The End of Social Work: A Defense of the Social Worker in Times of Transformation

The End of Social Work: A Defense of the Social Worker in Times of Transformation explores the...
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Author: Steve Burghardt
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The End of Social Work: A Defense of the Social Worker in Times of Transformation by Burghardt, Steve

The End of Social Work: A Defense of the Social Worker in Times of Transformation

Dhs. 260.88

The End of Social Work: A Defense of the Social Worker in Times of Transformation

Dhs. 260.88
Author: Steve Burghardt
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The End of Social Work: A Defense of the Social Worker in Times of Transformation explores the deeply flawed status quo of the social work profession. Its message is clear: it is not acceptable for social workers to labor under intolerable working conditions and financial strain because they work with the poor and oppressed.

Steve Burghardt addresses why social workers no longer have the income and status once shared with nurses and teachers. He addresses the leadership failures that cause social workers to be blamed for not ending poverty yet expected to handle burnout through self-care rather than collective action. He looks beyond nostrums of social justice to the indifference to systemic racism in the profession's journals and programs and explores the damage caused by substituting individuated measures of unvalidated competencies for grounded wisdom in practice. It is thus no accident that a profession committing to "care for everyone" undermines the herculean work that so many social workers do on behalf of the poor, marginalized, and oppressed.

Situating the work in the crises of 2020, Burghardt ends with a proposed call to action directed at a transformed profession. Such a campaign would be situated within the national struggles for racial justice, climate change, and economic equality so that social work and social workers regain their legitimacy as authentic advocates fighting alongside the poor and oppressed-and doing so for themselves as well.

A rallying cry for social work itself, The End of Social Work is an ideal resource for social work programs and practicing social workers driven to enact meaningful change.



Author: Steve Burghardt
Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
Published: 12/01/2020
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.42d
ISBN: 9781793511898

About the Author
Burghardt, Steve: - Steve Burghardt, M.S.W., Ph.D. is a professor of social work at Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College-CUNY. He is the author or co-author of numerous articles and over ten books. He is an eight-time teaching award winner, including the co-winning of the CSWE-Sage national award for innovative teaching. His activism began as a student organizer in the sixties; decades later, he was deeply involved with Occupy Wall Street and more recently as a leader in the Age Justice movement. His work as a consultant, trainer, and executive coach in the public and nonprofit sectors led him to a deep appreciation and respect for the committed work of frontline, as well as executive, staff for their unyielding commitments to those with whom they work-especially the poor, marginalized, and oppressed.

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