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Transnational Social Work : Opportunities and Challenges of a Global Profession
An international comparison of labour markets, migrant professionals and immigration policies, and their interaction in relation to social work
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Bristol
Policy Press
2018
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | An international comparison of labour markets, migrant professionals and immigration policies, and their interaction in relation to social work Knowledge, values and skills transfer -- Cultural adaptations -- Understanding of the Canadian social welfare system -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- 13. Will she be right, mate? Standards and diversity in Australian social work -- Australia's National Regulation and Accreditation Scheme -- Self-regulating professions: implications for standards and diversity -- Assessing international social work qualifications -- Self-regulation: standards and diversity -- Problems of self-regulation: standards and diversity -- Social work standards: the importance of collaboration -- Conclusion -- 14. Recognising transnational social workers in Australia -- Introduction -- Recognition as ethical practice -- Australian skilled migration policy -- The Australian Association of Social Workers and professional recognition -- Challenges for migrating social workers -- Conclusions -- 15. Social work mobility in Europe: a case study from Ireland -- A case study of social work mobility in Ireland -- Pan-European contextual factors -- Methodology -- European social policy on worker mobility -- The Republic of Ireland: contextual factors -- Social work immigration into the Republic of Ireland -- Northern Ireland: contextual factors -- Social work immigration into Northern Ireland -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- 16. Conclusion -- Introduction -- Jurisdictional similarities and differences -- Challenges -- Purposeful responses -- Index 6. Transnational social workers in Australia: naivety in the transnational professional space -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Who came to Australia? -- Naivety in the transnational professional space -- Conclusion -- 7. Transnational social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand -- Introduction -- Context -- The Treaty of Waitangi and social work in Aotearoa New Zealand -- The 'Crossing borders - migrant professionals' studies -- Conclusions -- Part Three: Employer/stakeholder views -- 8. In search of better opportunities: transnational social workers in the UK navigating the maze of global and social mobility -- Introduction -- Aims and methods -- Drivers for recruiting transnational social workers -- UK immigration policies: implications for transnational social workers' mobility -- Transnational social workers navigating their way into British social work practice -- Conclusion -- 9. Transnational social workers and the Australian labour market -- Introduction -- A shortage of social workers in Australia? -- The formal and informal recognition of overseas-qualified social workers -- Conclusion -- 10. Powhiri: a safe space of cultural encounter to assist transnational social workers in the profession in Aotearoa New Zealand -- Introduction -- The powhiri process -- Powhiri in practice -- 11. Consistency and change: internationally educated social workers compare interpretations and approaches in Canada and their countries of origin -- Introduction -- Transferability of social work -- Methodology -- Presentation of data -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Part Four: Policy challenges, professional responses -- 12. Readiness and regulation: perspectives of Canadian stakeholders on the labour mobility of internationally educated social workers -- Background -- Method -- The context: Canadian social welfare and social work today Intro -- TRANSNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of tables and figures -- Tables -- Figures -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- 1. Transnational social work: opportunities and challenges of a global profession -- Introduction -- The structure and content of the book -- Part One: Setting the transnational context -- Part Two: Practitioner perspectives -- Part Three: Employer/stakeholder views -- Part Four: Policy challenges, professional responses -- Conclusion -- Part One: Setting the transnational context -- 2. Opportunities and challenges of a global profession: an international perspective -- Introduction -- Social work as a global profession with international perspectives -- Local and universal problems: different approaches and organisational issues -- Transnational social workers: strengths and challenges -- Concluding comments -- 3. New Public Management, migrant professionals and labour mobility: possibilities for social justice social work? -- Introduction -- Social work, immigration and colonialism: part of the project -- New Public Management as a standardising form of neoliberal governance under globalisation: our little piece of 'global' -- Implications for practice and possibilities for liberatory social work practice -- Part Two: Practitioner perspectives -- 4. A complicated welcome: social workers navigate policy, organisational contexts and sociocultural dynamics following migration to Canada -- The context of immigration to Canada -- Methodology -- Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- 5. The experience of transnational social workers in England: some findings from research -- Introduction -- The English context -- The experience of transnational social workers in England -- Discussion -- Conclusion |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (288 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781447333371 |