Pub Date : 2023-11-06DOI: 10.1177/00208728231208004
Tanzilya Oren
The current immigration policies and problematic definitions are unfair to people seeking protection in the United States and elsewhere. Non-intersectional policies go against the work ethos of social workers. At the same time, without any federal support for asylum seekers and disparate state and city services, asylum seekers are denied fundamental human rights. Social workers are now pushed to work more closely with asylum seekers. They should thoroughly understand the structural issues around asylum policies and engage in policy advocacy to change outdated and unidimensional laws.
{"title":"The US non-intersectional asylum policies are outdated","authors":"Tanzilya Oren","doi":"10.1177/00208728231208004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728231208004","url":null,"abstract":"The current immigration policies and problematic definitions are unfair to people seeking protection in the United States and elsewhere. Non-intersectional policies go against the work ethos of social workers. At the same time, without any federal support for asylum seekers and disparate state and city services, asylum seekers are denied fundamental human rights. Social workers are now pushed to work more closely with asylum seekers. They should thoroughly understand the structural issues around asylum policies and engage in policy advocacy to change outdated and unidimensional laws.","PeriodicalId":47606,"journal":{"name":"International Social Work","volume":"44 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135681655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1177/00208728231208542
Annamaria Campanini
{"title":"News from our societies – IASSW: Supporting development of social work education around the world: Still a contemporary challenge","authors":"Annamaria Campanini","doi":"10.1177/00208728231208542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728231208542","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47606,"journal":{"name":"International Social Work","volume":"22 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135614430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1177/00208728231206693
Patrick O’Leary, Ming-sum Tsui
{"title":"Walking with and empowering family caregivers – Roles and functions of social workers","authors":"Patrick O’Leary, Ming-sum Tsui","doi":"10.1177/00208728231206693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728231206693","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47606,"journal":{"name":"International Social Work","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135614431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-31DOI: 10.1177/00208728231208003
Hani Nouman, Faisal Azaiza
The present article presents empirical evidence regarding factors that explain the involvement of social workers from minority groups in policy practice based on data from an extensive survey of social workers from the Arab minority group in Israel ( n = 218). The findings revealed that the sociopolitical context of an ethnic minority significantly affects their involvement in policy practice. In order to increase the involvement of minority social workers in policy arenas in multicultural societies, professional bodies and social work training frameworks should provide social workers with knowledge resources and professional skills, including tailored organizational support.
{"title":"‘Raising their voices’: Explaining the policy practice of minority social workers in multicultural societies","authors":"Hani Nouman, Faisal Azaiza","doi":"10.1177/00208728231208003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728231208003","url":null,"abstract":"The present article presents empirical evidence regarding factors that explain the involvement of social workers from minority groups in policy practice based on data from an extensive survey of social workers from the Arab minority group in Israel ( n = 218). The findings revealed that the sociopolitical context of an ethnic minority significantly affects their involvement in policy practice. In order to increase the involvement of minority social workers in policy arenas in multicultural societies, professional bodies and social work training frameworks should provide social workers with knowledge resources and professional skills, including tailored organizational support.","PeriodicalId":47606,"journal":{"name":"International Social Work","volume":"2010 27","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135813197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-19DOI: 10.1177/00208728231205074
Zaldy C Collado
Internally displaced persons in protracted displacement may not receive optimal social work services. Governments must refrain from implicitly ‘ending’ displacement and uphold social care policies that really work for the displaced. By doing so, social work services become more sensitive and life-changing among people displaced for longer periods of time.
{"title":"Social welfare services in protracted displacement: When should state social workers cease to serve people displaced by war?","authors":"Zaldy C Collado","doi":"10.1177/00208728231205074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728231205074","url":null,"abstract":"Internally displaced persons in protracted displacement may not receive optimal social work services. Governments must refrain from implicitly ‘ending’ displacement and uphold social care policies that really work for the displaced. By doing so, social work services become more sensitive and life-changing among people displaced for longer periods of time.","PeriodicalId":47606,"journal":{"name":"International Social Work","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135730843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-14DOI: 10.1177/00208728231196363
Mohammad Sabzi Khoshnami, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Javadi, Sara Noruzi
This article aims to explain the process of social worker interventions in emergency response situations in Iran. Content analysis techniques were used to analyze the experiences of hospital social workers (n = 40). The nominal group technique was used to design and compile the process (n = 10). Focus group discussion and the AGREE guidance critique technique were conducted in the presence of experts. In this study, the process of providing specialized interventions of hospital social workers in crisis situations, the challenges, and professional roles were identified. The principles and basis of work in crisis situations are similar, but at the same time, each one needs special consideration.
{"title":"Designing and compiling the protocol of specialized interventions of hospital social workers in crisis situations in Iran","authors":"Mohammad Sabzi Khoshnami, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Javadi, Sara Noruzi","doi":"10.1177/00208728231196363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728231196363","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to explain the process of social worker interventions in emergency response situations in Iran. Content analysis techniques were used to analyze the experiences of hospital social workers (n = 40). The nominal group technique was used to design and compile the process (n = 10). Focus group discussion and the AGREE guidance critique technique were conducted in the presence of experts. In this study, the process of providing specialized interventions of hospital social workers in crisis situations, the challenges, and professional roles were identified. The principles and basis of work in crisis situations are similar, but at the same time, each one needs special consideration.","PeriodicalId":47606,"journal":{"name":"International Social Work","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135803528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1177/00208728231186522
Gizem Akoğlu, Özlem Cankurtaran
This study aims to reveal the paternal perception and experiences of middle-class fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the context of hegemonic masculinity and gender. The research design is based on a phenomenological approach with a qualitative research pattern; thus, the participants, comprising 18 fathers of children with ASD, were reached through the purposive sampling method. Analysis results pointed to the following themes: ‘Fathers’ feelings on the basis of masculinity’, ‘Imagined–actual fatherhood’, and ‘Work–family–life balance’. The findings indicated that fathers of children with ASD had their fatherhood patterns changed toward nurturant fatherhood. Being an educated and professional member of the middle class, being dual-earner parents, and having a child with autism are effective in this transformation. Suggestions are made as to social policy and feminist social work practices for the development of nurturant fatherhood and egalitarian gender relations.
{"title":"Experiences of middle-class fathers of children with autism spectrum disorders in the context of hegemonic masculinity: The case of Turkey","authors":"Gizem Akoğlu, Özlem Cankurtaran","doi":"10.1177/00208728231186522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728231186522","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to reveal the paternal perception and experiences of middle-class fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the context of hegemonic masculinity and gender. The research design is based on a phenomenological approach with a qualitative research pattern; thus, the participants, comprising 18 fathers of children with ASD, were reached through the purposive sampling method. Analysis results pointed to the following themes: ‘Fathers’ feelings on the basis of masculinity’, ‘Imagined–actual fatherhood’, and ‘Work–family–life balance’. The findings indicated that fathers of children with ASD had their fatherhood patterns changed toward nurturant fatherhood. Being an educated and professional member of the middle class, being dual-earner parents, and having a child with autism are effective in this transformation. Suggestions are made as to social policy and feminist social work practices for the development of nurturant fatherhood and egalitarian gender relations.","PeriodicalId":47606,"journal":{"name":"International Social Work","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135350873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-29DOI: 10.1177/00208728231200860
Zaldy C Collado
Hosted internally displaced persons become ‘invisible’, leaving them unable to immediately access incoming aid and to be assisted through social work services. Social welfare policy must enhance the intervention paradigm in ways that disseminate social work efforts to entire displaced populations, ensuring that the invisible ones are not left behind.
{"title":"Reaching invisible internally displaced persons: Doing social work in postconflict settings","authors":"Zaldy C Collado","doi":"10.1177/00208728231200860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728231200860","url":null,"abstract":"Hosted internally displaced persons become ‘invisible’, leaving them unable to immediately access incoming aid and to be assisted through social work services. Social welfare policy must enhance the intervention paradigm in ways that disseminate social work efforts to entire displaced populations, ensuring that the invisible ones are not left behind.","PeriodicalId":47606,"journal":{"name":"International Social Work","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135243990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1177/00208728231196368
Kleoniki Ntagka, Despina Cochliou
This article seeks to fill the research gap on the psychosocial and integration needs of unaccompanied children and the challenges they encounter to reach autonomy and social integration. To address this issue, the study utilized a qualitative research survey interviewing 18 field professionals, which indicated that the key challenges include insufficient preparation, institutionalization, uncertainty about the future, asylum procedures, and social exclusion, while proposing the implementation of an integration plan focusing on education, vocational training, and contact with the local community. This article aims to offer a better understanding of children’s needs and how practitioners could protect children more effectively.
{"title":"Psychosocial and integration needs of unaccompanied children in Greece","authors":"Kleoniki Ntagka, Despina Cochliou","doi":"10.1177/00208728231196368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728231196368","url":null,"abstract":"This article seeks to fill the research gap on the psychosocial and integration needs of unaccompanied children and the challenges they encounter to reach autonomy and social integration. To address this issue, the study utilized a qualitative research survey interviewing 18 field professionals, which indicated that the key challenges include insufficient preparation, institutionalization, uncertainty about the future, asylum procedures, and social exclusion, while proposing the implementation of an integration plan focusing on education, vocational training, and contact with the local community. This article aims to offer a better understanding of children’s needs and how practitioners could protect children more effectively.","PeriodicalId":47606,"journal":{"name":"International Social Work","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135579849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}