SOWK 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Young Offenders Act, Risk Assessment, Restorative Justice
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March 8 social work issues from feminist perspective. To-do: bring your research question; we"ll discuss types of questions you want to generate when you interview person in program you"ve identified to make sure there"s good alignment between your research question and interview questions. March 15 guest speaker, carly jones, a first nations social worker, looking at indigenous issues. March 22 possibly a panel of speakers looking at social work practice with immigrant and racialized group. March 29 guest speaker on social work practice related to gender/sexual diversity. Social workers dominate in field of child welfare more than any other field. Social workers play a key role in every aspect of child welfare; they often have the lead and coordinate other professionals this is usually because of legislative authority social workers have in child welfare. Child welfare work is uniquely based in social work practice. Previously, care for children divided among many ministries with little coordination highly fragmented.
