#Social Work

Social workers are passionate about serving others. They apply this passion to advocating for vulnerable groups of people like children, seniors and those with disabilities. Because of this, social work is tied to social justice, which often leads efforts to protect the rights of the previously mentioned groups.

Article by Online MSW Programs that looks at the role of Social Workers to engage in the democratic process.

Article from The New Social Worker the social work careers magazine, has been published since 1994.

The Social Work Code of Ethics preamble states, “Social workers promote social justice and social change with and on behalf of clients……. Social workers are sensitive to cultural and ethnic diversity and strive to end discrimination, oppression, poverty, and other forms of social injustice.”

Published by Social Work Degree a commitment to social justice instills a deep desire to become an agent of change. Whether you long to be an advocate for underserved communities in your own country or your goal is to help improve life for oppressed or underrepresented populations around the world, a background in social justice can help you attain these goals or find work in a vast number of related career fields. Here are five examples of top jobs for those who study social justice.

This paper sketches social workers' understanding of social justice and reliance on Rawls (1971), highlights findings about "hard to employ" welfare recipients facing welfare reform, and articulates the parameters of Rawlsian justice with particular emphasis on people who have been on welfare for long.

The article discusses what the author refers to as the dangers of social justice advocacy as of 2019, and it mentions data regarding an increase in hate groups, hate crimes, and anti-Muslim groups in America in the wake of businessman Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential election victory. A rise in college campus hate crimes is assessed, along with white supremacist propaganda, violence against social workers and social work students who protest, and protection from online harassment.

Concepts from the procedural justice literature in social psychology are examined that offer useful guidance for social work researchers with interests in investigating informal adjudications, specialty treatment courts, and other areas of the administrative process previously neglected in mental health services research.

Although the social science literature on globalization has proliferated, social policy and social work scholars have not adequately debated the consequences of globalization for social welfare and social justice. Drawing on different social science interpretations of globalization, four major perspectives that offer different analytical and normative insights into globalization are identified and their implications for social welfare and social justice are briefly examined.

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Collected by the Human Rights Library at the University of Minnesotata

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The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) is the global body for the profession. The Federation and its national members strive for social justice, human rights and inclusive, sustainable social development through the promotion of social work best practice and engagement in international cooperation.

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