Just Practice

A Social Justice Approach to Social Work

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvJanet L. Finn,University of Montana) Finn, Janet L. (Professor, Professor

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-02-05
Mått156 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor416
Upplaga4
FörlagOxford University Press Inc
ISBN9780197507520

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Janet L. Finn, MSW, PhD, is Professor of Social Work at the University of Montana-Missoula. She is the author, editor, or co-editor of numerous books and articles about social justice, community, women, and youth and childhood issues including Gender Oppression and Globalization: Challenges for Social Work (2013), Mining Childhood: Growing Up in Butte Montana, 1900-1960 (2012), and Childhood, Youth and Social Work in Transformation(2009).

1. Imagining Social Work and Social JusticeOverviewMeaning of Social WorkMeanings of Social JusticeLinking Social Work and Social JusticeJustice Practice Framework: Meaning, Context, Power, History, and PossibilitySummaryQuestions for DiscussionSuggested Readings2. Critical Reflection: A Starting Place for Understanding Difference, Oppression, and PrivilegeOverviewThe Daunting Realities of InjusticeMeanings of Critical ReflectionSkills and Practices of Critical ReflectionDifference, Oppression, and PrivilegeWhite Privilege, Racism, and White SupremacySummaryQuestions for DiscussionSuggested Readings3. Looking BackOverviewClaiming a Historical Perspective for Social WorkThe Roots of Social WorkThe Emergence of Social WorkSocial Work in the Twentieth Century: Snapshots of HistorySummaryQuestions for DiscussionSuggested Readings4. Values, Ethics, and VisionsOverviewWhat Do We Mean by Values?Values in ContextThe Practice of ValuingValuing and Social Justice WorkThe Concept of EthicsEthical TheoriesValues, Ethics, and Social WorkSocial Work Ethics in the Twenty-first CenturyFrameworks for Ethical Decision Making in Social Work PracticeExpanding the Possibilities for Ethical Decision MakingSummaryQuestions for DiscussionSuggested Readings5. Just Thinking: Theoretical Perspectives on Social-Justice-Oriented PracticeOverviewWhat Is Theory?Theory and Contemporary Social WorkExpanding the Theoretical PossibilitiesJust Practice Framework: An Integrated ApproachSummaryQuestions for DiscussionSuggested Readings6. Just Get Started: EngagementOverviewThe Meaning of EngagementThe Context of EngagementSkills and Practice of EngagementChallenges of Engagement: Power, Difference, and ResistanceExpanding the Possibilities: Engaging GroupsPopular EducationSummaryQuestions for DiscussionSuggested Readings7. Teaching-Learning: Reframing the Assessment ProcessOverviewProblematizing AssessmentShifting Our Approach: From Assessment to Teaching-LearningPower and the Teaching-Learning ProcessTeaching-Learning and Human RightsThe Skills and Practice of Teaching-LearningSummaryQuestions for DiscussionSuggested Readings 8. Action and AccompanimentOverviewConcept and Process of ActionConcept and Process of AccompanimentAction and Accompaniment in ContextRethinking Social Work RolesSkills and Practice of Action and AccompanimentExpanding the PossibilitiesSummaryQuestions for DiscussionSuggested Readings9. Evaluating, Reflecting On, and Celebrating Our EffortsOverviewEvaluationParticipatory Approaches to EvaluationParticipatory Evaluation in ActionResources and PossibilitiesCelebrationComing Full Circle: Summarizing Principles of Social Justice WorkSummaryQuestions for DiscussionSuggested ReadingsEpilogue: Just Futures

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.