Abstract
• Social workers need to problematise dominant understandings of disability and their roles in disability services in order to develop a deep and wide perspective on their practice.
• Disabled people and their Whanau are allies in the work of respecting rights, working for justice, building better lives and supporting individual growth through life-affirming risk-taking.
• Current policies of personalisation provide excellent opportunities for social workers to apply a relational/developmental approach to assessment, goal-setting and planning.
• Transforming current practice requires attention to multiple perspectives and engaging in a full range of social work roles.
• Critical reflexivity is essential for preserving focus on the person and their Whanau, and for accountability.
• Disabled people and their Whanau are allies in the work of respecting rights, working for justice, building better lives and supporting individual growth through life-affirming risk-taking.
• Current policies of personalisation provide excellent opportunities for social workers to apply a relational/developmental approach to assessment, goal-setting and planning.
• Transforming current practice requires attention to multiple perspectives and engaging in a full range of social work roles.
• Critical reflexivity is essential for preserving focus on the person and their Whanau, and for accountability.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Social Work |
| Subtitle of host publication | Contexts and Practice |
| Editors | Marie Connolly, Louise Harms, Jane Maidment |
| Place of Publication | Melbourne |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Chapter | 12 |
| Pages | 163-177 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Edition | 4ed |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780190311209, 0190311207 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780190308728, 0190308729 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- appreciative inquiry
- Disability Movement
- independent living
- reflexive
- simultaneity