Social Justice in Clinical Practice

<p>Social work theory and ethics places social justice at its core and recognises that many clients from oppressed and marginalized communities frequently suffer greater forms and degrees of physical and mental illness. However social justice work has all too often been conceptualized as a macro intervention separate and distinct from clinical practice. </p><p>This practical text is designed to help social workers intervene around the impact of socio-political factors with their clients and integrate social justice into their clinical work. Based on past radical traditions it introduces and applies a liberation health framework which merges clinical and macro work into a singular unified way of working with individuals families and communities. Opening with a chapter on the theory and historical roots of liberation social work practice each subsequent chapter goes on to look at a particular population group or individual case study including:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>LGBT communities</li> <p> </p> <li>Mental health illness</li> <p> </p> <li>Violence</li> <p> </p> <li>Addiction</li> <p> </p> <li>Working with ethnic minorities</li> <p> </p> <li>Health</li> </ul><p>Written by a team of experienced lecturers and practitioners <i>Social Justice in Clinical Practice</i> provides a clear focussed practice-oriented model of clinical social work for both social work practitioners and students. </p>