Critical social work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people: Restoring hope, agency and meaning for the client and worker

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Nelson, Deborah, Price, Elizabeth and Zubrzycki, Joanna. (2017). Critical social work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people: Restoring hope, agency and meaning for the client and worker. International Social Work. 60(3), pp. 601 - 613. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872816637663
AuthorsNelson, Deborah, Price, Elizabeth and Zubrzycki, Joanna
Abstract

This article presents a model of Australian social work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people which aims to build hope, agency and meaning for the social worker and the young person. Informed by Foucault’s understanding of resistance, the model encourages social workers to pay attention to little practices of freedom through the development of professional relationships which address counselling needs, practical advocacy and social change within complex socio-political, cultural and therapeutic contexts. A case vignette of ‘Ali’ applies the model in practice. The article concludes with an exploration of the model’s potential for international transferability.

Keywordscritical social work; human rights; unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people
Year2017
JournalInternational Social Work
Journal citation60 (3), pp. 601 - 613
PublisherSage Publications Ltd.
ISSN0020-8728
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872816637663
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85018740434
Page range601 - 613
Research GroupSchool of Allied Health
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Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
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