Doing Critical Social Work
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Foreword Donna Baines

List of contributors

Acknowledgments of contributors

Part I Addressing the Tensions in Critical Social Work

1 Doing critical social work in the neoliberal context: Working on the contradictions Bob Pease and Sharlene Nipperess

2 Critical reflection and critical social work Christine Morley

3 Towards critical social work supervision Carolyn Noble

4 Making sense of different theoretically informed approaches in doing critical social work Norah Hosken and Sophie Goldingay

Part II Critical Practices in Confronting Privilege and Promoting Social Justice

5 Towards a critical human rights-based approach to social work practice Sharlene Nipperess

6 Interrogating privilege and complicity in the oppression of others Bob Pease

7 Social work, class and the structural violence of poverty Norah Hosken

Part III Developing Critical Practices within the Organisational Context of Social Work

8 Beyond the dominant approach to mental health practice Noel Renouf

9 Embedding critical social work in child protection practice Robyn Miller

10 Critical social work in Centrelink: an oxymoron or an opportunity? Peter Humphries

11 Building relationships and effecting change: critical social work practice in prison settingsSophie Goldingay

12 Professional practice standards and critical practices: addressing the tensions in social work field education settings Norah Hosken, Lesley Ervin and Jody Laughton

Part IV Doing Anti-discriminatory and Anti-oppressive Practice in Social Work

13 Anti-oppressive practice with people seeking asylum in Australia: reflections from the field Sharlene Nipperess and Sherrine Clark

14 Challenges for Indigenous and non-Indigenous practitioners in the neoliberal context Stephanie Gilbert

15 Feminism under siege: critical reflections on the impact of neoliberalism and managerialism on feminist practice Ann Carrington

16 Developing anti-ageist practice in social work Tina Kosteciki

17 Working for equality and difference: (de)constructing heteronormativity Jude Irwin

Part V Towards Collectivist and Transformative Practices in Social Work

18 Environmental social work as critical, decolonising practice Mel Gray and John Coates

19 Taking it to the streets: critical social work's relationship with activism Jessica Morrison

20 Social work, disability and social change: a critical participatory approach Russell Shuttleworth

21 The structural, the post-structural and the commons: new practices for creating change in a complex world Jose Ramos

22 Education for critical social work: being true to a worthy project Selma Macfarlane

About the Author

BOB PEASE is Professor of Social Work at the University of Tasmania. SOPHIE GOLDINGAY is a senior lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development at Deakin University. NORAH HOSKEN is a senior lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development at Deakin University. SHARLENE NIPPERESS is a lecturer in Social Work at RMIT University.

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