Empowerment through Advocacy and Consciousness-Raising: Implications of a Structural Approach to Social Work

Moreau, Maurice

doi:10.15453/0191-5096.1939

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“…Proponents of structural social work argue for democratic, egalitarian, and feminist approaches to working with people (Carniol, 1992;Moreau, 1990). One of the ways to share power is to provide choices for the clients, including the time and location of meetings.…”

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Identity, Power, and Social Work Practice in India

Vareed

2023

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A person's identity puts them in different social categories, positions, and statuses. An individual's social position has corresponding power or powerlessness, which influences their interaction with others in the community. The individual identities, social positions, and authority of social workers place them in a higher level of power in relation to the people they serve. This imbalance of power between social workers and clients affects the helping process. This article discusses how personal identity and power influence social work practice in the Indian context. Social structures like caste-based discrimination and patriarchal norms contribute to inequitable social positioning in the country. Following a critical social work approach, the paper presents the different dimensions of power in the social work relationship and proposes means for sharing power with the clients.

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Section: Multiple Ways Of Sharing Powermentioning

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Identity, Power, and Social Work Practice in India

Vareed

2023

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Mediation and empowerment in child protection cases

Barsky

1996

Mediation Quarterly

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Child protection workers are vested with certain powers and authority to ensure the safety and welfare of children. When issues of neglect and abuse arise, workers are challenged with how to promote self‐determination and autonomy of families, without putting children at risk. The participant‐focused study reported here examined how mediation might have an empowering effect on family members. Participants suggested that mediation empowers through four processes: development of options, equal opportunity to participate in the process, decision‐making responsibility, and power balancing.

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Doing Equity by addressing Intersectionality in Education and Employment Participation and Taking on Intersectionality as an Issue of Political Education

Barongo-Muweke

2018

Soziale Arbeit Und Politische Bildung in Der Migrationsgesellschaft

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Empowerment through Advocacy and Consciousness-Raising: Implications of a Structural Approach to Social Work

Cited by 42 publications

References 8 publications

Identity, Power, and Social Work Practice in India

Identity, Power, and Social Work Practice in India

Mediation and empowerment in child protection cases

Doing Equity by addressing Intersectionality in Education and Employment Participation and Taking on Intersectionality as an Issue of Political Education

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