Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice

Remaking Social Work for the New Global Era

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Affilia, 2010

This article explores the interlocking historical trajectories of feminisms and the social work profession in the United States. Bringing these two histories together, the article examines the ideas, practices, and people that have shaped the complicated organism that is ‘‘feminist social work,’’ from the civic involvement of 19th- and early 20th-century women to 21st-century efforts to craft more global, fluid, and inclusive feminist theories and practices. Structured around the three ‘‘waves’’ of feminist activism and theory building, it focuses in particular on changes and continuities in U.S. feminist social work theorizing.

Contemporanea (Bologna), 2019

Feminism and the professionalisation of social work: a socio-historical approach through two Swiss examples (1910-1970) The importance of the role of women, in particular of feminist organisations, in the history of social work has been highlighted by several historical studies 1. These studies have also emphasised the necessity for a comparative and transnational approach, in order to understand not only the role of these social actors in the creation of the first institutions, associations and schools, but also their contribution to the definition of the missions of social work. This article aims at contributing to this discussion through a comparison of the professionalisation process of two distinct professions within the social work field in Switzerland at two different periods. We will view professionalisation as a sociohistorical process reflecting collective strategies implemented by workers in the field. This strategies will be considered in collaboration or in conflict with other social actors, aimed at achieving recognition for specific missions and thus legitimating the place held in a particular field of intervention and granting value to the work being carried out 2. Firstly, we shall analyse the impact of the involvement of feminist movements in the professionalisation process of social service, in particular around the establishment of the first School of Social Work in French-speaking Switzerland, i.e. at the end of the 1910s. We will then discuss the absence of feminist influence in the emergence of sociocultural community work in French-speaking Switzerland in the 1960s and 1970s, that led to a primarily masculine profession. Finally, we shall offer some analyses focused on the comparison of these two processes, as well as thoughts on how the examination of these issues could be furthered.

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Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 2005

2018

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES • To provide an understanding of gender in the client– worker relationship and the workplace • To provide an understanding of gender, power and ideology in social work and social policy • To examine the nature of the gendered welfare state • To introduce feminist social work practice • To allow an awareness of women’s services • To note the di erences between mainstream and women’s services

Social Work With Groups, 2000

Feminist theories explain the structure and dynamics of women's experiences within sociopolitical and interpersonal sexual hierarchies. To enhance flexibility and responsiveness in applying the theories, social workers should be conversant in various branches of feminism. This paper reviews five branches of feminist theory and applies each one to social work practice, using group work examples. The practice examples are drawn from the author's study of women's groups in which facilitators described the goals and processes used to practice feminism or womanism in their groups.

Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice

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Affilia

Journal of Social Work, 2001