<p><em>Human Rights and Social Work: Towards Rights-Based Practice</em> helps students practitioners understand how human rights concepts underpin the social work profession inform their practice. This book examines three generations of systems oppression that prevent citizens from participating in society as equals. It explores a range topics, ethics ethical practice, to deductive inductive approaches rights, global local discourses. The language, processes, structures...

In the latter months of 2014, following events in faraway Iraq and Syria, Australia responded forcefully at home. The manufactured fear a terrorist attack resulted police raids, increased counter-terrorism legislation scare campaigns to alert public 'threat'. Although Islamophobia rose after 2001 it has been latent recent years. It is on rise again with collateral damage from government measures including verbal physical attacks Australian Muslims. Vitriol also directed asylum seekers...

Inspired by Hessel’s (2011) call in Time for outrage and drawing on the concept of ‘moral outrage’, we argue this article that addressing contraventions human rights social justice issues demands an emotional connection with nature injustice. We propose contemporary work Western liberal democracies has lost touch moral imperative, sentiment affective encounter as a positive impetus collective action. consider competing interpretations why might be case look beyond incursions neoliberal...

In Australia since about the turn of millennium, discrimination against Muslims has been increasingly normalized, made respectable, and presented as prudent precaution violent extremism. Vilification posed defending ‘Australian values’ those who will not integrate. Liberal political leaders press leader-writers formerly espoused cultural pluralism now routinely hold up inimical Muslim folk devil by whose otherness boundaries acceptability national culture may be marked out policed. The Other...

As numbers of displaced people throughout the world steadily increase with rise in global conflicts, many Western nations, including Australia, increasingly thwart asylum-seeking and place harsh restrictions on entry. Nonetheless, Afghanistan’s troubled political history over several decades has generated steady movement refugees to Australia offered protection, although often conditional limited. Little is known about experiences women who fled, giving up their homes, professions,...

Asylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia increasingly experience protracted waiting times for permanent settlement other countries. They have few, if any, legal rights, coupled with extremely limited financial resources no access to government provided services. In response the prospect of living many years this difficult liminal space, a small community West Java town Cisarua has built relationships, skills confidence among themselves host Indonesians respond identified needs. This paper...

Long-standing concerns about the sustainability of social work field education requirements were exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian Association Social Workers (AASW) implemented revised Education and Accreditation Standards (ASWEAS) during pandemic as existing standards had become unworkable. ASWEAS (during 2020 2021) allowed greater flexibility regarding how placements could be delivered, enabling students, educators, practitioners to trial modified normally considered...

Journal Article Dual Loyalties and Impossible Dilemmas: Health care in Immigration Detention Get access Linda Briskman, Briskman * Swinburne University of Technology *Corresponding author: Faculty Health, Arts Design, School Arts, Social Sciences Humanities, Institute for Research, Level 1, EW Building, Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9214 5611; Email: lbriskman@swin.edu.au Search other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Deborah Zion...

Abstract Many of Australia's border protection policies have focused on attempts to deter the arrival asylum seekers by boat. These include government ‘messaging’ in hope this will influence decision‐making would‐be boat arrivals. This article outlines findings an exploratory study sources information accessed seekers, prior and during their journeys Australia, about destination country. The suggest that media Internet strategies deterring are adopted without full regard how is sourced...

ABSTRACT Although it is only a minority of displaced and persecuted people globally who seek refuge in ‘Western’ countries, they meet an increasingly hostile reception. This paper focuses on the situation facing children seeking asylum with or without their families Britain Australia, implications for children's rights social work. The policy background its racist foundations both countries are outlined. Despite geopolitical differences, there unnerving parallels. Legislative changes...

Australia's policy of mandatory indefinite detention those seeking asylum and arriving without valid documents has led to terrible human rights abuses cumulative deterioration in health for incarcerated. We argue that there is an imperative research document the plight who have suffered at hands Australian government its agents. However, normal tools available engaged may further erode well being this population, requiring a rethink existing ethics paradigms approaches foster advocacy...

Tensions arise for social workers when confronted with wicked policies, particularly in paving their way through dual loyalty issues and risk paradigms. By merging radical, critical human rights perspectives drawing on practice ethnography, can become confident advocates challenging dominant discourses contributing to change. In this article, illustrative case studies are provided the fields of work Indigenous peoples, asylum seekers, people living poverty children. Although focusing...

There has been little exploration of the social and emotional wellbeing young Indigenous populations who identify as gender sexuality diverse. Given vulnerability this cohort in settler colonial societies such Australia, Canada USA, wider investigation is called for order to respond their needs aspirations. Using a scoping review, paper maps existing research on intersections youth, diversity, Indigeneity wellbeing. The evidence points importance historical contemporary experiences tied...

The human rights of both LGBTIQ+ and Indigenous peoples are far from realized. When conjoined, intersecting identities reveal how racism queer phobia affect well-being, negating the right to health resulting in devastating impacts on people's social, cultural, emotional well-being. This paper documents lived experiences a sample young gender- sexuality-diverse Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander research project conducted New South Wales, Australia. Their perspectives how, for this cohort,...

This article explores the role of social work with asylum-seekers in UK and Australia. It raises questions contradictions for profession light increasingly repressive policies both countries. Comparing two countries, are asked about current engagement potential an enhanced role. French Cette recherche examine le rô du service auprè s des demandeurs d'asile au Royaume-Uni et en Australie. Elle met relief les auxquelles la est confronté e raison de l'intensification politiques ré pressive dans...

This paper explores ethical questions arising from the work of health practitioners in immigration detention centres Australia. It raises about roles professional disciplines and ways which they confront dual loyalty issues. The exploration is guided by interviews conducted with professionals who have worked asylum seeker an examination outsider advocacy role undertaken social profession. discusses stance taken individuals associations on participation controlled settings, including as...