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Anti-oppressive practice is an interdisciplinary approach primarily rooted within the practice of social work that focuses on ending socioeconomic oppression.It requires the practitioner to critically examine the power imbalance inherent in an organizational structure with regards to the larger sociocultural and political context in order to develop strategies for creating an egalitarian ...
Anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive social work theory (Neil Thompson, Dalrymple & Burke) Postcolonial social work theory (Linda Briskman) New structural social work theory (Robert Mullaly) Critical social work theory (Jan Fook, Karen Healy, Stephen A. Webb, Bob Pease, Paul Michael Garrett) Radical social work theory (Mike Brake, Iain ...
Practitioners need to be fully aware of a power balance between service users and providers to work in an anti-oppressive manor. Anti oppressive practice can be condemned as ‘a gloss to help it [social work] to feel better about what is required to do’ (Humphries, 2004, p105).
The movement of sanism is an act of resistance among those who identify as mad, consumer survivors, and mental health advocates. [1] [2] [3] In academia evidence of this movement can be found in the number of recent publications about sanism and social work practice. [3] [2] [1]
A Personal practice model (PPM) is a social work tool for understanding and linking theories to each other and to the practical tasks of social work. Mullen [ 1 ] describes the PPM as “the art and science of social work”, or more prosaically, “an explicit conceptual scheme that expresses a worker's view of practice”.
Roni Strier (Hebrew: רוני סטרייר; born December 13, 1952, in Argentina) is a social work researcher, educator, and activist.He is an associate professor at the University of Haifa School of Social Work, founder and head of the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Poverty and Social Exclusion.
Macro social work is the use of social work skills training and perspective to produce large scale social change or social justice of some kind. [1] Unlike micro or mezzo social work, which deals with individual and small group issues, macro social work aims to address societal problems at their roots; however, it has recently not received the same level of importance.
Care coordination is defined by NASW as "a client-centered, assessment based, interdisciplinary approach to integrating health care and psychosocial support services in which a care coordinator develops and implements a comprehensive care plan that addresses the client's needs, strengths, and goals."