Linda Briskman, social worker, academic, and author of the acclaimed book The Black Grapevine: Aboriginal Activism and the Stolen Generations, throws down the gauntlet to practitioners and students of social work, challenging them to pursue a better, more informed way of meeting the unique needs of this community. She covers the issues that Indigenous communities face, with specific chapters devoted to the areas of children, youth, family violence, health, and criminal justice. Case studies are supported by literature and research to provide practitioners and students with a good understanding of the circumstances they will be presented with when working with Indigenous communities.
Good practice is marked by a recognition of the strengths of communities and an understanding of how to acknowledge and facilitate these. This book shows social workers how they can develop their skills in this area and excel in providing services with the best fit for Indigenous communities
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
About the author
Abbreviations
Prologue: Sorry
PART ONE: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
CHAPTER 1: Confronting complicity and moving on
CHAPTER 2: Framing the social work response
CHAPTER 3: Past, plight and resilience
CHAPTER 4: Beyond Australia: international perspectives
CHAPTER 5: Spirituality, ideology, values and ethics
PART TWO: PRACTISING SOCIAL WORK
CHAPTER 6: Redeeming social work
CHAPTER 7: The organisational domain
CHAPTER 8: Policies and programs
CHAPTER 9: Advocacy, activism and social action
CHAPTER 10: Research
CHAPTER 11: Community development
PART THREE: LOCATING SOCIAL WORK
CHAPTER 12: Child welfare
CHAPTER 13: Youth
CHAPTER 14: Family violence
CHAPTER 15: Health
CHAPTER 16: Criminal justice
PART FOUR: TALKING POINTS
CHAPTER 17: Contested ground and debates
CHAPTER 18: Unfinished social work business
APPENDIX: IFSW International Policy on Indigenous Peoples (IFSW 2000)
Bibliography
Index