Indigenous and Innovative Social Work Practice:

Twikirize, Janestic Mwende; Spitzer, Helmut

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“…Since social work practice in many African countries lacks a statutory body to regulate the profession (Spitzer, 2019; Twikirize et al, 2014), social workers could advocate for policies that support the practice of social work. This will help enhance social work inclusion in the healthcare settings during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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The role of social work in the healthcare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Kodom

2022

International Social Work

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Globally, the social work profession seeks to empower and support vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. These roles and responsibilities seem to be lagging in Africa as the potentials of social workers are underutilized in many areas of practice including the hospital setting. Given the contributions of medical social work, this article highlights the roles of social workers in healthcare delivery amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, it emphasizes the challenges of medical social work. Since healthcare delivery requires collaboration, suggestions are made regarding ways to incorporate medical social work in healthcare settings for optimal healthcare delivery.

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The role of social work in the healthcare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Kodom

2022

International Social Work

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“…The structural social work approach, which focuses on questioning political choices and challenging governance deficiencies, is just emerging. Indigenised social work is equally emerging in the country, mainly due to the growing push for culturally relevant interventions (Twikirize et al, 2019). It has delayed taking shape because the current social work education curriculum is based on Western models, which do not recognise post-colonial theories and models of social work.…”

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Reimagining Indigenised social work in Uganda: Voices of practitioners

Wamara

Twikirize

Bennich

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International Social Work

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Using thematic analysis, this study examined social workers’ (n = 21) descriptions of what Indigenised social work practice in Uganda entails. Responses from semi-structured interviews revealed the following three themes that inform social workers’ understanding of Indigenised social work practice: (1) collective action and mutuality, (2) communal welfare and respect for life and (3) liberation and restoration. The discussion aims at understanding the hallmarks of each description in relation to the notions of Indigenised social work as culturally inclusive and responsive practice, developmental social work and political action.

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“…In spite of these agitations to break free from the shackles of colonial and neo-colonial ideology, influence, practice methods, social work educational programmes in Africa have not critically reflected the cultural relevance of developing curricula in relation to the social, political, economic, and spiritual aspects of African culture (Twikirize & Spitzer, 2019). Therefore, this article seeks to achieve the following objectives:…”

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Social work education and practice in Africa: the problems and prospects

Veta

McLaughlin

2022

Social Work Education

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This article identifies some of the key challenges hindering effective social work education and practice in Africa nations. These problems include an orientation that is remedial or curative, involvement of non-social work graduates in social work posts, lack of a regulating or coordinating body, an overall dependency on extrapolated curricula and Western methods amongst others. Most African nations although with huge wealth are wallowing in abject poverty resulting in various social maladies such as kidnapping, child abuse, substance misuse, corruption, lack of organised social welfare institutions, unsustainable development, human trafficking, unemployment, lack of leadership and social injustice, as a resultant effects of exploitative colonialists and or imperialists.These call for holistic practice interventions to solve these social ills. This paper strongly advocates that social work in the African continent should be given legal backing to ensure a professional social work education and practice. The social work education curriculum should be developed to reflect African social contexts and its approaches to social work practice and not just be restricted 2 to Western approaches alone. On this premise, this paper proposes 'cultural humility' and 'transaction between individuals and environment (TIE)' frameworks that would enhance social work education and practice in Africa.

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Indigenous and Innovative Social Work Practice:

Cited by 12 publications

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The role of social work in the healthcare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

The role of social work in the healthcare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Reimagining Indigenised social work in Uganda: Voices of practitioners

Social work education and practice in Africa: the problems and prospects

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