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Social Justice in Clinical Practice
Social work theory and ethics places social justice at its core and recognises that many clients from oppressed and marginalized communities frequently suffer greater forms and degrees of physical and mental illness. However, social justice work has all too often been conceptualized as a macro intervention, separate and distinct from clinical practice.
This practical text is designed to help social workers intervene around the impact of socio-political factors with their clients and integrate social justice into their clinical work. Based on past radical traditions, it introduces and applies a liberation health framework which merges clinical and macro work into a singular, unified way of working with individuals, families, and communities. Opening with a chapter on the theory and historical roots of liberation social work practice, each subsequent chapter goes on to look at a particular population group or individual case study, including:
*LGBT communities
*Mental health/illness
*Violence
*Addiction
*Working with ethnic minorities
*Health
Written by a team of experienced lecturers and practitioners, "Social Justice in Clinical Practice" provides a clear, focussed, practice-oriented model of clinical social work for both social work practitioners and students.
This practical text is designed to help social workers intervene around the impact of socio-political factors with their clients and integrate social justice into their clinical work. Based on past radical traditions, it introduces and applies a liberation health framework which merges clinical and macro work into a singular, unified way of working with individuals, families, and communities. Opening with a chapter on the theory and historical roots of liberation social work practice, each subsequent chapter goes on to look at a particular population group or individual case study, including:
*LGBT communities
*Mental health/illness
*Violence
*Addiction
*Working with ethnic minorities
*Health
Written by a team of experienced lecturers and practitioners, "Social Justice in Clinical Practice" provides a clear, focussed, practice-oriented model of clinical social work for both social work practitioners and students.
218 pages, Hardcover
First published July 12, 2013
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May 15, 2014
I could not have asked for a better book to read right before starting my post graduate school social work career. This text is structured in such a way that the reader is gently but convincingly persuaded to question what they think they know about clinical work. I would recommend this book to any social worker with an interest in expanding their repertoire.
September 7, 2020
Great examples of implementing the liberation health model in social work practice.
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