Social Work Theory

Aimed at literature review for the this subject SWSP6013 Social work theory and practice, I have selected both sections from the unit content of the unit, one is “Feminist social work” by Orme, J (2002), In R. Adams, L.Dominello & M. Payne (Eds), Social work: Critical issues and critical debates and another one is “ How did we get here? The history of critical social work” by Moreley, C., Albertt, P., & Macfarlane, S.(2014). Engaging with Social Work: A critical introduction.
I choose these two issues of social work because, even though I have background of Humanities from My country Nepal, Social Work subject, in Australia is very new topic for me, as I am studying Master in Social Work and being female of Patriarchal society, I am lean toward

Looking at historical issues empowers us to see the way the social problem has been constructed. In this chapter of history emphasis on the western notion of social work. History of the social work is presented in seven categories. They are: Historical perspectives on social justice, Social justice and modernity Social work origins, Charitable organization societies, The settlement movement: reformers and revolutionaries? Australia and social work, 1788-1970, Radical social work in the 1970s and Critical social work: renewing the social justice tradition. These categories are presented in the chronological order in timeline interrelate it with the development of social work in

And few focus on the effect of different social divisions and discriminations on individuals’ lives and challenge to modify social environments to meet those peoples’ needs. Critical social workers do not attribute to the acceptance that there is the single reality that is the same for everybody. Rather our individual knowledge and how we understand these experiences depend on where and how we are positioned socially, culturally and politically (Campbell & Baikie, 2012).
In this chapter writer starts from how social division and unequal power division leads to the social injustice and how social work rise to provide social justice in society over the time and describes the necessity of social justice to maintaining social balance. the history of critical social theory is unavoidably connected to theorizing about social justice and injustice (PETERS, 2012). Also, present how social work develops over the