Soziale Arbeit mit Flüchtlingen

Scherr, Albert

doi:10.1007/s12054-015-0053-1

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“…Perhaps volunteers are less at risk of compromising their ethical integrity in comparison to social workers. That is to say, they may not have to seek to calibrate and balance factors pertaining to -in broad terms -care and control because they are not technically employed and are not subject to having to enforce statutory measures (Scherr, 2015;Prasad, 2019). Nevertheless, they move in the same legal and policy frameworks as those dubbed 'professionals'.…”

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“…Webb (2009: 313) adds that the 'rhetoric of human rights serves as a distraction from and support for a radically unjust world order dominated by global capitalism and the great power of neo-liberalism'. Scherr (2015) states that in the case of social work with asylum-seekers and refugees, there is an acute discrepancy between the fundamental principles of human rights and social justice because of the profession's integration into the structures of states that are likely to have differing dominant imperatives. Whilst attentive to such critiques, social work with asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants ought to be concerned with human rights, solidarity and safeguarding (Wroe et al, 2019).…”

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The ‘medieval castle approach’: social work and the Irish and Swiss asylum-seeking processes

Policante

Garrett

2022

Critical and Radical Social Work

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Social workers, broadly conceived, are engaged in assisting asylum seekers. Grounded in a small empirical study encompassing the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland, the article comments on the wider context and issues relating to asylum, migration and social work. The findings incorporate themes stretching across six interrelated dimensions: the practitioners’ own backgrounds; the lack of professional social workers; the dependence on volunteers; inadequate resourcing and high caseloads; inadequate supervision; and categorisation. All these issues are significant for social work education and for a profession that needs to exhibit more interest in questions of migration and more of a commitment to human rights.

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The ‘medieval castle approach’: social work and the Irish and Swiss asylum-seeking processes

Policante

Garrett

2022

Critical and Radical Social Work

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“…It has been argued that Social Work should critically reconsider its role as a kind of repair shop for the undesired consequences of cultural, economic and social transformation (Scherr, 2015). A paradigm shift is required to a (re-)politicisation of Social Work (cf.…”

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Internationalisation of Social Work

Neureither,

Kleibl,

Lutz

2023

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The article explores the internationalisation of social work from a historical point of view to Indigenous approaches and discusses the concepts of indigenisation, authentication and reconceptualisation. It demonstrates the importance of shifting away from the dominant western perspective on knowledge as well as away from the idea of a universal Social Work and focuses on philosophies and approaches of the Global South. Dialogue as praxis, enablement, and empowerment as well as translation and an ethnological view as methods of internationalisation of Social Work are emphasised. Subsequently, perspectives of Radical as well as Green Social Work and postcolonial feminist approaches within the profession are presented, which can contribute to a desired interwoven, mutually supporting Social Work. The outlook shows the importance of international and cross-cultural exchange between social workers. It emphasizes on sharing of and learning about local methods and practices from other parts of the world, to develop common ideas. In this context self-reflection of the profession and social work- ers is crucially value.

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“…Nos dijeron que era nuestra responsabilidad informar a las familias sobre la próxima salida del programa [..] Fue muy difícil porque había trabajado con ellos durante un año […] Para protegerlos, mentí en mi informe sobre su vulnerabilidad […] aunque de ese modo sentí que me ponía de su parte (Trabajador social,Programa de alojamiento,12) Este hallazgo es extremadamente importante porque se encuentra con el compromiso del Trabajo Social con la justicia social y la defensa de los derechos humanos (Payne, 2017;Scherr, 2015;Heilmann y Roßkopf, 2021;Marmo, Pardasani y Vincent, 2021). Aunque los profesionales corren el riesgo de entrar en conflicto con la dirección de su organización, optan por defender al usuario del servicio, protegiéndolo a él y a sus derechos.…”

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Housing Policies for asylum seekers and refugees, social control and social work practice in Greece

Neila¹

2022

PCTS-CPSW

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Since 2015, Greece has been one of the main host countries for many thousand people from Middle East who have been forced to leave their countries by political reasons. This article illustrates the housing policies for refugees and asylum seekers in Greece as part of a policy of power enforcement in micro and macro level, resulting to heir social exclusion. In this context, social workers have been at the forefront in order to respond to refugee and asylum seekers needs, facing limits to their work due to the social policies. The study constitutes an effort to provide an insight on the social work practice and the difficulties professionals face being a part of a social control policy. For this purpose, a qualitative method has been conducted via interviews with social work practitioners from non- governmental organizations serving asylum seeker and refugee population (NGOs) in Greece. Research analysis highlighted work overload along with limited training and support. At the same time, it is found that social workers do not comprehend housing policies for asylum seekers and refugees as policies which encourage integration, but rather contribute to a regime of control and exclusion. Although professionals reported that there have been attempts of resistance at the individual level, collective actions of resist control and repressive practices seem to be absent. Social work practice with asylum seekers and refugees in Greece seems to confront the neoliberal system which reproduces managerialism and, on the other hand the anti-immigrant rhetoric which embraces control policies. Within this context, social work profession is being challenged, raising concerns about the capacities and the restrictions social workers face by developing interventions which promote social change. Political analysis and involvement with service users’ groups, labor groups and collectivities’ groups need to come to the fore in order to address these challenges and to stand against any oppressive practice.

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Soziale Arbeit mit Flüchtlingen

Cited by 24 publications

References 4 publications

The ‘medieval castle approach’: social work and the Irish and Swiss asylum-seeking processes

The ‘medieval castle approach’: social work and the Irish and Swiss asylum-seeking processes

Internationalisation of Social Work

Housing Policies for asylum seekers and refugees, social control and social work practice in Greece

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