In this volume
Community knowledge, collective care and the changing contexts of social work.
- 01Editorial
Editorial
Carolyn Noble introduces the global challenges and international contributions that bring these two volumes together.
- 02President’s message
IASSW Message
IASSW President Antoinette Lombard reflects on global collaboration, shared knowledge and collective action in social work.
- 03Australia · Community
Social Work with Communities Preparing for Climate Disasters
Francis Lynch, Jessica Leslie and Antonia Hendrick explore community-led climate adaptation through the principles of being seen, safe and supported.
- 04Africa · Frontline practice
Reflections on what makes the social work pulse beat so low in Africa
Caution Mugwamba reflects on resources, professional recognition, migration and workload in African social work.
- 05DR Congo · Workforce and resilience
Navigating adversity: professional challenges and coping strategies of social workers in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Research in eight institutions in Bukavu examines social workers’ professional challenges and coping strategies.
- 06Iran · Industrial social work
Evolving Towards Human-Centered Industry: A Grounded Approach to Social Work in Iranian Industrial Settings
Toktam Garivani reflects on communication, professional capacity and inclusion through experience in industrial social work.
- 07Australia · International education
Professional Assimilation in Australian Social Work
Hui-Yu Yao examines professional assimilation as a hidden curriculum for international social work students and graduates.
- 08Australia · Leadership
The Alignment Gap: What Australia Has Not Yet Built for Its Next Generation of Social Work Leaders
Drawing on conversations across nine countries, Jody Bell argues for leadership development rooted in social work values.
- 09Bangladesh · Social work education
Analyzing the Perspectives of SUST Students Behind Choosing Social Work as Discipline
Md. Mofazzol Haque explores students’ reasons for choosing social work and their experiences of identity, fieldwork and career prospects.
- 10Japan · Feminist social work
Rethinking Social Work from a Feminist Perspective after Japan’s New Act on Support for Women Facing Difficult Problems
Kanae Mori examines how feminist perspectives can reshape categories of support, assessment and the value placed on support labour in Japanese social work.
- 11Latvia · Kinship care
Why One Policy Does Not Fit All Kinship Care Families: Lessons from Latvia for Social Work Practice and Family Policy
Research from Latvia explores why kinship care policies need to recognise the different circumstances of caregiving families.
- 12Hong Kong · Youth and inequality
The Politics of Hope: Young People, Inequality and Social Citizenship in Hong Kong
Sum Kung considers how material security, social citizenship and collective agency shape young people’s capacity to hope.
- 13United States · Citizenship and adoption
Analysis of the SAVE Act’s Implications for Intercountry Adoptees and Immigrant Communities in the United States.
A policy analysis considers the SAVE Act’s implications for intercountry adoptees and immigrant communities.
- 14Aotearoa New Zealand · Field education
Social Work Education in Aotearoa New Zealand: Financial Hardship During Field Education Placement.
Sue Vaughan examines the financial hardship social work students experience during field education placements.
- 15Latin America · Rights and critical education
Defense of Rights, Critical Training, and Ethical-Political Project: Latin American Social Work Facing the Neoliberal Offensive and Social Precarity
Carmita Álvarez Santana and Erick Bojorque-Pazmiño examine critical education, rights and social work’s ethical-political project.
- 16Germany · Internationalisation at home
Teaching social work as a human rights profession: developing transnational competence through internationalization at home in rural social work education
An account from rural Mittelsachsen explores how locally rooted students can develop transnational competence through their social work education.
- 17Philippines · Adolescent wellbeing
Adolescent Self-Harm in the Filipino Context: A Current Challenge for Philippine Social Work
Alain Matteo Meneses reflects on adolescent self-harm through Filipino understandings of burden and relief and their implications for practice.
- 18Global · Bereavement and practice
A Loss Social Work Has Not Yet Named: Assistance Dog Partner Bereavement as a Current Practice Issue
Dena DeSantis examines assistance dog partner bereavement and the need for social work education to recognise this often overlooked loss.
- 19Australia · Legal literacy
Critical Legal Literacy in BSW Education: Navigating the Dual Mandate in Turbulent Times
Mio Hung explores how critical legal literacy can prepare social work students to navigate statutory duties and ethical responsibilities.
- 20Czech Republic · Child protection
Children Cannot Wait: Why We Need Screening Tools in High-Conflict Divorce
Petra Vašinová examines how screening tools can support professional judgement and earlier recognition of risks to children in high-conflict divorce.
- 21Japan · Child protection
The Politics of Child Abuse and Risk Assessment: Rethinking the Form of Specialized Knowledge in Japanese Child and Family Social Work
Jizhou Fang examines the politics of risk assessment and the imbalance of knowledge between child protection professionals and caregivers.
- 22Sénégal · Climat et travail social
Quand les changements climatiques sont au cœur du Travail social
Abdoulaye Mamadou Mbow examine le rôle du travail social dans la prévention et la gestion des inondations à Dakar.
- 23South Africa · Human rights
Xenophobic violence and human rights practice in South Africa
Mutsa Murenje considers xenophobic violence through human rights, structural inequality and anti-oppressive social work practice.
- 24Asia · Digital life and wellbeing
To cultivate the wellbeing of Social Workers in GenZ generation under digital turbulent age in Asia Context.
Timothy Chen explores the wellbeing of Generation Z social workers amid digital change, technostress and evolving workplace expectations.
- 25Southern Cone · Artificial intelligence
Beyond Instrumental Training in Technology: Moving Toward an Algorithmic Liberatory Education in Social Work
Leonel Del Prado proposes an algorithmic liberatory education grounded in critical understanding, ethical reflection and the Freirean tradition.
- 26América Latina y el Caribe · ALAEITS
Documento de Manejo del Boletín Informativo “Habla ALAEITS”
Presentación, propósitos y lineamientos de publicación del boletín informativo Habla ALAEITS.
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