Elgar Encyclopedia of Social Work

Edited by Christa Fouché, Professor of Social Work and Liz Beddoe, Professor of Social Work, School of Education and Social Practice, University of Auckland, New Zealand

‘What a tour de force this Encyclopedia is! The extent of its coverage is simply breath-taking, with contributions from across the world, covering a vast array of issues and subjects. The editors have kept a tight rein on this massive body of knowledge; the end-result is a resource book that will be useful for academics, practitioners and students across the globe.’

• ContentsPreface xxvAcknowledgements xxviiSECTION 1  CONTEMPORARY ANDGLOBAL ISSUES INSOCIAL WORK  1Introduction 2Donna Baines, ProsperaTedam, Gianinna Muñoz Arce,and Liz Beddoe1 Abolitionist social work 5Ian Hyslop2 Animals and social work 8Nik Taylor and Zoei Sutton3 Artificial intelligence andsocial work: a criticalperspective 11Neil Ballantyne4 Beyond mandated reporting 14Sam Harrell and Grace Pappas5 Climate change, theAnthropocene, and social work 17Jennifer Boddy and Leah Holdsworth6 Critical social work’s neoliberalhorizon 20Heather Lynch7 Data justice and social work 22Neil Ballantyne8 Decarceration and the role ofsocial work 25Matthew Epperson and Alexa Cinque9 Digital literacies in social work 27Amanda M. L. Taylor-Beswick10 Disaster risk reduction andsocial work 30Timothy Sim and Ke Cui11 Disrupting normative whitenessin social work: educating forchange 33Sonia M. Tascón andSharlotte Tusasiirwe12 Ecological social work andenvironmental sustainability 36Antoinette Lombard13 Forcibly displaced people andhuman rights: the protectionand prejudice paradox 39George Palattiyil and Dina Sidhva14 Funeral industry and socialwork 42Lise Johns and Brittany Archer15 Future perspectives of socialcare and social work 45Mark Henrickson16 Futures thinking and foresightpractice in social work 48Laura Burney Nissen17 Global mobility of socialworkers 51Shajimon Peter and Allen Bartley18 Global perspectives on socialwork and political conflict 54Jim Campbell19 Intersex and variations in sexcharacteristics 57Katrina Roen, SarahHendrica Bickerton, and Eileen Joy20 Migration policies 60Sofia Dedotsi21 Nationalist (right-wing)populism and the challenges forsocial work 63Carolyn Noble and Goetz Ottmann22 Post-disaster response andrecovery in social work 66Ke Cui, Timothy Sim, andLena Dominelli23 Poverty-aware social work 69Michal Krumer-Nevo24 Predictive risk decision-makingtools in child welfare 72Emily Keddell25 Public libraries and social workpractice: partnerships for socialjustice 75Sabine Wardle, MoniqueShephard, and Karen Bell26 Refugee resettlement and socialmedia 78Jay Marlowe27 Reproductive justice and socialwork 81E. Goldblatt Hyatt28 Securitization theory andsecuritized safeguarding insocial work 84David McKendrick and Jo Finch29 Social media and social workpractice 87Liz Beddoe and Tarsem SinghCooner30 Social protection: pasifikaresponses 90Yvonne Crichton-Hill31 Veterinary social work 93Bethanie A. Poe, PamelaLinden, and Elizabeth B. Strand32 War, peace, and post-warreconstruction 96Darja ZaviršekSECTION 2  POPULATIONS ANDPRACTICE IN SOCIALWORK  99Introduction 100Sarah Donnelly, Esther C. L.Goh, Hilary N. Weaver, andChrista Fouché33 Abortion and social work 103Liz Beddoe34 Adoption: transracial andtransnational considerations 106JaeRan Kim35 Adverse and positive childhoodexperiences in social workpractice 109Ladan Hashemi36 Ageing of Indigenouscommunities 112Lorena Patricia GallardoPeralta and EstebanSánchez-Moreno37 Assisted dying in social work 115Donna McAuliffe38 Cancer care discourse 118Rosalie Pockett and Kim Hobbs39 Care-experienced youngpeople’s mental health:co-producing system change 121Pearse McCusker, AutumnRoesch-Marsh, and ChristinaMcMellon40 Childhood-onset disability:engaging families with livedexperience 124Lyndal Hickey41 Child-to-parent violence andabuse: social work challengesand responses 127Declan Coogan and Tara Kelly42 Corrections and social work 130Vivian Geiran43 Cultural conceptualization ofchild neglect: when wrong isdeemed to be right 133Esmeranda Manful andAlhassan Abdullah44 Decision-making and bias inchild protection systems 136Ian Hyslop and Emily Keddell45 Diasporic experiencesof Indigenous women:an intersectional genderperspective 139Alicia Rain46 Disability: contrastingapproaches 142Hisayo Katsui47 Disability: future care provisionplanning for children 146Clara Jung Won Choi48 Elder abuse and neglect 149Stephan Geyer49 Family rights in children andfamilies social work 152Ariane Critchley50 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorderand social work 155Anita Gibbs51 Financial counselling asan intervention to enhancefinancial wellbeing 158Katri Viitasalo, AnniinaKaittila, and Jin Huang52 Gender-based violence andsocial work 161Sarah Wendt53 Homelessness and social work 164Robyn Martin54 Hospice social work at end-oflife 167Geok Ling Lee55 Indebtedness 170Lorena Pérez-Roa56 Indigeneity in statutory care:centring Indigenous knowing,being, and doing 173Kerri Cleaver57 Intimate partner violence 176Ariana Zane and John Devaney58 Men, masculinities, andinterpersonal violence 179Alankaar Sharma59 Mental disorders and culturalbeliefs: social work strategies tocombat stigma 182Nontembeko Joyce Bila60 Migrant experiences of 1.5generation 185Hyeeun Kim61 Older people and their families 188Alisoun Milne and Sarah Donnelly62 Out-of-home care 191Lorna Stabler63 Precarious livelihoods andsocial work 194Catherina Schenck andDerick Blaauw64 Primary healthcare and therole of social work: strengths,challenges, and collaborativepotential 197Nele Feryn, Joris De Corte,and Rudi Roose65 Rural social work 200Margaret Alston andTricia Hazeleger66 Safe supply in the context ofharm reduction 203Donna Baines and MohamedIbrahim67 School-based avoidance andsocial work 206Jennifer Rafter and Joshua Law68 School social work:re-examining the multifacetedlayers 209Jennifer Rafter69 Self-neglect and hoarding 212David M.R. Orr70 Sexual and gender diversity inlater life: resilience, resistance,engagement and support 215Trish Hafford-Letchfield71 Social determinants of healthand social work 218Karen M. Sewell and ToulaKourgiantakis72 Street children’s hope inpoverty-related contexts 220Dieuveut Gaïty73 Substance use 223Wulf Livingston74 Teenage motherhood: stigmaand wellbeing 226Jemma Hamley75 Young carers: rights,relationships, and resilience 229James Cox and Kalia Kaparounaki76 Youth justice and social work 232Jioji Ravulo77 Youth participation in cancercare 235Kate Thompson, Ilana Berger,and Lynette JoubertSECTION 3  EDUCATION ANDPROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT INSOCIAL WORK  238Introduction 239Liz Beddoe and Darla SpenceCoffey78 Artificial intelligence in socialwork education 241Tarsem Singh Cooner79 Artificial intelligence in socialwork: ethical considerations 244Eglė Šumskienė80 Artificial intelligence:opportunities and challengesfor integration in practice 247Caroline Webb and DeborahHadwin81 Arts-based pedagogy andfiction literature 250Eveliina Heino and LauraTarkiainen82 Co-creating social workcurriculum 253Louise Whitaker and BrendaMorris83 Critical approaches to socialwork regulation and licensure 256Donna Baines and Natalie Clark84 Critical social theory in socialwork education 259Paul Michael Garrett85 Decolonizing the socialwork curriculum: importantprocesses 262Joleen Ryan and Sophie Goldingay86 Distance education in socialwork: increasing studentengagement 265Kim Robinson and Sevi Vassos87 Doctoral education in socialwork: emerging trends 268Susan P. Kemp88 Ethics in social work 271Sarah Banks89 Global standards for socialwork training and education 274Darla Spence Coffey90 Indigenization of social work inChina 277Jie Lei and Xuejiao Yi91 Interprofessional collaborativeeducation and practice 279Darla Spence Coffey92 Leadership for systems change 281Christa Fouché93 Management in social work:a conceptual framework forbalancing service capacity andquality 284Lambert K. Engelbrecht94 Podcasting content in socialwork 287Mim Fox95 Resilience for social workers:personal and organizationaldimensions 290Louise Grant96 Retention of social workers:examples from 20 years ofresearch 292Pia Tham97 Student mental health in socialwork education: impacts andimplications 295Liz Beddoe and Susan Gair98 Student poverty as a socialjustice issue 298Susan Gair and Liz Beddoe99 Supervision in social work 301David Wilkins100 Teaching critical reflection 304Christine Morley101 Work-integrated learning insocial work education 307Kathryn Hay, DominicChilvers, and Tracie Mafile’oSECTION 4  RESEARCH INSOCIAL WORK  310Introduction 311Louise Harms, Ilse Julkunen,and Christa Fouché102 Academic–practice researchcollaboration 314Nanne Isokuortti, IlseJulkunen, and Maija Jäppinen103 Ageing and social workresearch: challenges andopportunities 317Sarah Donnelly and Alisoun Milne104 Case study research in socialwork 320Mary Liya KanakkappallyAntony, and Christa Fouché105 Clinical health practiceresearch 324Alys-Marie Manguy andAlison Hocking106 Constructivist grounded theoryin social work research 327Annaley Clarke and Karen Healy107 Creative collaboration inresearch 330Catrine Torbjørnsen Halås108 Creative writing in social workresearch 333Mona B. Livholts109 Critical policy analysis:inequity, advocacy andframeworks for practice 336Jennifer Davidson110 Critical realism and social workresearch: a brief introduction 339Stan Houston111 Decolonizing citationalpractices in social workscholarship and research 342Gurnam Singh112 Design decisions for research:strengthening congruence 346Laura Ann Chubb andChrista Fouché113 Ethnographic methods toobserve social work practice 349Harry Ferguson114 Evidence in communityresearch: criteria for credibilityand actionability 352Laura Ann Chubb andChrista Fouché115 Experimental designs inresearch 356Celia Chan116 Fundamentals of quantitativedata analysis in social workresearch 360Ladan Hashemi and Allen Bartley117 Historical methodology insocial work 364John Gal and Roni Holler118 Historiography as a social workresearch approach 367Darja Zaviršek and SusanneM. Maurer119 Interpretativephenomenological analysis asa research approach for socialwork 370Sarah Vicary and Gillian Ferguson120 Multimethod participatoryresearch designs: selection andsequencing considerations 373Laura Ann Chubb121 Multiple case studymethodology 377Tobias Pötzsch122 Narrative methods in socialwork research 379Michaela Rogers123 Participatory research in socialwork education 382Niamh Flanagan and Elaine Wilson124 Photovoice and social workresearch 385Michele Jarldorn125 Practice research: theorganizational context 388Bowen McBeath andMichael J. Austin126 Practice-based research insocial work: enhancing fieldeducation and service delivery 391Lynette Joubert and AlisonHocking127 Reflexive thematic analysis forsocial work research 395Eileen Joy128 Researching with First Nationsyouth 398Mishel McMahon and CorinaModderman129 Service users as collaboratorsin social work research 401Maja Lundemark Andersen,Kirsten Mejlvig, and Lars Uggerhøj130 Synthesizing the literature toinform social work practice andresearch 404Katheryn Margaret Pascoeand Deborah Lynch131 Systematic literature searchingfor social work 407Katheryn Margaret Pascoe132 Theory of change and socialwork research 410Kelsey DeaneSECTION 5  THEORETICALFRAMEWORKS INSOCIAL WORK  413Introduction 414Antoinette Lombard, JiojiRavulo, and Liz Beddoe133 Activists, advocates, andagitators: social work’senduring “radical kernel” 417Michael Lavalette134 Anti-oppressive social work:theory and practice 420Donna Baines, Bindi Bennett,and Natalie Clark135 Anti-racism in social work 423Prospera Tedam136 Attachment and humandevelopment: challengingWestern perspectives 426Peter Choate and GabrielleLindstrom137 Children and young people’sagency 429Esther C. L. Goh138 Cognitive behavioural therapy 432Barbara Staniforth139 Co-production in social workpractice 435Shulamit Ramon140 Counselling in social work 438Barbara Staniforth and Jo Appleby141 Critical incident reflection 441Ilse Julkunen, Lars Uggerhøj,and Nina Schiøll Skjefstad142 Cultural humility in the contextof social work 444Yayoi Ide143 Dissenting social work 447Paul Michael Garrett144 Epistemic injustice and socialwork 450Silvia Fargion145 Feminism and social work 453Ruth Phillips146 Geopolitics of social workknowledge 456Gianinna Muñoz Arce147 Grief, loss, and social work 459Panagiotis Pentaris148 Indigenous resilience 462Hilary N. Weaver149 Intersectional feministperspective on women’s mentalhealth 465Emma Tseris150 Intersectionality and socialwork 468Claudia Bernard151 Motivational interviewing andsocial work 471Donald Forrester152 Power and social work 473Stephen A. Webb153 Psychodynamic theory andsocial work practice: therelational turn 476Lina Hartocollis154 Reciprocal filial careframework 480Hong-Jae Park155 Reflective practice: theoreticalperspectives 483Gillian Ruch156 Social and communitydevelopment for sustainableand transformative change 486Antoinette Lombard157 Social protection across thelifecourse 489Caroline McGregor158 Spirituality and social work:theory and practice 492Holly Nelson-Becker159 Strengths perspective in socialwork 495Robin Miller160 Trauma-informed social workpractice 498Louise Harms and Kath Sellick