Disaster Preparedness in Social Work: A Scoping Review of Evidence for Further Research, Theory and Practice
AbstractThe aim of this study was to understand the extent and nature of social work literature relating to preparedness in the context of natural disasters and to identify the implications for further research, theory and practice. A systematic scoping review explored scholarly databases pertaining to literature about social work and disaster preparedness, between 2000 and 2019; a total of thirty-nine articles met the inclusion criteria. Data were extracted from these articles to map the range and type of literature, and thematic analysis was undertaken to explore aspects of preparedness in greater depth. Analysis reveale...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - July 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Being a Parent after a Disaster: The New Normal after the 2009 Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires
This article explores parental experiences over nearly seven years that followed catastrophic Australian bushfires in 2009. Principles of pragmatism and the constructionist tradition guided the use of semi-structured interviews with parents (nineteen mothers and three fathers) and inductive thematic analysis to distil what participants said about the trauma, loss and disruption caused by the fires, and ways in which they responded as parents. Changes described in their parenting role and family life were themed as ‘losing normal’ which encompassed managing additional exposures, losing fun and living at their capacity. ...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - July 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Social Work Practitioners and Human Service Professionals in the 2016 Alberta (Canada) Wildfires: Roles and Contributions
This article shares the findings based on four themes: social work practice in disaster contexts; social work role in disaster management; building capacity and advocacy, wellness and self-care. Implications and recommendations discuss the need to enhance understandings of the roles and contributions of social work practitioners and human service professionals in disasters with a particular focus on long-term disaster recovery. (Source: British Journal of Social Work)
Source: British Journal of Social Work - July 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Integration of the Disaster Component into Social Work Curriculum: Teaching Undergraduate Social Work Research Methods Course during COVID-19
This article aims to develop community-contextualised pedagogical innovations to embed disaster components into core social work curriculum through a research methods course. Professional social work education continues to lack a community-contextualised curriculum and professional training that reflects the complexities of extreme events associated with community and human service. This absence jeopardises the advancement of social work engagement in better providing humanitarian support for individuals, families and communities affected by extreme events. Through an undergraduate social work research methods course, this...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - July 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Hope during and Post-Disasters: Social Work ’s Role in Creating and Nurturing Emancipatory Hope
This article broadens social work ’s orientation to hope beyond the therapeutic ‘installation of hope’ by including emancipatory hope in the context of disasters and recovery. Drawing from Braithwaite’s work, this article describes a framework for practice, which advocates for the strategic integration of cognitive change (a ligned with Snyder’s view of hope) and structural change (aligned with emancipatory hope) that social workers could mobilise before, during and after disasters. We argue that whilst social workers must build individual psychological hope, this cannot be done without structural change and advo...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - July 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Social Workers and Disaster Management: An Aotearoa New Zealand Perspective
This article reports the results of the first known survey of registered social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand and their involvement in disaster events. Additionally, the article highlights the perspectives of six disaster management professionals on the role of social workers in disaster management. The findings offer examples of social workers ’ engagement in disaster work, the variable understanding of social work by disaster management personnel, and the importance of social work maintaining a positive public profile. Implications for future social work practice and education internationally as well as disaster mana...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - July 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Outlanders: Hidden Narratives from Social Workers of Colour (from Black & amp; Other Global Majority Communities), Edited by Wayne Reid and Siobhan Maclean
Outlanders: Hidden Narratives from Social Workers of Colour (from Black& Other Global Majority Communities), Edited by ReidWayne and MacleanSiobhan, Lichfield, Kirwin Maclean Associates, 2021, pp. 351, ISBN 9781912130566 (p/b), £13.00 (Source: British Journal of Social Work)
Source: British Journal of Social Work - July 19, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Listening to Advice from Young People in Foster Care —From Participation to Belonging
In this study, we aim to broaden the knowledge base on what constitutes appropriate help and support from the perspective of young people in long-term foster care in Norway. As part of a larger survey, young people in foster care (N = 178) aged eleven to eighteen years provided written accounts on the open-ended question: ‘What advice would you give adults who help young people living in foster care?’. We conducted a systematic content analysis to identify themes and categories across the data. Four main themes were identified: enable participation; build trusting relationships; ensure appropriate follow-up; and ...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - July 19, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging the Racial Divides, Terri E. Givens
Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging the Racial Divides, GivensTerri E., London, Policy Press, 2021, pp. 186, ISBN 9781447357261, £11.55 (ebook) (Source: British Journal of Social Work)
Source: British Journal of Social Work - July 14, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Corrigendum to: A Paradigm Framework for Social Work Theory for early 21st Century practice
The British Journal of Social Work, (2019)49, 2112 –2129. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcz006 (Source: British Journal of Social Work)
Source: British Journal of Social Work - July 3, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Social Work as a Practice of Unity and Hope
I am one of those practitioners who can still remember generic social work practice in England. I started in a residential children ’s setting in 1985 and qualified in generic social work practice in 1987 starting in a patch or community team. While the 1968 Seebohm Commission suggested a need to organise unified personal social services in the post-war period, the subsequent reforms resulted in the move to what is generally c alled social work with adults and social work with children and families. In the early 2010s, specialism was also introduced in social work education in England, with the emergence of specialist co...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - June 28, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Corrigendum to: Measuring Instruments for Empowerment in Social Work: A Scoping Review
The British Journal of Social Work (2021)00, 1 –27.https://doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcab054 (Source: British Journal of Social Work)
Source: British Journal of Social Work - June 21, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Children ’s Charities in Crisis: Early Intervention and the State, Alison Body
Children ’s Charities in Crisis: Early Intervention and the State, BodyAlison, Bristol, UK, Policy Press, 2020, pp. x and 259, £24.99, ISBN: 978-1-4473-2 (pb) (Source: British Journal of Social Work)
Source: British Journal of Social Work - June 10, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Child Sexual Exploitation, Why Theory Matters, Jenny Pearce
Child Sexual Exploitation, Why Theory Matters, PearceJenny, Bristol, Policy Press, 2019, pp. xiv + 251, ISBN 978 1 4473 5143 6 (pbk), £21.99 (Source: British Journal of Social Work)
Source: British Journal of Social Work - June 5, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A More ‘Child-Centred’ System? Child Protection Social Workers’ Willingness to Employ Discretion
AbstractThe Munro Review highlighted obstacles hindering the realisation of an ‘effective’ and ‘child-centred’ English child protection system, including the ‘risk’ associated with the social worker’s discretionary space. The review called for reform to enable practicing social workers to exercise their discretion in the best interests of the individual child. Th is article reports on the results of an iterative qualitative mixed-methods case study of one local authority child protection team, utilising focus group, questionnaire, interview, observation, documentary analysis and critical realist grounded theo...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - June 5, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
