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Critical social work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people: Restoring hope, agency and meaning for the client and worker
Nelson, Deborah Price, Elizabeth Zubrzycki, Joanna
Nelson, Deborah
Price, Elizabeth
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.
Keywords
critical social work, human rights, unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people
Date
2017
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Journal article
Journal
International Social Work
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Volume
60
Issue
3
Page Range
601-613
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School of Allied Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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