POSITIVE SOCIAL WORK APPROACH: THE SHIFT FROM “WORK” TOWARDS “SOCIAL”

Social Work in Disaster, a Case Report

Introduction: Natural disasters cause many problems for society. Children are one of the most vulnerable groups that could face severe mental illness and are often separated from their family members and primary caregivers in this situation. Therefore, professional interventions are necessary to reduce the consequence of such situations for children. The purpose of this article is to report a s...

An Ecological Approach for Social Work Practice

Social Work-Based Approach to the Empowerment Model of Rough Sleepers

Introduction: In the recent two decades, a special kind of homelessness and rooflessness which is named rough sleepers has been appeared in our country, especially in the big city Tehran. The sleeping rough is a sign and resultant of other social issues in society and it also can lead to many more. Different governmental and non-governmental organizations have executed many interventional proje...

Offshore industry shift work--health and social considerations.

Shift work is an integral part of many offshore jobs. While a considerable body of evidence exists concerning the impact of shift work in general, much less research has been directed specifically at the offshore workplace. This brief review attempts to highlight some of the work that has particular application to this environment, relating to physical health, psychosocial well-being and safety...

Trendalysing Social Work

This report describes an exploration of Google Trends in an attempt to determine its usefulness for social work research. Web searches on Google Trends related to social work were undertaken for the period 2007-2013. Hits related to jobs and education dominated. Emerging trends related to social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, but also came up for words such as evidence, technolog...