286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Social work practice in a country town or small remote community several hours' drive from the nearest centre is very different from practice in the city. Social Work in Rural Australia offers an introduction to the challenges and rewards of professional practice in rural and remote areas. The authors explore the practical implications for social workers in non-urban regions, including teamwork... Read more
Contributors
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1 Understanding rurality: A conceptual framework - Jane Maidment
PART II: RURALITY, TOPOGRAPHY AND POPULATIONS
2 Making a living in diverse rural and remote communities - Uschi Bay
3 Collaborating within and across interprofessional teams - Liz Beddoe and Mollie Burley
PART III: FIELDS OF PRACTICE IN RURAL SETINGS
4 Securing affordable housing in rural and remote towns - Uschi Bay with Yvonne Jenkins
5 Developing new approaches to mental health in farm settings - Jane Maidment
6 Employing and supporting young people's belonging in rural towns - Lesley Chenoweth
7 Caregiving in small rural and regional towns - Wendy Bowles
8 Dealing with violence: Families living in rural settlements - Robyn Mason
9 Analysing criminalisation in rural community contexts - David McCallum
10 Integrating migrants and refugees in rural settings - Linda Briskman
11 Governing homelands in desert Australia - Uschi Bay
12 Engaging with sea-change and tree-change families over time - Sarah Wendt
13 Facilitating intergenerational dialogue: Ageing in rural places - Jeni Warburton and Suzanne Hodgkin
14 Addressing the effects of climate change on rural communities - Margaret Alston
PART IV: FUTURE AGENDA FOR SOCIAL WORK
15 Rural practice: An agenda for the future - Jane Maidment and Uschi Bay
Bibliography
Index
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1 Understanding rurality: A conceptual framework - Jane Maidment
PART II: RURALITY, TOPOGRAPHY AND POPULATIONS
2 Making a living in diverse rural and remote communities - Uschi Bay
3 Collaborating within and across interprofessional teams - Liz Beddoe and Mollie Burley
PART III: FIELDS OF PRACTICE IN RURAL SETINGS
4 Securing affordable housing in rural and remote towns - Uschi Bay with Yvonne Jenkins
5 Developing new approaches to mental health in farm settings - Jane Maidment
6 Employing and supporting young people's belonging in rural towns - Lesley Chenoweth
7 Caregiving in small rural and regional towns - Wendy Bowles
8 Dealing with violence: Families living in rural settlements - Robyn Mason
9 Analysing criminalisation in rural community contexts - David McCallum
10 Integrating migrants and refugees in rural settings - Linda Briskman
11 Governing homelands in desert Australia - Uschi Bay
12 Engaging with sea-change and tree-change families over time - Sarah Wendt
13 Facilitating intergenerational dialogue: Ageing in rural places - Jeni Warburton and Suzanne Hodgkin
14 Addressing the effects of climate change on rural communities - Margaret Alston
PART IV: FUTURE AGENDA FOR SOCIAL WORK
15 Rural practice: An agenda for the future - Jane Maidment and Uschi Bay
Bibliography
Index
Biography
JANE MAIDMENT is a senior lecturer in Social Work at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology and has taught at Australian universities. She is co-author of Mapping Knowledge for Social Work Practice and co-editor of Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare. USCHI BAY is a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Work at Monash University.
