Banging the same old colonial drum? Moving from individualising practices and cultural appropriation to the ethical application of alternative practices in social work

Curtis, Canice; Morley, Christine

doi:10.11157/anzswj-vol31iss2id632

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“…Given the identified gap between practitioner's intentions to meaningfully include children's voices in practice, critical reflection was employed as both a research and educational strategy as it has been shown to effectively transform practice and address issues that concern both organisations and practitioners (see for example, [46,[51][52][53][54][55][56]).…”

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“…As a research methodology, critical reflection fortifies the link between research, theory, knowledge, and practice [51,57] by enlisting the research participants as co-inquirers [58] to generate effective practice strategies [46,51,[53][54][55][56]. In this research, critical reflection is being used to address the difficulties identified in implementing child-inclusive intentions into practice.…”

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Can a Paradigm Shift from Risk Management to Critical Reflection Improve Child-Inclusive Practice?

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Child protection systems within Anglophone countries have been increasingly dominated by neoliberal managerial, risk-dominant paradigms over the past three decades. Assumed to deliver a cost-effective strategy to increase the safety of children, there are many ways this paradigmatic combination systematically undermines child welfare, participation, and well-being. This paper specifically focuses on the ways that risk assessment, neoliberal, and managerial discourses have infiltrated practice and operate to silence and exclude children’s voices. It draws on two case studies to showcase key findings of a comprehensive, state-wide research project called Empowering Children’s Voices, which was initiated by UnitingCare, a non-government organisation within Queensland, Australia, and conducted in partnership with researchers from Queensland University of Technology. It will be argued that a paradigm shift towards a critically reflective reinterpretation of risk can be far more effective at promoting child-inclusive practice and establishing children’s empowered voices as a protective factor against harm.

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“…This method enables the reconstruction of common truths in a new, critical manner. Curtis and Morley (2019) point to the significance of acknowledging the underlying, nuanced ways in which social workers themselves contribute to the construction of the social order. Such acknowledgement may enable emancipation, exposing the nuanced hegemonic levels of operation and making it possible for social workers to develop professional perspectives that are less influenced by the hegemonic rationality.…”

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From critical reflection to critical professional practice: Addressing the tensions between critical and hegemonic perspectives

Timor‐Shlevin

Aharon

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Qualitative Social Work

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Critical reflection processes are fundamental to critical social work practice. Nevertheless, these processes have been criticized for lacking a coherent translation to direct professional practice. Existing models of critical reflection culminate in the formulation of critical professional perspectives, leaving the translation of critical perspectives into direct practice underdeveloped. This gap requires attention, specifically in the contemporary context of social services that operate under the hegemony of conservative and neoliberal discourses, which impede critical rationality and practice. Therefore, a nuanced conceptualization of the process that links critical reflection and critical practice is required. This article provides such a conceptualization by describing an undergraduate social work course that used a collaborative inquiry group to explore critical participatory practices. Building on our collaborative inquiry experiences and findings, we portray a process that included critical reflection, direct critical practice, and the development of a critical professional perspective. Based on the conceptual framework of action science, our conceptualization demonstrates how the process of addressing the tension between critical and hegemonic perspectives enables professionals to create critical practice within the hegemonic field. In this way, we provide a theoretical contribution to the construction of critical reflection models and a practical contribution to professional developmental processes that promote critical professionalism.

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Critical Reflection: An Imperative Skill for Social Work Practice in Neoliberal Organisations?

Morley

O’Bree

2021

Social Sciences

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Social work practice and education have been significantly impacted by neoliberal governmentality, which can greatly undermine the espoused social justice mission of social work. This study explores the research questions: How might critical reflection support social work practice in neoliberal organisations? And how might critical analysis using insights from critical theorists fortify the findings of critically reflective research? This study uses critical reflection on a critical incident (from Author 2’s practice) as a methodology to respond to the first research question. It further analyses the findings of the critically reflective inquiry by drawing on relevant concepts from critical theorists to respond to the second question and expand the possibilities for practitioners to develop emancipatory practices in neoliberal organisations. The findings suggest critical reflection on the critical incident examined was effective in improving social work practice, and that additional critical analysis of the wider issues raised by the research findings may enhance social work as a value-driven, client-centred and social change-oriented profession. The article highlights the benefits and outcomes of working in a critically reflective way, and makes an original contribution to the growing literature that suggests critical reflection is a vital skill for social work practice in neoliberal organisations.

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Banging the same old colonial drum? Moving from individualising practices and cultural appropriation to the ethical application of alternative practices in social work

Cited by 3 publications

References 43 publications

Can a Paradigm Shift from Risk Management to Critical Reflection Improve Child-Inclusive Practice?

Can a Paradigm Shift from Risk Management to Critical Reflection Improve Child-Inclusive Practice?

From critical reflection to critical professional practice: Addressing the tensions between critical and hegemonic perspectives

Critical Reflection: An Imperative Skill for Social Work Practice in Neoliberal Organisations?

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