Young Women, Homelessness and Social JusticeJuliet WATSON
child neglect and abuse, foster care, and criminal justice. Regardless of the personal vulnerabilities that put an individual at risk of homelessness, agreement is general that structural factors, notably the shortage of affordable housing, structural unemployment, and poverty, contributed to the emerge...
Reena has skills and heightened senses that help her navigate her world. She notices things other children don’t, like a branch that breaks and nearly injures another child. When playing hide-and-seek, she’s clever because she notices “eyes peeping through pampas,” and a” pink cardigan ...
This paper explores the custody and removal of homeless individuals as well as their rights and ability to defend themselves from unwanted psychiatric asse
Homelessness is a major social justice issue globally, that affects everyone. I am focusing on the issue of homelessness in Australia as I believe we have an obligation towards these people in supporting them and doing more to improve this issue. According to The Footpath Library (2013) “On...
We discuss our role as group facilitators who infused social justice principles in our group work, share challenges we experienced along the way, and offer suggestions for facilitating group counseling interventions. Keywords: advocacy group work homelessness social justice women Additional information ...
He can always serve up a pretty bleak perspective on life and the economy, on government’s and social movements that states, ‘we are all going to hell in a handbasket’. In his pragmatic approach I have learned to listen deeply to the underlying message. To not take words at face valu...
Back to basics. Back to what we know works. That is my main takeaway from my interview with social worker Charlotte Tucker Sanders. I’ve had the privilege to work with her, first at Neighborcare’s45th Street Homeless Youth Clinicand then when I led theUW’s Doorway Project.She said, ...
(Mason,Citation2022). Whilst social workers have significant potential to address homelessness given their social justice orientation and their positionality within services that work with those most at risk (Manthorpe et al.,Citation2015), concerns have emerged about the preparedness of social workers...
1.TheReal Change, House Our Neighbors crowdannouncedjust before Christmas they will put a measure on the Seattle ballot in 2024 to establish a permanent funding source for I-135, the social housing measure they passed in February.I will take the bait and predict that funding measure will fail...