Sustainable Social Work: An Environmental Justice Framework for Social Work Education

Social Work Intervention Challenges for an Abused Elder Client

Introduction: Increasing abusing elders in developing countries, including Iran, is undeniable. While governments and people in developed countries are ready to meet this challenge, developing countries have no clear vision for it. In this article, a case of abused elder women and the challenges which the social worker encountered in her intervention have been reported.  Case Description: A sev...

What kind of social justice does social work seek?

Before considering conceptions of social justice, it is important to understand why it matters, since this is a matter of opinion rather than fact (Donnison, 1991). There is perhaps little, if any, doubt about the significance of this question among people in poor countries. They have become accustomed to facing the prospect of destitution, violence and death. Even in an affluent country like A...

Contemporary social work licensure: implications for macro social work practice and education.

Understanding the impact of state licensing on social work practice remains a critical concern for social work academics and professionals alike. Given the complex social problems of our times, social workers need to be prepared to intervene with the individual, in various structural dimensions, and to engage in policy debates at the core of human injustice and suffering. Currently, there is in...

Conflict Theories and Social Work Education

A Challenge to Social Work Education

Lecturer in Mental Health, School of Economics; Chairman, Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, 1958-60 Of all the groups of untrained social workers in the statutory services, the mental welfare officers have been the most persistent their demand for training. The reasons why their cry went Unheard by the Ministry of Health and the local authorities is now Part of history?too recent to un...