Transnational Social Work

Allen Bartley is a sociologist and a researcher into the experiences of transnational migrants. He is Head of the School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Liz Beddoe is an Associate Professor in the faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Liz’s teaching and research interests include critical perspectives on social work education and professional supervision.

"This unique text provides accounts of 21st-century social work travellers who are taking pioneer paths. The editors have assembled case studies from around the globe to explore policy, practice and personal stories of migration and travel." Jill Manthorpe, King's College London

• Transnational social work: opportunities and challenges of a global profession ~ Allen Bartley and Liz BeddoePart One: Setting the transnational contextOpportunities and challenges of a global profession: an international perspective ~ Karen LyonsNew Public Management, migrant professionals and labour mobility: possibilities for social justice social work? ~ Donna BainesPart Two: Practitioner perspectives A complicated welcome: social workers navigate policy, organisational contexts and sociocultural dynamics following migration to Canada ~ Marion Brown, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, Stephanie Ethier and Amy FultonThe experience of transnational social workers in England: some findings from research ~ Sue Hanna and Karen LyonsTransnational social workers in Australia: naivety in the transnational professional space ~ Allen BartleyTransnational social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand ~ Liz BeddoePart Three: Employer/stakeholder views In search of better opportunities: transnational social workers in the UK navigating the maze of global and social mobility ~ Shereen HussainTransnational social workers and the Australian labour market ~ Gai Harrison Powhiri: a safe space of cultural encounter to assist transnational social workers in the profession in Aotearoa New Zealand ~ Wheturangi Walsh-Tapiata, Helen Simmons, Litea Meo-Sewabu and Antoinette UmugwanezaConsistency and change: internationally educated social workers compare interpretations and approaches in Canada and their countries of origin ~ Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, Marion Brown and Stephanie EthierPart Four: Policy challenges, professional responses Readiness and regulation: perspectives of Canadian stakeholders on the labour mobility of internationally educated social workers ~ Marion Brown, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon and Kate MathesonWill she be right, mate? Standards and diversity in Australian social work ~ Karen HealyRecognising transnational qualifications in Australia ~ Angelika Papadopoulos Social work mobility in Europe: a case study from Ireland ~ Trish Walsh, George Wilson and Erna O’ConnorConclusion ~ Liz Beddoe and Allen Bartley