Social Work in Rural Australia

JANE MAIDMENT is a senior lecturer in Social Work at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology and has taught at Australian universities. She is co-author of Mapping Knowledge for Social Work Practice and co-editor of Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare. USCHI BAY is a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Work at Monash University.

• ContributorsPART I: INTRODUCTION1 Understanding rurality: A conceptual framework - Jane MaidmentPART II: RURALITY, TOPOGRAPHY AND POPULATIONS2 Making a living in diverse rural and remote communities - Uschi Bay3 Collaborating within and across interprofessional teams - Liz Beddoe and Mollie BurleyPART III: FIELDS OF PRACTICE IN RURAL SETINGS4 Securing affordable housing in rural and remote towns - Uschi Bay with Yvonne Jenkins5 Developing new approaches to mental health in farm settings - Jane Maidment6 Employing and supporting young people's belonging in rural towns - Lesley Chenoweth7 Caregiving in small rural and regional towns - Wendy Bowles8 Dealing with violence: Families living in rural settlements - Robyn Mason9 Analysing criminalisation in rural community contexts - David McCallum10 Integrating migrants and refugees in rural settings - Linda Briskman11 Governing homelands in desert Australia - Uschi Bay12 Engaging with sea-change and tree-change families over time - Sarah Wendt13 Facilitating intergenerational dialogue: Ageing in rural places - Jeni Warburton and Suzanne Hodgkin14 Addressing the effects of climate change on rural communities - Margaret AlstonPART IV: FUTURE AGENDA FOR SOCIAL WORK15 Rural practice: An agenda for the future - Jane Maidment and Uschi BayBibliographyIndex