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Social work and social development: Melbourne 2014

  • Orange Tide

    Spanish social work leader wins award for 'inspirational' anti-cuts movement

    Rory Truell
    Orange Tide organisation brings together social workers and service users to protest against austerity measures
  • Melbourne social work conference

    Could Melbourne social work conference have done more for service users?

    Peter Beresford
  • Rural Australia

    Social work in Australia: virtual teams offer supervision

    Amanda Nickson
  • Hurricane Jeanne Florida 2004

    Rebuilding lives post-disaster: what is the role of social workers?

    Julie Drolet and Robin Ersing
    Research looks at the impact of disasters on communities and the response from social work, governments and emergency services
  • Unhealthy social worker

    Excessive workloads take toll on social workers' health

    Ya-Chuan Hsu, Mei-Kuei Yu and Li-Chen Cheng
    Taiwanese study finds anxiety and insomnia common among social workers
  • Girl in Nigerian village

    Social care in Nigeria: communities care for their own

    Augusta Olaore
    Families, neighbours and religious organisations address social needs and problems in African villages, writes Augusta Olaore
  • Drought damaged corn

    Social workers 'should be more political in tackling inequality'

    Opening day of Melbourne conference discusses how professionals can promote social and economic equality
  • social work definition

    What is social work?

    Rory Truell

    The two international bodies representing social workers are preparing to vote on a new global definition of the profession, says Rory Truell

  • Globalising the social work curriculum

    Should the social work curriculum be globalised?

    Joke Knockaert
    Sending students abroad is not the answer, says Joke Knockaert
  • Life In Ancient Water Town Xitang

    How accessible are social services for older people in China?

    Qingwen Xu
  • social work education terrorism

    How can social work education help practitioners address terrorism?

    Jonathan Parker and Sara Ashencaen Crabtree
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