Main description:

This textbook provides theoretical and clinical knowledge needed by social workers and other practitioners involved in humanitarian emergency response. Social workers are well positioned to serve coordinating and leadership roles in this interdisciplinary field due to their holistic training. This book weaves together micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice into integrated social work practice. Its historical account of humanitarian emergencies, coverage of social work frameworks and principles, and review of existing best practices at the clinical, community, and policy levels ground the reader in a field of social work that requires consideration of historical frameworks alongside innovative responses to the complexity of humanitarian emergencies.

The contributors incorporate best practices as well as address gaps in awareness, knowledge, and skills that they have observed and studied worldwide. Some of the topics explored include:

Social Work with Displaced Children, Women, LGBTQI+, Asylum Seekers
Return and Reintegration of Displaced Populations and Reconstruction in Post-conflict Societies
Culture, Trauma, and Loss: Integrative Social Work Practice with Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Clinical Social Work Practice with Forcibly Displaced Persons Grounded in Human Rights and Social Justice Principles

Integrative Social Work Practice with Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Other Forcibly Displaced Persons is adoptable as a primary text for MSW and doctoral elective courses on global social work or international social work practice with persecuted and forcibly displaced people. This textbook is targeted to clinical social work or policy courses as well, and can be supplemental reading for required courses for migration and forced displacement majors. It is also useful for social workers or interdisciplinary practitioners working around the globe with displaced populations.

Contents:

Foreword by Silvana Martinez

Part I: Contexts and FrameworksChapter 1: An Introduction to Integrative Social Work Practice with Survivors of Forced Displacement

Authors: Nancy J. Murakami & Mashura Akilova

Chapter 2: History of the Global Response to Forcibly Displaced Persons

Author: Karolina Lukasiewicz

Chapter 3: International Treaties, Conventions, and Laws on Forced Displacement

Author: Daniel Naujoks

Chapter 4: Humanitarian Coordination and Information Management

Author: Sarah Harrison

Chapter 5: Current Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Policies and Frameworks in Humanitarian Settings

Author: Merve Kan

Chapter 6: Future Trends: The Challenges of Climate Displacement

Author: Susana B. Adamo

Chapter 7: Durable Solutions: Resettlement

Authors: Dana Al Azzeh, Agnes Nzomene Kahouo Foda, and Ghazal Rezvani

Chapter 8: Durable Solutions: Integration and Host Community Challenges

Author: Pinar Zubaroglu-Ioannides

Chapter 9: Durable Solutions: Return and Reintegration of Displaced Populations and Reconstruction in Post-conflict Societies

Authors: Mashura Akilova, Klubosumo Johnson Borh, and Hatem Alaa Mazrouk

Part II: Clinical Needs and Responses

Chapter 10: Clinical Social Work Practice with Forcibly Displaced Persons Grounded in Human Rights and Social Justice Principles

Author: S. Megan Berthold

Chapter 11: Practicing Internationally: Centering Refugee Voice

Authors: Hadidja Nyiransekuye, Sarah Moore, Dhrubodhi Mukherjee, and Beverly Wagner

Chapter 12: Culture, Trauma, and Loss: Integrative Social Work Practice with Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Authors: Mary Bunn, Nancy J. Murakami, and Andrea Haidar

Chapter 13: Why Social Work Methodologies are so Important in Delivering Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions for Refugees in Humanitarian Settings

Authors: Peter Ventevogel & Claire Whitney

Chapter 14: The Social Work Practitioner: Considerations for Working with Survivors of Forced Displacement

Author: Nancy J. Murakami

Part III: Specific PopulationsChapter 15: Statelessness and Displacement: The Cause, Consequences, and Challenges of Statelessness and the Capabilities Required of Social Workers

Author: Jason Tucker

Chapter 16: Social Work Practice with Asylum Seekers

Author: Tanzilya Oren

Chapter 17: Migration of LGBTQI+ People: Sexual and/or Gender Minority Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum-seekers

Authors: Edward Ou Jin Lee, Ahmed Hamila, Sophia Koukoui, Yann Zoldan, Renata Militzer, Sebastien Chehaitly, Catherine Baillargeon, and Annie Pullen Sansfacon

Chapter 18: Social Work with Displaced Children

Authors: Sana Al-Hyari & Raghda Butros

Chapter 19: Bridging Micro and Macro Practice to Respond to Violence against Women and Girls in Dynamic Contexts: Lessons Learned from the South Pacific Context

Authors: Abigail Erikson, Doris Puiahi, and Karin Wachter

Chapter 20: Lives in the Shadows: International Human Trafficking in the United States

Authors: Jessica Gorelick & Ileana Taylor

Part IV: Looking ForwardChapter 21: The Role of Social Work in the Context of Forced Migration: A Global Perspective

Author: Mashura Akilova

Appendix: Glossary of Terms

Author: Bethel Assefa