Maria Irene Carvalho
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3937090 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Maria Irene Carvalho |
| NOMBRES | Maria Irene |
| APELLIDO | Carvalho |
| FIRMA | CARVALHO M I |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1921-3212 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Family Experiences Surrounding Gender Identity Disclosure in TGNC Youth (A Scoping Review)
In recent years, the disclosure of transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals identity has emerged as a phenomenon receiving increasing attention from researchers, due to its impact on family dynamics and the mental health outcomes of this population. This research aims to map existing knowledge regarding the experiences of parents of TGNC youth during the gender identity disclosure process, between 2018 and 2024. To conduct this re…
Re-imagining Social Work Ethics
This article comprises a series of discrete reflections by different authors on the theme of ‘re-imagining social work ethics’. It takes its inspiration from a workshop hosted by the Social Work Ethics Research Group (SWERG) in partnership with the Ethics and Social Welfare journal. The authors consider the meaning and motivation of calls to ‘re-imagine’ social work ethics in the light of current practical, political and philosophical challenges …
Art-based social work experiences in Portugal
This article intends to reflect on art-based social work by highlighting the perception and involvement in art experiences of professionals in Portugal. It critically analyses the use of art as a process, method and technique that can be conceptualised as a social change approach. An exploratory survey was conducted among professionals belonging to the National Association. The survey used closed and open-ended questions, focused on professionals…
Human Rights-Based Social Work Perspective, Ethics, and Practice
The relationship between social work and human rights has become consolidated over decades. In this article, we try to show the historical evolution of this relationship, and as well highlight some aspects that arise from both the human rights approach and from social work as a field of knowledge and an ethical profession. To achieve the above intention, we carried out an exploratory literature review of articles published in the last 20 years in…
Understanding policy practice among Portuguese social workers
Social Work and Human Rights
This article intends to demonstrate the interconnections between exposure, engagement, human rights (HRs) lens, and methods in social work. To achieve these aims, we used HRXSW, HRESW, HRLSW, and HRMSW index scales to carry out a survey amongst Portuguese social workers. This survey was sent to 4079 registered members (100%) of the Portuguese professional association, of which 259 were valid responses (6.3%). The results of this pilot study show …
Secondary Traumatic Stress in Portuguese Social Workers
This article analyses the level of secondary traumatic stress in Portuguese social workers. Social workers practice their profession in conditions that generate stress and trauma on a daily basis; this is triggered by clients’ anxiety, threats to the integrity of the professionals, and situations that have a negative impact on professional practice. This study was conducted in organisations registered under the Social Charter, which coordinates i…
Ubuntu-based social work
This article uses the Ubuntu paradigms to reflect on the ways in which community-level values and frameworks can be recognised, strengthened and used to promote children’s welfare. We present a literature review and documented practical examples from African Ubuntu communities in Global South that strongly emphasise the collectivist approach in their ways of life. With a further examination of the Ubuntu philosophy, we identify common values and …
Protection of Unaccompanied Migrant Minors in Two European Union Countries
Although the European Union is a region of democratic values and social justice, with respect to the topic of unaccompanied migrant minors it remains an area of symbolic walls and borders between countries. Unaccompanied migrant minors and separated children are a risk group who enjoy recognised rights allowing for special protection, but such rights are not always acknowledged in practice. This article explores and analyses some of the main poli…
Challenges for social work with older people in the first Covid-19 pandemic state of emergency in Portugal
This article seeks to understand the needs and difficulties of intervention with older people during the first state of emergency in Portugal due to COVID-19. The results show that these professionals faced challenges they never experienced before and necessitated support to carry out their work in an emergency. The difficulties resulted, not only from the chronic vulnerabilities stemming from the disinvestment of public policies in recent years …
O Serviço Social na saúde em Portugal e os desafios da Covid-19
Esta é uma reflexão realizada entre maio e julho de 2020 considerado 28 documentos e que teve como objetivo apresentar a prática do assistente social em saúde no contexto da Covid-19 em Portugal. Abordou-se as seguintes temáticas: Relação do Serviço Social com o sistema de saúde em Portugal; O Serviço Nacional de Saúde e o direito à saúde: o que temos?; Competências consolidadas do Serviço Social na saúde; O que mudou no Serviço Social da saúde c…
Discrimination and injustice against older people in Uganda
This article highlights how older people in Uganda experience discrimination and injustice. It discusses the legal framework for their protection, while acknowledging that not all professionals are aware of or have access to the legal mechanisms meant to safeguard older people’s interests. It also discusses the role social work can play in protecting older people’s rights. It further recommends that social workers work to increase solidarity betw…
A política de saúde portuguesa na austeridade
Este artigo analisa a política de saúde em Portugal na perspetiva do Serviço Social em tempo de austeridade. Identificamos as competências e atribuições do Serviço Social na saúde e evidenciamos o trajeto do Serviço Nacional de Saúde, desde a sua génese até aos seus últimos desenvolvimentos. Salienta-se as alterações na política de saúde que ocorreram durante a crise económica-financeira do Estado entre 2010 e 2015 e reflecte-se sobre o impacto d…
Serviço social em Portugal
Este ensaio analisa o desenvolvimento da formação e da profissão do Serviço Social em Portugal a partir de tempos e espaços determinados. Para o efetuar realizamos uma pesquisa bibliográfica centrada em textos de referência, publicados nestes últimos anos e também na experiência da autora enquanto docente no Sistema de Ensino Superior em Portugal. Situamos a emergência, a construção e os desenvolvimentos recentes nas duas dimensões em estudo, a f…
Desafios do Serviço Social na atualidade em Portugal
Com este texto pretendemos contribuir para a compreensão do Serviço Social e da profissão de assistente social em Portugal, desde a sua emergência até a atualidade, destacando os desafios em contexto de globalização e do risco social. Para efetuar esta análise situamo-nos na inter-relação Estado-sociedade, em que o Serviço Social, enquanto corpo de saber específico, se destaca entre o mundo da vida e mundo dos sistemas. Tivemos em conta o context…
Política de saúde e de cuidados continuados integrados em Portugal. O planeamento da alta em Serviço Social
Este texto pretende evidenciar a construção da política de cuidados continuados integrados, social e de saúde, no âmbito da política de saúde em Portugal, destacando o planeamento da alta em Serviço Social. Desde 2006 que os cuidados continuados são assumidos como direitos e integrados na política e no sistema de saúde. A profissão do Serviço Social tem recebido destaque no processo de planeamento das altas e no desenvolvimento de procedimentos i…
Social work and intervention with older people in Portugal
Even before ageing became a challenge to society, it already was for social work professionals. What interested the social work professionals were the older people who accumulated low incomes, poverty, loneliness, isolation, disease and several outbuildings. The increasing number of older and much older people reconfigured the intervention of professionals in this area. This intervention is in accordance with the policies of the welfare state, ba…
Contracorrentes em tempos de tempestades
O pensamento de Jane Addams e de Mary Richmond está associado à construção do conhecimento em Serviço Social na modernidade. No final do século XIX e início do século XX, estas figuras incontornáveis do Serviço Social integraram a profissão na divisão sociotécnica do trabalho e na agenda dos países envolvidos com a questão social. Este texto tem como objetivo examinar a relação implícita das autoras com o Serviço Social, enfatizando a emergência …
Ética, Serviço Social e "responsabilidade social"
Este texto analisa a relação da ética com o Serviço Social considerando o princípio da responsabilidade social na intervenção com pessoas idosas. Problematiza esse princípio segundo vários autores, que o colocam em posições distintas e reporta-se a um caso como exemplo de uma intervenção profissional com uma pessoa idosa. A reflexão sobre o caso leva em conta essas duas dimensões de análise (uma mais normativa e outra mais hipotética e prospectiv…
Social Work and Human Rights
This article intends to demonstrate the interconnections between exposure, engagement, human rights (HRs) lens, and methods in social work. To achieve these aims, we used HRXSW, HRESW, HRLSW, and HRMSW index scales to carry out a survey amongst Portuguese social workers. This survey was sent to 4079 registered members (100%) of the Portuguese professional association, of which 259 were valid responses (6.3%). The results of this pilot study show …
Ubuntu-based social work
This article uses the Ubuntu paradigms to reflect on the ways in which community-level values and frameworks can be recognised, strengthened and used to promote children’s welfare. We present a literature review and documented practical examples from African Ubuntu communities in Global South that strongly emphasise the collectivist approach in their ways of life. With a further examination of the Ubuntu philosophy, we identify common values and …
Discrimination and injustice against older people in Uganda
This article highlights how older people in Uganda experience discrimination and injustice. It discusses the legal framework for their protection, while acknowledging that not all professionals are aware of or have access to the legal mechanisms meant to safeguard older people’s interests. It also discusses the role social work can play in protecting older people’s rights. It further recommends that social workers work to increase solidarity betw…
Human Rights-Based Social Work Perspective, Ethics, and Practice
The relationship between social work and human rights has become consolidated over decades. In this article, we try to show the historical evolution of this relationship, and as well highlight some aspects that arise from both the human rights approach and from social work as a field of knowledge and an ethical profession. To achieve the above intention, we carried out an exploratory literature review of articles published in the last 20 years in…
Understanding policy practice among Portuguese social workers
Desafios do Serviço Social na atualidade em Portugal
Com este texto pretendemos contribuir para a compreensão do Serviço Social e da profissão de assistente social em Portugal, desde a sua emergência até a atualidade, destacando os desafios em contexto de globalização e do risco social. Para efetuar esta análise situamo-nos na inter-relação Estado-sociedade, em que o Serviço Social, enquanto corpo de saber específico, se destaca entre o mundo da vida e mundo dos sistemas. Tivemos em conta o context…
Ética, Serviço Social e "responsabilidade social"
Este texto analisa a relação da ética com o Serviço Social considerando o princípio da responsabilidade social na intervenção com pessoas idosas. Problematiza esse princípio segundo vários autores, que o colocam em posições distintas e reporta-se a um caso como exemplo de uma intervenção profissional com uma pessoa idosa. A reflexão sobre o caso leva em conta essas duas dimensões de análise (uma mais normativa e outra mais hipotética e prospectiv…
Contracorrentes em tempos de tempestades
O pensamento de Jane Addams e de Mary Richmond está associado à construção do conhecimento em Serviço Social na modernidade. No final do século XIX e início do século XX, estas figuras incontornáveis do Serviço Social integraram a profissão na divisão sociotécnica do trabalho e na agenda dos países envolvidos com a questão social. Este texto tem como objetivo examinar a relação implícita das autoras com o Serviço Social, enfatizando a emergência …
Política de saúde e de cuidados continuados integrados em Portugal. O planeamento da alta em Serviço Social
Este texto pretende evidenciar a construção da política de cuidados continuados integrados, social e de saúde, no âmbito da política de saúde em Portugal, destacando o planeamento da alta em Serviço Social. Desde 2006 que os cuidados continuados são assumidos como direitos e integrados na política e no sistema de saúde. A profissão do Serviço Social tem recebido destaque no processo de planeamento das altas e no desenvolvimento de procedimentos i…
Social work and intervention with older people in Portugal
Even before ageing became a challenge to society, it already was for social work professionals. What interested the social work professionals were the older people who accumulated low incomes, poverty, loneliness, isolation, disease and several outbuildings. The increasing number of older and much older people reconfigured the intervention of professionals in this area. This intervention is in accordance with the policies of the welfare state, ba…
Serviço social em Portugal
Este ensaio analisa o desenvolvimento da formação e da profissão do Serviço Social em Portugal a partir de tempos e espaços determinados. Para o efetuar realizamos uma pesquisa bibliográfica centrada em textos de referência, publicados nestes últimos anos e também na experiência da autora enquanto docente no Sistema de Ensino Superior em Portugal. Situamos a emergência, a construção e os desenvolvimentos recentes nas duas dimensões em estudo, a f…
Desafios do Serviço Social na atualidade em Portugal
Com este texto pretendemos contribuir para a compreensão do Serviço Social e da profissão de assistente social em Portugal, desde a sua emergência até a atualidade, destacando os desafios em contexto de globalização e do risco social. Para efetuar esta análise situamo-nos na inter-relação Estado-sociedade, em que o Serviço Social, enquanto corpo de saber específico, se destaca entre o mundo da vida e mundo dos sistemas. Tivemos em conta o context…
A política de saúde portuguesa na austeridade
Este artigo analisa a política de saúde em Portugal na perspetiva do Serviço Social em tempo de austeridade. Identificamos as competências e atribuições do Serviço Social na saúde e evidenciamos o trajeto do Serviço Nacional de Saúde, desde a sua génese até aos seus últimos desenvolvimentos. Salienta-se as alterações na política de saúde que ocorreram durante a crise económica-financeira do Estado entre 2010 e 2015 e reflecte-se sobre o impacto d…
Discrimination and injustice against older people in Uganda
This article highlights how older people in Uganda experience discrimination and injustice. It discusses the legal framework for their protection, while acknowledging that not all professionals are aware of or have access to the legal mechanisms meant to safeguard older people’s interests. It also discusses the role social work can play in protecting older people’s rights. It further recommends that social workers work to increase solidarity betw…
O Serviço Social na saúde em Portugal e os desafios da Covid-19
Esta é uma reflexão realizada entre maio e julho de 2020 considerado 28 documentos e que teve como objetivo apresentar a prática do assistente social em saúde no contexto da Covid-19 em Portugal. Abordou-se as seguintes temáticas: Relação do Serviço Social com o sistema de saúde em Portugal; O Serviço Nacional de Saúde e o direito à saúde: o que temos?; Competências consolidadas do Serviço Social na saúde; O que mudou no Serviço Social da saúde c…
Challenges for social work with older people in the first Covid-19 pandemic state of emergency in Portugal
This article seeks to understand the needs and difficulties of intervention with older people during the first state of emergency in Portugal due to COVID-19. The results show that these professionals faced challenges they never experienced before and necessitated support to carry out their work in an emergency. The difficulties resulted, not only from the chronic vulnerabilities stemming from the disinvestment of public policies in recent years …
Secondary Traumatic Stress in Portuguese Social Workers
This article analyses the level of secondary traumatic stress in Portuguese social workers. Social workers practice their profession in conditions that generate stress and trauma on a daily basis; this is triggered by clients’ anxiety, threats to the integrity of the professionals, and situations that have a negative impact on professional practice. This study was conducted in organisations registered under the Social Charter, which coordinates i…
Ubuntu-based social work
This article uses the Ubuntu paradigms to reflect on the ways in which community-level values and frameworks can be recognised, strengthened and used to promote children’s welfare. We present a literature review and documented practical examples from African Ubuntu communities in Global South that strongly emphasise the collectivist approach in their ways of life. With a further examination of the Ubuntu philosophy, we identify common values and …
Protection of Unaccompanied Migrant Minors in Two European Union Countries
Although the European Union is a region of democratic values and social justice, with respect to the topic of unaccompanied migrant minors it remains an area of symbolic walls and borders between countries. Unaccompanied migrant minors and separated children are a risk group who enjoy recognised rights allowing for special protection, but such rights are not always acknowledged in practice. This article explores and analyses some of the main poli…
Art-based social work experiences in Portugal
This article intends to reflect on art-based social work by highlighting the perception and involvement in art experiences of professionals in Portugal. It critically analyses the use of art as a process, method and technique that can be conceptualised as a social change approach. An exploratory survey was conducted among professionals belonging to the National Association. The survey used closed and open-ended questions, focused on professionals…
Human Rights-Based Social Work Perspective, Ethics, and Practice
The relationship between social work and human rights has become consolidated over decades. In this article, we try to show the historical evolution of this relationship, and as well highlight some aspects that arise from both the human rights approach and from social work as a field of knowledge and an ethical profession. To achieve the above intention, we carried out an exploratory literature review of articles published in the last 20 years in…
Understanding policy practice among Portuguese social workers
Social Work and Human Rights
This article intends to demonstrate the interconnections between exposure, engagement, human rights (HRs) lens, and methods in social work. To achieve these aims, we used HRXSW, HRESW, HRLSW, and HRMSW index scales to carry out a survey amongst Portuguese social workers. This survey was sent to 4079 registered members (100%) of the Portuguese professional association, of which 259 were valid responses (6.3%). The results of this pilot study show …
Family Experiences Surrounding Gender Identity Disclosure in TGNC Youth (A Scoping Review)
In recent years, the disclosure of transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals identity has emerged as a phenomenon receiving increasing attention from researchers, due to its impact on family dynamics and the mental health outcomes of this population. This research aims to map existing knowledge regarding the experiences of parents of TGNC youth during the gender identity disclosure process, between 2018 and 2024. To conduct this re…
Re-imagining Social Work Ethics
This article comprises a series of discrete reflections by different authors on the theme of ‘re-imagining social work ethics’. It takes its inspiration from a workshop hosted by the Social Work Ethics Research Group (SWERG) in partnership with the Ethics and Social Welfare journal. The authors consider the meaning and motivation of calls to ‘re-imagine’ social work ethics in the light of current practical, political and philosophical challenges …
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