INTRODUCTION: Natural and human-made disasters, including climate change, pandemics, other hazards such as earthquake flooding can have considerable negative impact on all communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. This article uses a case study approach to describe the experiences reflections of social workers relation disaster practice. METHODS: phase research project included semi-structured inter...

Further development of professional social work in the field public health, including participation workers provision medical and assistance to patients with oncological profile, requires a type activity other organizations sphere. The article presents an analysis findings scientific research by domestic authors on theory practice cancer their families at various stages treatment, diagnostic re...

INTRODUCTION: Student hardship in social work has become the subject of research recent years. Social students face particular challenges because financial, and emotional demands long, unpaid, clinical placements. APPROACH: This article reports on a literature review conducted prior to mixed-methods study commenced 2019. informed development survey graduates set qualitative interviews that will...

The article tackles the characteristics of social work in Italy, focusing on some specific features this professional domain within broader frame Italian welfare system. Indeed, given historical roots regime and model governance policies, assistance benefits services are less developed component provisions. This is one reasons for late full acknowledgement regulation worker at national level. I...

This paper discusses two issues relevant to the current day social work: (i.) social work as knowledge work, where various forms of creating and using knowledge are a relevant part of the work, and (ii.) multi-professional collaboration, where social work is integrated into or cooperates with other public services in social and health sector. The aims of this paper are to introduce knowledge pr...