I write this piece very much aware of who I am, my place in the world and the humbling
implications of this. I am one person, with a fairly unique biography, writing about social work …

This book offers a complete account of Contextual Safeguarding theory, policy, and practice
frameworks for the first time. It highlights the particular challenge of extra-familial routes …

Contemporary global challenges require practitioners to confidently analyse the dominant
discourses and develop frameworks and strategies for future change. Engaging with Social …

Social work Codes of Ethics of professional organizations around the world appeal to the
concept of people having 'rights' that social workers need to respect and advocate for …

Social work practice with Aboriginal people and communities is generally regarded as
complex, with workers often engaging with communities that are experiencing significant …

Abstract Social and Community Development Practice makes a persuasive case for
employing a social development approach to community development practice at local and …

Neoliberalism reduces everything, including social work practice and education, to
commodities, subjecting them to market calculations that maximise exploitation and profit …

Issue addressed There is increasing emphasis in the health promotion literature on the
ethical imperative for the profession to move towards critical practice. A key challenge for …

This article provides a review of the contribution of Axel Honneth's model of recognition for
critical social work. While Honneth's tripartite conceptualisation of optimal identity-formation …

The need for social workers to use a range of theory to inform their practice is well
established in contemporary critical social work literature. However, it is argued that the …