Practicing Social Work in Deprived Communities
Competencies, Methods, and Techniques
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Beschreibung
This contributed volume offers a holistic understanding of social work practice in deprived communities through its thematization of understanding deprived communities globally, the development of competencies for social work practice in and with deprived communities, social work education as a community development tool, and the empowerment of social workers in deprived communities. Inequality as a globally recognized challenge is extensively elaborated within the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Global Agenda program for social work, making this a timely and important contribution to the literature.
Deprived communities, used in this book to mean slums, ghettos, favelas, and low-income, remote, underserved, vulnerable, impoverished, underdeveloped, or less-favoured communities, exist worldwide and are conceptualized under different terms and concepts. For that reason, social work, specifically in deprived areas, is not sufficiently recognized as a specific field of practice within community work. As a result, this volume features contributions that:
- provide a conceptual clarification of many different terms that are used for describing deprived communities and offer a systematic literature review on community processes and effects on well-being in underdeveloped communities;
- map different fields of social work involvement in deprived communities with concrete practice examples; and,
- stress why social work as a profession needs support and how it can be empowered to improve its capacities in deprived communities.
This contributed volume offers a holistic understanding of social work practice in deprived communities through its thematization of understanding deprived communities globally, the development of competencies for social work practice in and with deprived communities, social work education as a community development tool, and the empowerment of social workers in deprived communities. Inequality as a globally recognized challenge is extensively elaborated within the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Global Agenda program for social work, making this a timely and important contribution to the literature.
Deprived communities, used in this book to mean slums, ghettos, favelas, and low-income, remote, underserved, vulnerable, impoverished, underdeveloped, disadvantaged, or less-favoured communities, exist worldwide and are conceptualized under different terms and concepts. For that reason, social work, specifically in deprived areas, is notsufficiently recognized as a specific field of practice within community work. As a result, this volume features contributions that:
- provide a conceptual clarification of many different terms that are used for describing deprived communities and offer a systematic literature review on community processes and effects on well-being in underdeveloped communities;
- map different fields of social work involvement in deprived communities with concrete practice examples; and,
- stress why social work as a profession needs support and how it can be empowered to improve its capacities in deprived communities.
Compiles a comprehensive overview of deprived communities across the globe Collects different concepts regarding underdeveloped communities in a single volume for the first time Articulates how social workers can empower deprived communities, and how social workers in deprived communities can be empowered Conceptualizes a new field of social work practice within broader community work Positions the social work profession as one that challenges inequalities, including regional inequalities Contributes theoretical, empirical, and practical suggestions for the advocacy and integration of social work practice within deprived communities
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Ana Opačić
Themen in »Practicing Social Work in Deprived Communities«
deprived community regional inequalities community economic development remote communities low-income neighborhoods underserved communities community well-being community empowerment smart social services macro social work structural community change community capacity social work with scarce human resources social work institutions as allies to vulnerable populations violence prevention and neighborhood collective efficacy
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“Among the aims of social work is implementing measures which lead to improving people’s living conditions. The reviewed book, part of the European Social Work Education and Practice series and edited by Ana Opačić, is contributing to this aim by exploring and proposing solutions for community social work in the context of deprived communities. … it can be considered a revival of social work in community development for the benefit of deprived communities.” (Anca Mihai, European Journal of Social Work, Vol. 26 (2), 2023)
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