Mel Gray

TL;DR: The authors examines some of the major debates and issues involved in moves to generalise about social work across the globe, and suggests some directions for a flexible approach to find a flexible framework which allows for differences yet provides for accountability, responsiveness and connectivity.

TL;DR: This paper argued that culture can play an important role in enabling indigenisation and retaining universals while avoiding imperialism in social work, and suggested that culture is an important consideration that enables indigenization, retains universals yet avoids imperialism.

TL;DR: The authors argue that the recent attention to the importance of the environment and spirituality, and the paradigmatic shift that such issues require, has created a welcoming space for indigenous voices and opened the opportunity for the profession to benefit not only from a genuine exchange among cultures, but also from a re-thinking of the foundational beliefs of the social work profession.

TL;DR: T tentative findings suggest that to facilitate the uptake of EBP in social work and human services practice, strategically driven, adequately resourced, multifaceted approaches to EBP capacity building in organizations are needed.

TL;DR: In this article, the development of culturally appropriate social work practice in Sarawak, Malaysia, Ling How Kee The past, the present and the future: the New Zealand indigenous experience of social work, Wheturangi Walsh-Tapiata Tongan social work practices, Tracie Mafile'o Critical reflections on an Aboriginal approach to helping, Michael Anthony Hart Homemade social work: the 2-way transfer of socially work practice knowledge between India and the USA, Jayashree Nimmagadda and Diane R. Graham.