Anti-oppressive practice in context

Culturally competent protection of children's mental health

“…While working-class families also receive inappropriate or ineffective services, the evidence that black children are less likely to access help places them at a further disadvantage (Smaje, 1995;Dominelli, 1998). The characteristics of a service for black children and adolescents with mental health problems which aspires to better protection and accessibility can be described as consisting of four elements:…”

The Status of Social Work as Perceived by Key Human Service Professionals

“…The fact that there was not 100% agreement of the import of these functions could also suggest that the actual performance of this function is ineffectual. It is also important to bear in mind that antioppressive theory perceives therapeutic, social policy and emancipatory approaches to practice as not mutually exclusive from each other, but intricately linked (Dominelli, 2002a).…”

“…This employment requirement appears to have mistakenly led to confusion about the job of the social worker being that of a driver as well! Dominelli (2002a) notes that the ethical and justice position of anti-oppressive practice obliges social work practitioners not just to challenge professionals with such misconceptions, but to endeavour to change the structures that entrench them. Such negative perceptions of social workers' roles and functions need to be addressed particularly in a multidisciplinary setting so that team expectations are corrected in such a way that social workers may then concentrate on professional functions attributed to them.…”

Multikulturalizam u socijalnom radu

“…Uporište za svoje djelovanje koje uvažava multikulturalnu perspektivu socijalni radnici imaju, između ostalog, u idejama koje su zastupljene unutar tzv. »protu-ugnjetavačke prakse« (Dalrymple i Burke, 1995.;Dominelli, 1998.;McDonald i Coleman, 1999. ), »protu-rasističke prakse« (Dominelli, 1988.…”