1st Edition

Social Work Visions from Around the Globe Citizens, Methods, and Approaches

    496 Pages
    by Routledge

    496 Pages
    by Routledge

    Increase the effectiveness of the services you provide to clients

    Social Work Visions from Around the Globe examines the fundamental principles and dilemmas of social work with people whose health is under threat. This valuable resource was compiled from material presented at the Third International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health in Tampere, Finland. The book explores key issues in social work in health and mental health, from the early historical roots of social work in health to developing a human rights perspective on the lives of men who face capital punishment. Using tables, figures, case studies, and interviews, the text will help you provide holistic, client-based care to children, men, women, and families.

    Social Work Visions from Around the Globe is divided into two sections: the first half discusses the position of individuals and families as users of health and mental health care services. Specific cases in the book include social work situations for children with disabilities, the mentally ill, the elderly, cancer, and HIV/AIDS. This text includes research and findings on the challenges and solutions faced by social workers in North America, Australia, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

    In the second half, Social Work Visions from Around the Globe focuses on various approaches to social work in health and mental health that address:

    • the diversity of societies
    • strengthening the voice of the social worker and service user
    • the expertise of service users
    • development of methods
    • family life and childhood in global comparison
    • human rights issues in social work

    • PART I: CITIZENS’ NEEDS AND PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH
    • Introduction: Women’s and Men’s Needs as a Challenge for Gender-Sensitive Services (Teppo Kröger, Anna Metteri, Anneli Pohjola, and Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala)
    • Opening Speech, 1 July 2001, Tampere (Jorma Sipilä)
    • Understanding the Interconnections Between Ethnicity, Gender, Social Class and Health: Experiences of Minority Ethnic Women in Britain (Ravinder Barn and Kalwant Sidhu)
    • Psychosocial Problems and Coping Patterns of HIV Seropositive Wives of Men with HIV/AIDS (Elizabeth Betcy Joseph and Ranbir S. Bhatti)
    • Rehabilitation of the Wandering Seriously Mentally Ill (WSMI) Women: The Banyan Experience (P. Nalini Rao)
    • Time to Father (Natalie Bolzan, Fran Gale, and Michael Dudley)
    • Disabled Children and Their Families in Ukraine: Health and Mental Health Issues for Families Caring for Their Disabled Child at Home (Gillian Bridge)
    • Parents as Advocates: Stories of Surplus Suffering When a Child is Diagnosed and Treated for Cancer (Juanne N. Clarke and Paula Fletcher)
    • The Long-Term Psychosocial Effects of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment on Children and Their Families (Suzanne Quin)
    • Coping and Resilience of Children of a Mentally Ill Parent (Pirjo Pölkki, Sari-Anne Ervast, and Marika Huupponen)
    • CITIZENSHIP AND PARTICIPATION OF USERS
    • The Experience of Urban Aboriginals with Health Care Services in Canada: Implications for Social Work Practice (Ron Levin and Margot Herbert)
    • Participation and Citizenship of Elderly Persons: User Experiences from Finland (Heli Valokivi)
    • Mental Homelessness: Locked Within, Locked Without (Shuvit Melamed, Danny Shalit-Kenig, Marc Gelkopf, Arturo Lerner, and Arad Kodesh)
    • PART II: SOCIAL WORK METHODS IN HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH
    • Introduction: Part II (Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala, Anna Metteri, Teppo Kröger, and Anneli Pohjola)
    • INCREASING CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN SERVICES: MANAGING DIVERSITY
    • Cultural Competence in Psychosocial and Psychiatric Care: A Critical Perspective with Reference to Research and Clinical Experiences in California, US and in Germany (Dagmar Schultz)
    • Cultural and Ethical Issues in Working with Culturally Diverse Patients and Their Families: The Use of the Culturagram to Promote Cultural Competent Practice in Health Care Settings (Elaine P. Congress)
    • Transforming the Legacies of Childhood Trauma in Couple and Family Therapy (Kathryn Basham)
    • EVOLVEMENT OF VOICE OF SOCIAL WORKERS AND USERS IN INTERPROFESSIONAL AND INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
    • Social Group Work: Building a Professional Collective of Hospital Social Workers (Joanne Sulman, Diane Savage, Paul Vrooman, and Maureen McGillivray)
    • Partnership in Mental Health and Child Welfare: Social Work Responses to Children Living with Parental Mental Illness (Rosemary Sheehan)
    • Changing Practice: Involving Mental Health Service Users in Planning Service Provision (David M. Rea)
    • ADVANCING INCLUSIVE AND EMPOWERING PRACTICE
    • Postmodern Social Work in Interdisciplinary Contexts: Making Space on Both Sides of the Table (Marty Dewees)
    • Using Music as a Therapy Tool to Motivate Troubled Adolescents (Alexander W. Keen)
    • Mental Health, Social Inclusion and the Green Agenda: An Evaluation of a Land Based Rehabilitation Project Designed to Promote Occupational Access and Inclusion of Service Users in North Somerset, UK (Paul Stepney and Paul Davis)
    • Social Vaccine for HIV Prevention: A Study on Truck Drivers in South India (M. Ubaidullah)
    • FOCUSING ON THE UNIQUE LIFE-CYCLE: SOCIAL WORK KNOWLEDGE IN PROMOTING INDIVIDUAL LIFE CHANGES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
    • The Experience of Receiving a Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis After Age 20: Implications for Social Work (Eil

    Biography

    Pirkko-Liisa Ranhalon, Anna Metten, Teppo Kroger, Anneli Pohjola