Human Rights-Based Approaches to Clinical Social Work

Berthold, S. Megan

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08560-9

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“…Furthermore, interventions respond to structural causes while alleviating symptoms that are manifestations of those structural conditions. Berthold (2015) argues that social and clinical service providers, particularly in the context of schools, can be an important part of prevention and early identification of mental health challenges that can lead to human rights violations. Core principles for practitioners from a human rights perspective include a stance of cultural humility, intersectionality, a relational approach, a reconstruction of safety, trauma-informed approaches, and a foundation in recovery and strengths based perspectives (Berthold, 2015).…”

Section: Human Rights Framework In School Social Work Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

School Social Workers: A Call to Action in Support of Human Rights

Sosa¹,

Nuckolls²

2018

International Journal of School Social Work

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The global climate of extremism and direct attacks on marginalized groups such as LGBTQI persons, Muslims, women, immigrants, and refugees creates a need at this critical juncture for school social workers to ground themselves in the international definition of social work, which defines social work as a human rights profession. While there are many challenges to upholding human rights conventions across the world, a human rights framework can assist school social workers in promoting human rights and advocating for vulnerable and marginalized populations. In the context of global migration, children can be especially vulnerable to human rights violations. A human rights approach calls on school social workers to practice in a way that allows for maximum participation of service users in decisions that affect them, addresses power differentials, considers the social context, and privileges an intersectional, strengths based, trauma informed, and recovery oriented approach.

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Section: Human Rights Framework In School Social Work Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

School Social Workers: A Call to Action in Support of Human Rights

Sosa¹,

Nuckolls²

2018

International Journal of School Social Work

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“…This is reinforced by a human rights-based approach to clinical practice (Berthold, 2015). Social workers play a critical role in providing quality services to refugees in a variety of direct care positions, including as members of interdisciplinary teams.…”

Section: Practice Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Working With Refugees in the U.S.: Trauma-Informed and Structurally Competent Social Work Approaches

Ostrander

Melville²,

Berthold³

2017

ASW

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“…The human cost to them-and to their children-of the extended asylum timeline includes lengthy separation from family (and delays in applying to sponsor one's spouse and unmarried children who were under the age of 21 at the time the sponsor applied for asylum). We have seen this, in turn, contribute to the following: enormous stress on the family unit (e.g., emotional, financial, childrearing, forced separation of family unit), loved ones back in the homeland having difficulty understanding why there is a delay (and, in some cases, not believing that the applicant is really trying to sponsor them), break up of marriages, and persecution of family members (including children) of torture survivors who remain in the homeland (Berthold 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…When asylum seekers flee their countries of origin, authorities may target their loved ones back home in an effort to find or punish the torture survivor who escaped (Berthold 2015). Sometimes such asylum seekers may not know if their loved ones are dead or alive (Akinsulure-Smith and O'Hara 2012).…”

Section: Impact Of Backlog On Asylum Applicantsmentioning

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Commentary: Fractured Families: US Asylum Backlog Divides Parents and Children Worldwide

Berthold

McPherson

2016

J. Hum. Rights Soc. Work

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This commentary focuses on the detrimental effects of the US asylum backlog on families around the world. It puts a spotlight on the backlog of the 82,175 individuals who are currently (as of March 2015) waiting to have their asylum cases heard. These individuals fleeing torture, political persecution, or persecution due to their race, religion, ethnicity, or membership in a particular social group are especially vulnerable. We identify the essential human rights of asylum seekers who are children and their family members, including the right to seek asylum, the right of family members to be protected from harm, and the right to family life, family unity, and reunification. Throughout, the principle of what is in the best interest of the child is highlighted. Using the example of how resources have been shifted to process the cases of Central American families crossing the US southern border, the authors question the effectiveness of a crisis-focused US immigration policy. We call for broad immigration reform in the USA with resulting policies that do not focus on the needs and rights of one group of vulnerable children at the expense of another. Thus, we call for an immigration policy that puts the rights of all children at its center.

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Human Rights-Based Approaches to Clinical Social Work

Cited by 37 publications

References 105 publications

School Social Workers: A Call to Action in Support of Human Rights

School Social Workers: A Call to Action in Support of Human Rights

Working With Refugees in the U.S.: Trauma-Informed and Structurally Competent Social Work Approaches

Commentary: Fractured Families: US Asylum Backlog Divides Parents and Children Worldwide

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