Yvonne Howse (Saskatchewan) from the Cree nation and Malcolm Saulis from the Maliseet nation in the Maritimes are social work educa- tors and active members of WUNSKA, the Aboriginal Network of the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work; both Yvonne and Mal- colm gave me valuable guidance on how to be inclusive of First Nations values and aspirations related to the social services and to s [...] By offering aid to a variety of client populations, such as the dis- abled, the unemployed, the poor, the ill, and the elderly, social work reinforces the impression that the organized society — the state — and its institutions care about and care for all the people within its con- fines. [...] To study — and, I hope, answer — some of the questions sur- rounding social work, this book looks at early attitudes towards ‘‘help- ing,’’ and the emerging role of the welfare state; at who social workers are and how they are educated; at the work they do, in theory and practice, at how this work is organized, and at the people it affects — the ‘‘clients.’’ From time to time the book also identif [...] She argues that the separation of the private life and the per- sonal, on the one hand, from public life and the political, on the other, has come about through the historically developed structure of the social relations of reproduction: ‘‘The opposition of public and private is to the social relations of reproduction what the opposition of eco- nomic classes is to the social relations of product [...] At the same time, the Social Work Code of Ethics is clear that the social worker ‘‘shall promote social justice’’ and that social work’s primary obligation is to ‘‘maintain the best interest of the client’’ based on ‘‘the dignity of every human being.’’27 To achieve those goals we need the knowledge necessary to address the oppressive labels that have been psychologically internal- ized by social
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 10
- Social Work and the Public Conscience 14
- The Roots of the Social Work Crisis 18
- Definitions Finding the Invisible Wall 20
- Empowerment in Social Work 33
- The Challenge for Social Work 34
- The Roots 37
- Early Attitudes 37
- Social Work The Beginnings 42
- Schools of Altruism 51
- The Social Work Curriculum 54
- Aboriginal Circles in the Classroom 61
- Future Trends 63
- Social Workers 66
- On the Front Line 66
- Where Social Workers Work 67
- How Clients Find Social Workers 69
- How Social Workers Mean to Help 70
- The Frustrations of Social Work 73
- Cutbacks and Caseloads The Professional Bind 76
- Managing Social Work 82
- From Top to Bottom 82
- The Stratification of Social Work 83
- Moving up in the Profession Obstacles 87
- Business Management Techniques 91
- Privatization of Social Services 93
- Unemployment to Welfare to Poverty 99
- Clients Speak Out 99
- Globalization and Social Programs 105
- Entering the Welfare System 106
- Social Services A Major Disenchantment 108
- Workers and Clients Constraints and Contracts 112
- The Push to Workfare 114
- Broken Promises . . . and Their Consequences 116
- In the Interests of the Young . . . and Old 119
- The First Nations No Use for Welfare Workers 124
- Social Work and Social Change 127
- Towards a Liberation Practice 127
- Reconstructing Social Worker-Client Relationships 130
- Alternative Social Services 138
- Alternative Social Services Issues and Pitfalls 143
- Social Action Groups 146
- Social Action Groups as Building Blocks 149
- Labour Unions and Social Work 151
- Coalitions and Social Change Movements 154
- Postmodernism 158
- Bridging the Personal and the Political 162
- Notes 169
- Chapter 1 Social Work and the Public Conscience 169
- Chapter 2 The Roots of Social Work Early Attitudes 172
- Chapter 3 Schools of Altruism 175
- Chapter 4 Social Workers On the Front Line 176
- Chapter 5 Managing Social Work From Top to Bottom 178
- Chapter 6 Unemployment to Welfare to Poverty Clients Speak Out 180
- Chapter 7 Social Work and Social Change Breaking Out 184
- About the Author 193
