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Apr 9, 2021 · Critical reflection is a fundamental component of critical practice in social work (Fook, 2016; Testa and Egan, 2016).Yet while an extensive body of literature addresses critical reflection methods and processes (Chiu, 2006; Fook and Gardner, 2007; Morley, 2014a), the examination of the process that links critical reflection and critical practice in the professional field remains ...
- Shachar Timor-Shlevin, Shachar Timor-Shlevin, Tamar Aharon, Sharon Segev, Shani Mazor, Emily Ishai
- 2021
Feb 4, 2018 · Abstract. The need for professionals to use reflection to learn about and develop their practice is now a universally stated goal. In social work however there has been little research into whether and how reflection in action actually occurs and this paper explores the possibilities and limits to reflective practice by drawing on research that observed encounters between social workers and ...
- Harry Ferguson
- 2018
- Abstract
- Critical Social Work: What Is It?
- The Challenges from Practice
- The Changing Environment of Public Administration
- The Challenges of 'Post' Theories
- Towards Collaborative Practice: Responding to The Diversity Within
- Conclusion
- References
The core mission of critical social work is to promote social justice through social work practice and policy making. To this end, critical social workers have pursued practice theories that prioritise social structural analyses and promote collaborative approaches to action. Critical practice theorists are adept at responding to challenges from ou...
I use the term critical social work to refer to a broad range of practice theories that share the following orientations: 1. a recognition that large scale social processes, particularly those associated with class, race and gender, contribute fundamentally to the personal and social issues social workers encounter in their practice; 2. the adoptio...
Many human service disciplines exhibit an uncomfortable fit between theory and practice; social work is no different from other service professions, like teaching and nursing, in this respect. The complex, uncertain and contextual dimensions of human services work demand open, flexible and reflective interchanges between theory and practice (Fook, ...
The continued relevance of critical practice theory for social workers is dependent also on recognition of substantial recent changes in the public administration environment. These changes, including the rolling back of western welfare states and the rise of new public management discourses, provide a markedly different environment for social work...
'Post' theories, that is postmodern and poststructural approaches, pose a third set of challenges to critical practice approaches. 'Post' theories strike at the assumptions about power, identity and change on which social work theories, critical or otherwise have rested. Critical practice and policy analysts have raised strong objection to 'post' t...
In the current contexts of continuing structural injustice, critical social work projects, which orient human services workers to values of social justice and progressive social change, are of vital importance. I do not argue for the dismantling of these projects; rather I seek to strengthen them through recognition and response to extant challenge...
Throughout the western world, welfare states are in period of transition. Social work practice is being restructured as a result of major changes in social and institutional structures within which social work occurs. While it is important that we take pride in the rich tradition of critical social work, it is vital too that we recognise the need f...
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Jul 30, 2021 · Critical reflection enables social workers to see themselves and their positions more clearly in the complex contexts in which social work is practised, and thereby uncover and understand the conditions that govern what they can and cannot do (Rugkåsa & Ylvisaker, Citation 2018). Exploring cases that involve this is therefore a good point of departure for analysing conflicting pressures and ...
- Signe Ylvisaker, Marianne Rugkåsa
- 2021
Aug 14, 2024 · Social work is crisis lead now there appears no room for reflective practice until it is to late,decisions are made on knee jerk reactions to prevent criticism and blame.Social workers are not given the support to fully reflect and analyse decisions.Reflection and analysis makes for clearer decision making.If a social worker is able to demonstrate why, having taken into account the above and ...
- Gillian Macfarlane
Mar 14, 2019 · Critical social work is well established in Australian social work as a legitimate practice discourse. As Pease and his colleagues define it, critical social work “Is an umbrella term that describes a group of approaches in social work that are diverse but share a common commitment to both personal and structural change” (p. 340).
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Jun 23, 2021 · Emotions influence social workers in various ways in their everyday practice. Social workers are continually exposed to the tough conditions of clients’ lives, which are often the fallout of oppressive structures in our society (Barlow and Hall, 2007). It can be difficult to distinguish emotions such as empathy, compassion, identification ...
