Independent Mental Health Advocacy: A Model of Social Work Advocacy?

被引:9
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作者
Maylea, Christopher [1 ]
Makregiorgos, Helen [2 ]
Martin, Jennifer [3 ]
Alvarez-Vasquez, Susan [1 ]
Dale, Matthew [1 ]
Hill, Nicholas [1 ]
Johnson, Brendan [1 ]
Thomas, Stuart [1 ]
Weller, Penelope [1 ]
机构
[1] RMIT Univ, Global & Social Studies Ctr, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[2] Independent Mental Hlth Advocacy, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[3] Swinburne Univ Technol, Fac Hlth Arts & Design, Hawthorn, Vic, Australia
关键词
Advocacy; IMHA; Mental Health; Social Work Advocacy; Person-Led; Worker-Led; RIGHTS;
D O I
10.1080/0312407X.2020.1725076
中图分类号
C916 [社会工作、社会管理、社会规划];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
Advocacy has received less attention in social work research than other aspects of social work practice. This paper draws attention to two tensions in social work advocacy; between worker-led advocacy and person-led advocacy, and between individual advocacy and system level advocacy. We argue that human-rights-based social workers must choose a person-led approach over a worker-led approach while advocating with both systems and individuals. This argument is made by drawing on findings of an evaluation of Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) in Victoria, Australia. It is shown that social work training had not prepared social workers for rights-based, person-led advocacy and that social workers in public mental health services were struggling to maintain the rights of people in their services even with assistance from IMHA.
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页码:334 / 346
页数:13
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