The role of law in welfare reform: critical perspectives on the relationship between law and social work practice

This paper considers the complex relationships between law, welfare policy and social work practice, to address the question of what role legal frameworks might play in achieving welfare policy and professional practice goals. The authors trace how law has developed as a core component of professional practice, and challenge some of the false expectations placed upon it. They then draw on findings from an international knowledge review of law teaching in social work education to propose a model for understanding how professional practice incorporates legal perspectives, and propose ways in which legal frameworks can provide positive and constructive vehicles for accountable practice

What kind of social justice does social work seek?

One of social work's most important practice values is social justice, as cited in the IFSW Code of Ethics. This article deconstructs what the term 'social justice' represents, since it is essential for social work and the IFSW Code to be clear about the type of social justice it seeks to uphold

Indigenization in a globalizing world: a response to Yunong and Xiong (2008)

In a recent article published in International Social Work, two writers from Mainland China — Huang Yunong and Zhang Xiong — presented an insightful analysis into indigenization in social work. This article responds to some of the issues and challenges they raise and, in so doing, outlines some diverse views on indigenization in contemporary social work literature