Just Practice: A Social Justice Approach to Social Work
Autor Janet L. Finnen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2021
commitment to social justice at center stage with a framework that builds upon five key concepts: meaning, context, power, history, and possibility. How do we give meaning to the experiences and conditions that shape our lives? What are the contexts in which those experiences and conditions occur?
How do structures and relations of power shape people's lives and the practice of social work? How might a historical perspective help us to grasp the ways in which struggles over meaning and power have played out and to better appreciate the human consequences of those struggles? Taken together,
these concepts provide a guide for integrative social work that bridges direct practice and community building. The text prepares readers with the theoretical knowledge and practice skills to address the complex challenges of contemporary social work from direct practice with individuals and families, to group work, organizational and community change, and policy analysis and advocacy. Each chapter includes
learning activities, reflection moments, practice examples, and the stories and voices of practitioners and service users to engage students as critical thinkers and practitioners. The author encourages teachers and students alike to take risks, move from safe, familiar, pedagogical spaces and
practices, challenge assumptions, and embrace uncertainty.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780197507520
ISBN-10: 0197507522
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:4
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0197507522
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:4
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Descriere
Just
Practice:
A
Social
Justice
Approach
to
Social
Work
provides
a
foundation
for
critical
and
creative
social
work
that
integrates
theory,
history,
ethics,
skills,
and
rights
to
respond
to
the
complex
terrain
of
21st
century
social
work.
Just
Practice
puts
the
field
of
social
work's
expressed
commitment
to
social
justice
at
center
stage
with
a
framework
that
builds
upon
five
key
concepts:
meaning,
context,
power,
history,
and
possibility.
How
do
wegive
meaning
to
the
experiences
and
conditions
that
shape
our
lives?
What
are
the
contexts
in
which
those
experiences
and
conditions
occur?
How
do
structures
and
relations
of
power
shape
people's
lives
and
the
practice
of
social
work?
How
might
a
historical
perspective
help
us
to
grasp
the
ways
in
which
strugglesover
meaning
and
power
have
played
out
and
to
better
appreciate
the
human
consequences
of
those
struggles?
Taken
together,
these
concepts
provide
a
guide
for
integrative
social
work
that
bridges
direct
practice
and
community
building.The
text
prepares
readers
with
the
theoretical
knowledge
and
practice
skills
to
address
the
complex
challenges
of
contemporary
social
work
from
direct
practice
with
individuals
and
families,
to
group
work,
organizational
and
community
change,
and
policy
analysis
and
advocacy.
Each
chapter
includes
learning
activities,
reflection
moments,
practice
examples,
and
the
stories
and
voices
of
practitioners
and
service
users
to
engage
students
as
critical
thinkers
and
practitioners.
The
authorencourages
teachers
and
students
alike
to
take
risks,
move
from
safe,
familiar,
pedagogical
spaces
and
practices,
challenge
assumptions,
and
embrace
uncertainty.
Recenzii
I
have
taught
introductory
courses
on
social
work
practice
for
30
years
and
continue
to
think
of
Just
Practice
as
the
finest
text
I
have
ever
used.
It
is
full,
deep,
and
rich.
The
author
introduces
an
integrative
framework
that
joins
conceptions
of
social
justice
and
the
core
activities
of
everyday
practice,
challenging
instructors
and
students
to
negotiate
the
irreducible
ambiguities
and
complexities
of
help
and
care.
I
so
appreciate
the
clarity
of
mind,the
moral
energy,
and
the
pragmatic
sensibility
that
shapes
her
accounts
of
the
history
of
the
profession
and
the
range
of
concerns
we
have
come
to
encompass
in
the
field.
The emphasis on the Just Practice concepts provides exceptional opportunities for students to reflect on their life experiences and often find 'possibility' when it seems improbable.
Just Practice pushes beyond the mainstream (white) conceptualization of social work in the US and abroad and works to expand practicing definitions of social justice into new frameworks and models that disavow the medical model and patronizing practices. It doesn't just present content and knowledge but encourages the reader to critically think about the implications for their own personal and professional development by using a series of reflections,activities and the posing of excellent questions. I can honestly say for the first time in years I am actually excited about a textbook not just because it speaks to me and us about the way we define social justice work but also because I learned more than a few things in reading this that has already strengthenedmy perspective.
Finn's text is an exceptional choice for advanced BSW and foundation MSW students. The book's format grounds the student in the meaning of social work history and its social justice mission. Throughout the text, Finn invites readers to engage in a process of personal and professional exploration that potentially fuels the students' desire to return to the roots of social work to inform their practice. Students won't just read this textbook — they willexperience it.
The emphasis on the Just Practice concepts provides exceptional opportunities for students to reflect on their life experiences and often find 'possibility' when it seems improbable.
Just Practice pushes beyond the mainstream (white) conceptualization of social work in the US and abroad and works to expand practicing definitions of social justice into new frameworks and models that disavow the medical model and patronizing practices. It doesn't just present content and knowledge but encourages the reader to critically think about the implications for their own personal and professional development by using a series of reflections,activities and the posing of excellent questions. I can honestly say for the first time in years I am actually excited about a textbook not just because it speaks to me and us about the way we define social justice work but also because I learned more than a few things in reading this that has already strengthenedmy perspective.
Finn's text is an exceptional choice for advanced BSW and foundation MSW students. The book's format grounds the student in the meaning of social work history and its social justice mission. Throughout the text, Finn invites readers to engage in a process of personal and professional exploration that potentially fuels the students' desire to return to the roots of social work to inform their practice. Students won't just read this textbook — they willexperience it.