.4 Findings on Knowledge Creation
5 Evolving Framework of Knowledge Creation Systems in Field Instruction
6 Conclusion
References
Part IV: Looking Forward: Global Challenges
Chapter 11: Making Societies Social Again After the Crisis
1 The Corona Pandemic as a Social Crisis
2 Social Divisions Evidenced by the Pandemic
3 The Social Work Mandate After Global Crises
4 Social Work Lessons from the Corona Crisis
4.1 Individual Freedom, Autonomy and Agency Versus Communal Interdependence and Universal Justice
4.2 Care Versus Control
4.3 Closeness Versus Distance
4.4 Scientific Neutrality Versus Ethical Commitment
4.5 The ‘Personal’ Versus the ‘Political’
5 Implications for Future Social Work
6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 12: Equipping Social Workers for a New Global Era
1 An Era of Heightened Vulnerabilities and Pronounced Marginalities
2 Not Just About the Pandemic
3 Vaccine Inequality
4 On Global Inequality
5 New Challenges of (Post)-COVID Social Work
6 Skills for the New Era
6.1 Foundational Skills
6.2 Skills Specific to Social Work
6.3 Digital Social Work and Concomitant Skills
7 The Way Forward
References
Index
