This years World Social Work Day Event celebrated the Teaching Parnerships first 'Practice Educator of the Year Awards' This was a particularly poignant moment for the Teaching Partnership as the inaugural award was dedicated to Mr Martin Hunt who had sadly passed away last year Martin had worked within Kirklees Local Authority for many years...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Social work can be an effective tool in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals specifically those concerning children and families such as ending poverty hunger promoting good health wellbeing peace justice and strong institutions Now more than ever with the COVID- pandemic social work has a crucial role in promoting the SDGs through communities that are suffering from illness isolation grief economic despair and mental health illness...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt Social work interventions for families individuals and communities should be comprehensive and sustainable A social enterprise model with dual social and economic value creation provides a useful framework for such interventions Through a qualitative research approach and case study design three social enterprises were studied The findings indicate that social enterprises pursue people-centred investment engineer and promote social integration and equity in the local...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt The article describes a quantitative cross-sectional study of a sample of university students enrolled in social work programmes in four countries Belgium Canada Chile and Switzerland The study aimed to assess HIV AIDS knowledge and attitudes among participants The median HIV-KQ- score for the sample was which Carey and Schroder classify as indicating borderline low levels of knowledge Based on the results the authors argue that...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - November lt br gt This article contributes to the ethical and practical conceptualizations of centring marginalized voices in research across borders This project worked within the parameters of international social work ISW in Per which is a space where the advancement of globalization and colonization has deepened the historical exclusion and marginality of Indigenous women To work towards social justice this project developed creative innovative approaches to engagement...

Brian Iselin Slavefreetrade Brian is an Australian Swedish counter-slavery campaigner He is a former soldier years and Federal Agent years who for the last almost years has specialised in counter-slavery operations around the world While posted aboard as a Federal Agent in China he started seeing human trafficking cases and switched priorities to...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - January lt br gt International and local communities have made commitments to ensure that children with disabilities have equal opportunities in education just like their non-disabled counterparts Regardless of the increasing research about the development of inclusive education for children with disabilities inclusive education is not achieved This calls for a focus on what other professionals like social workers can contribute to the successful implementation of inclusive education...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt The global road safety crisis disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries especially in sub-Saharan Africa Indeed with relatively low rates of vehicle ownership Africa bears a disproportionate burden of annual road fatalities per population Transportation and public health professionals have long been aware of the behavioral aspects of the global road safety epidemic Successful collaboration of social work and public health in Africa is...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - March lt br gt This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study combined data from an online survey with international social workers N and key informant qualitative interviews N to identify gaps and synergies between what is taught in graduate social work programmes and expected by employers Findings suggested that although social work values align well with international social work gaps exist between the macro knowledge and skills required for international...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - January lt br gt Similar to the trajectory in many countries social work education in Turkey developed in the aftermath of World War II the foundations of which were shaped along international dynamics rather than local context In this regard there has been an ongoing debate on localization of social work education This article discusses the historical trajectory of social work education in Turkey through a systematic review...