Description:
Asylum seekers and traumatized migrants often live at the intersection of racial, social, and political injustices. Social work values, principles, and approaches (e.g., person-centered and human right-based practice, culturally-responsive care, and multi-systems approaches) often align well with the needs and experiences of these forced migrants. However, specialized knowledge and skills are needed for social workers to work effectively and ethically in this humanitarian field because histories of human rights violations and unrelenting instability and danger impact asylum seekers and traumatized migrants in broad and complex ways. Competency across all levels of social work practice (i.e., micro, mezzo, macro) is needed in this field, making an integrative social work approach a good fit for this work. The presenter will discuss a framework for integrative social work practice that outlines knowledge and skills for working across practice levels.
Objectives:
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Discuss competencies of social work practice with displaced populations across micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice
- Identify practice modifications to implement immediately in order to enhance provision of services to clients impacted by forced migration
- Apply framework concepts to curriculum development and supervision planning for social workers new to practicing in this field