Beskrivning
Open lecture
Local reactions to global problems: The contested roles and identities of social workers
Dr. Jessica Hanna Jönsson
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro, Sweden
Monday 10 February 2020, 12–2pm
Venue: Festive Hall, Snellmaninkatu 12, Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki
This presentation explores the roles and identities of social workers in their local responses to global processes of change. The presentation is divided in two parts: ‘Social workers’ experiences of working in, and responding to, the increasing neoliberal organisation of public social work’ and ‘The tensions between global ethics in social work and neoliberal and nationalised social work practices with undocumented migrants in Sweden’. The first part is based on an interview study with social workers. The results show a growing and widespread unease with new professional roles and functions of social workers as bureaucrats within a neoliberalised organisation of public social work. Part two is dedicated to presenting social work practices with undocumented migrants in the framework of the Swedish social care system, based on interviews with social workers and NGO actors, complemented by participant observations. The empirical results show how globalisation, migration and social problems of undocumented migrants increasingly challenge the national basis of social work and create tensions between national laws and practices guiding the Swedish welfare services and Global Ethics in Social Work. The neoliberalisation of public social work have reduced the professional possibilities for providing services to undocumented migrants. Paradoxically, the same developments have created new possibilities for other actors such as NGOs and individual professional social workers to apply global ethics in social work and improve undocumented migrants’ living conditions.
| Period | 10 feb. 2020 |
|---|---|
| Typ av evenemang | Annan |
| Plats | FinlandVisa på karta |
| Omfattning | Internationell |
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Ordering the "Migrant Family": Power Asymmetry Work and Citizenization in Restructuring Welfare Professional Bureaucracies
Projekt: Finlands Akademi/Övriga Forskningsråd