Transcript Social Work Around The World

Social Work Around The
World
A Global Perspective
International Social Work
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Why is an international (global) perspective
important?
What exactly is international social work?
How can I get involved?
Why is having an
international/global
perspective important?
Out There/Right Here
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Children toil long hours on the streets of
Bombay.
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Babies with AIDS languish in
Bucharest, Romania and Kampala,
Uganda.
Refugee children around the world are
frequent victims and witnesses of violence.
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A recent investigation uncovers
thousands of labor law violations in New
England.
Babies with AIDS languish in New
Haven, Connecticut.
Children in the United States are
frequent victims and witnesses of violence.
Where The Lines Cross
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A woman states that her abusive husband is coming from Scotland to claim the baby she’s
giving up for adoption.
A Mexican migrant worker who doesn’t speak English requires inpatient treatment for
alcoholism.
A school social worker notices that an Arab American family is being subjected to
persecution.
A retired couple living on Social Security seeks advice on moving to Mexico to afford the
medicines they need.
A social worker helps document the case of the trauma that would be caused to young girls if
they returned to Nigeria, where they would risk genital mutilation.
A military social worker relocates to a base in Germany to counsel American military families
in which there is reported spousal abuse.
Adoption
Addictions Recovery
Gerontology
School
Medical
Polciy
Social
Work
Making
Community
Advocacy
Development
Child Welfare
Therapy
Vulnerable Populations
Our Social Work Perspective
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PIE - Person-in-Environment
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Country-in-the-World
What We Can Learn…
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Cultural Understanding
Policy Making
New Ideas
Improved Services
So….
What is International
Social Work???
Some Definitions
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Social Work in a country other than your own
At home, working with clients from different
countries and cultures
On a macro level, working to improve the
global social environment
So, How Is It Done??
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Relief Work
Community
Development
Child Welfare
Teaching
Medical Work
International Conflict
Adoption
 Refugee Work
 Sanitation Work
 Human Rights
 Economic Injustice
 Oppression of peoples
 Environmental work
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How Can I Get Involved?
Getting Your Foot
The Door…
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Research your Interests
Make yourself marketable
Volunteer/Practicum
Network
Be a temporary worker
Save up some $$$$
Match Firms
In
Places To Start…
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Peace Corps, Mercy Corps, Cross Cultural
Solutions)
Red Cross
NGO’s (Non-Government Organizations)
INGO’s (International Non-Government
Organizations)
NGSO’s (Non-Governmental Support
Organizations)
TNGO’s (Transnational Non-Government
Organizations)
GRO’s (Grass Roots Organizations)
Places To Start…
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CARE (International Refugee & Relief Services)
Amnesty International (Social Justice Services)
Churches/Faith Based (Food for the Hungry, World Vision,
Compassion International)
United Nations (Development Program, UNICEF - International
Children’s Emergency Fund, High Commission for Refugees,
Disaster Relief Organization)
IFSW (International Federation of Social Work)
IASSW (International Association of Schools of Social Work)
ICSW (International Council on Social Welfare)
IUCISD (Inter-University Consortium on International Social
Development)
Local Organizations
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Council Bluffs
 Latino Center
 Adoption
 Catholic Charities
 Lifetime Adoption
Facilitation
 Adoption Links
Worldwide
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Omaha
 Chicano Awareness
Center
 Nebraskans for Peace
 Relief Association for
Southern Sudan
 Southern Sudan
Community Association
 United East African
Association Community
Practicum Opportunities
Adoption Links, Worldwide
 American Red Cross
 Catholic Charities
 Catholic Social Services
 Immigrant Rights Network
 Southern Sudan
Community Association
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Mary Treglia
 Nebraska AIDS Project
 Lutheran Social Services
 Lutheran Family Services
 Pearl Memorial United
Methodist Refugee
Services
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Other Resources
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Internet Resources
 www.bbtworldwide.com - Global outsourcer Beresford Blake Thomas
 www.developmentjobs.info
 www.globalissues.org
 www.foreignaffairs.org
Books
 International Jobs: Where They Are, How To Get Them by: Eric Kocher
& Nina Segal
 How To Live Your Dream Of Volunteering Overseas by: Joseph Collins,
Stefano DeZerega, & Zahara Heckscher
 Issues in International Social Work: Global Challenges for a New Century
Edited by: MC Hokenstad and James Midgley
 International Social Work: Professional Action in an Interdependent World
by: Lynne M. Healy
Organizations
 InterAction - American Council for Voluntary International Action
 ONE - The Campaign to Make Poverty History
 US Agency for International Development