This paper explores the importance of including sexual well-being within social work
practice and education. Social workers often work with individuals for whom opportunities for …

Social work—an anti-oppressive, practice-based profession focused on social justice—
supports people's access to and ability to create healthy lives. Therefore, social workers …

Within social work practice and research, sexual relationships, desires and activities can be
the subject of intense assessment and intervention, or disregarded and overlooked as …

This book is written primarily to support student social workers on the new degree
programme in their academic work as well as practice placements. Whilst it is aimed at …

Sexuality and sexual identity have been relatively marginalized areas in both social work
education and practice. However, changes in policy and legislation in the UK and other …

The article develops a case for the teaching of human sexuality within the social work
curriculum on the grounds that it is a central part of life, that sexual functioning in one way or …

The meaning of sexual well-being for physically disabled people is a little-researched area
of social work practice. The traditionally hidden nature of sexuality and sexual well-being in …

The social work profession struggles to engage with sexuality under the anti-oppressive
banner as deftly as it does with other types of social difference, such as ethnicity, age, class …

Social workers and social care practitioners are increasingly required to engage directly with
matters relating to sex and sexuality in their everyday work. Policies and guidance on how to …

Since sexuality and gender are key features of human identity and expression, social work
practitioners often develop individualised or field-specific strategies to negotiate these …