Global Social Work (eBook)

Preparing Globally Competent Social Workers for a Diverse and Interconnected World

Gina Chowa (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024 | 1., First Edition
242 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
9780826153128 (ISBN)

Infos

The essential skills-based guide for navigating global social work and ethical practice.A comprehensive guide for global practitioners, this text challenges unfettered adaptations of Eurocentric approaches and equips social workers with essential skills for effective context specific global practice throughout the lifespan. Integrating insights from both the Global South and North, it fosters a robust knowledge base, emphasizing using self to promote the wellbeing of the populations that social workers work with. This book is a crucial resource for both classroom learning and fieldwork.The text covers competencies, practice methods, theory, and research for global social work with diverse populations. It encourages observation and modeling of roles at micro, mezzo, and macro levels, preparing students to implement locally driven solutions and amplify marginalized voices. Addressing sustainability in resource-limited contexts, it provides strategies for stakeholder engagement and cross-sectoral approaches. Learning is reinforced through review questions, skills-related exercises, and application challenges throughout the chapters. Spotlight boxes, toolkits, and case studies also strengthen understanding of global social work and navigating ethical challenges.Key Features:Defines the parameters of global social work.Explores cultural participatory methods to engage diverse populations.Tackles theories, ethical dilemmas, and reflexivity in global social work.Evaluates theoretical frameworks from both Global North and Global South perspectives.Develops a toolkit for culturally competent practice.Provides frameworks for self-awareness, cultural competence, locally driven development, capacity building, and cross-sectoral social work.Builds competencies for navigating ethical tensions related to poverty, oppression, discrimination, social justice, and diversity.

Inhalt

Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I. INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL SOCIAL WORK: DEFINITION, CONTEXT, THEORIES, AND FRAMEWORKS

Chapter 1. What Is Global Social Work Practice?

Gina Chowa and Manohar Pwar

Chapter 2. Global Development Key Players

Christina Olenik

Chapter 3. Theories and Context of Global Social Work Practice: Decentering Eurocentric Theories

Gina Chowa, Kelly Grobbelaar, and April Parker

Chapter 4. Measuring Global Development Progress

Gina Chowa, Joan Wangui Wanyama, and Daniels Akpan

Chapter 5. Indigenization of Global Social Work: Promoting Local Knowledge in Practice

Mauricio Yabar and Neil Bilotta

Chapter 6. Ethical Dilemmas in Global Social Work

Neil Bilotta, Ilana Shtivelman, Joan Wangui Wanyama, and Gina Chowa

Chapter 7. Who Is a Global Social Worker: Critical Self-Reflexivity, Power and Privilege and Cultural Competence?

Asha Banu and Ankur Srivastava

PART II. PRACTICE MODELS OF GLOBAL SOCIAL WORK: SKILLS BUILDING FOR GLOBAL SOCIAL WORKERS

Chapter 8. Participatory Methods for Global Social Work Practice

Lauren Graham

Chapter 9. Engaging Stakeholders in Framing and Solving Problems in Global Social Work

Benjamin Lough and Gina Chowa

Chapter 10. Implementing Programs and Building Local Capacity Using Community-Driven Methods

Sobia Khan and Allison Metz

Chapter 11. Cross-Sectoral Models to Inform Policy and Promote Sustainability in Global Social Work

David Okech, Haja Ramatulai Wurie, Elyssa Schroeder, and Reuben Lewis

Chapter 12. Monitoring and Evaluation in Global Social Work

Thomas M. Crea, Lyndsey D. McMahan, and Sarah E. Neville

PART III. LINKING PRACTICE, RESEARCH, AND POLICY IN GLOBAL SOCIAL WORK

Chapter 13. Linking Evidence and Best-Practices in Global Social Work

Gina Chowa and Miranda Manzanares

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: books for social workers • global social workers • Global social work practice • global social work programs • International social work • master international social work • policy global social work
• ISBN-13: 9780826153128 / 9780826153128