Our Voices (2nd Edition)
Aboriginal Social Work
Author(s):Bindi Bennett, Sue Green
Red Globe Press
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22 April 2019
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13 February 2019
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The second edition of Our Voices is a ground-breaking collection of writings from Aboriginal social work educators who have collaborated to develop a toolkit of appropriate behaviours, interactions, networks, and...
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The second edition of Our Voices is a ground-breaking collection of writings from Aboriginal social work educators who have collaborated to develop a toolkit of appropriate behaviours, interactions, networks, and intervention. The the text explores a range of current and emerging social work practice issues such as cultural supervision, working with communities, understanding trauma, collaboration and relationship building, and the ubiquity of whiteness in Australian social work. It covers these issues with new and innovative approaches and provides valuable insights into how social work practice can be developed, taught and practiced in ways that more effectively engage Indigenous communities.
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- Greater coverage of men's health and well-being
- Exploration of the development of Aboriginal identity for light-skinned people
- Updates to relevant policy throughout
The importance of Aboriginal history for practitioners
Race and the Indigenous Social Work academic in the Australian Academy
Colonialism and the atrophy of Indigenous male identities
Australian Social Work is White
Indigenising Social Work
Indigenous Social Work and a Wiradyuri Framework to Practice
Resilience: An Aboriginal Perspective
Aboriginal people in a hospital setting
How Social Work can improve the Health and Well-being of Aboriginal Men
Social Work and Cultural Support
Developing Aboriginal identity as a light- skinned person
Aboriginal Welfarisation
Aboriginal People, Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Embodiment of Sovereignty
Using horses to assist in promoting Aboriginal wellbeing
This is a very important book which will have a major influence on social work education and practice. It is a landmark publication in that it is the first book of this type in Australian social work. The authors and editors are to be congratulated on their achievement.' – Jim Ife, Emeritus Professor, Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University, Western Australia