Kerry Brydon
Biographic Data
| ID | 5821977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kerry Brydon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kerry |
| FAMILY NAME | Brydon |
| SIGNATURE | BRYDON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4373-8112 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Young People Leaving Care: Supporting Pathways to Adulthood
Kerry BrydonMonash University© 2013 Kerry Brydon
Melanesian visions? Some preliminary thoughts about social work education and practice in Papua New Guinea
Social work is a discipline that has its origins in the Western context but has spread to a wide range of contexts. We undertook a small research project as a quest to enhance the delivery of fieldwork programs but the findings clearly held implications for the development of new social work models and practices that are unique to the Papua New Guinea context. While further research is needed, it is our contention that the integration of Melanesi…
Developing an international social work education collaboration: A partnership approach between Monash University, Australia and University of Papua New Guinea
In late 2009 staff from the Department of Social Work at Monash University in Australia responded to a call for expression of interest in becoming volunteers in a program sponsored by the Australian Group of Eight Universities that sought to strengthen teaching and curriculum development activities with the University of Papua New Guinea. The presenting request was for volunteers to conduct short teaching stints in Papua New Guinea. The discussio…
Social Policy in Singapore: Insights from a Social Work Perspective
Social work practice, irrespective of the location of practice, is shaped by local conditions, particularly the laws and policies applicable to the practice. Most governments adopt some form of institutional arrangements pertinent to local conditions to meet local needs, such arrangements in Western contexts commonly being described as the welfare state. In other contexts, notably the East Asian context, the Western welfare state has been deemed …
Promoting diversity or confirming hegemony? In search of new insights for social work
All human societies have constructed indigenous strategies for responding to human need. While there are calls for social work to embrace diversity, there remains dissatisfaction with the hegemonic spread of Western social work. Analysis reveals different cultural orientations in a number of contexts and suggests that the Western context is indigenous defined by values and characteristics that are inconsistent with the other cultural orientations…
Social Work Advocacy in Singapore: Some Reflections on the Constraints and Opportunities
One central concern of social work is advocacy for social justice. This is a lofty ideal but a difficult ideal to achieve in view of social work being delivered in sociopolitical contexts with varying degrees of tolerance of advocacy. This discussion is based on a case study from Singapore and considers some of the particular constraints and opportunities in that context, while also making the point that those similar constraints and opportunitie…
Offering social work education in an offshore context: A case study of an Australian programme delivered in Singapore
This article presents a case study of a social work education programme developed in one context and delivered in another. It briefly reviews the history of the programme and of the social services sector in the recipient country. Based on qualitative research, the article identifies a number of messages that have the potential to inform future such ventures. In particular the article concludes by challenging the dominance of western-centred cons…
Am I Still a Social Worker? Reflections on Child Protection Practice
Social workers alone appear to be held accountable for failures in child protection. However, social workers operate within a broader contextual environment. The protection of children does not occur in a vacuum, divorced from social and political influences. This discussion examines this issue and considers critical influences that appear to have eroded the social work perspective on child protection
Untreatable families? Suggestions from literature
The purpose of this paper is to highlight insights from literature, which suggest that some families are unable to respond to intervention and treatment. Discussion of this aspect of family functioning is notably missing from the discourse on family preservation. There will be an outline offered of the factors that may be contributing to this reality, one consequence being that children wait indefinite periods of time for lasting arrangements to …
Promoting diversity or confirming hegemony? In search of new insights for social work
All human societies have constructed indigenous strategies for responding to human need. While there are calls for social work to embrace diversity, there remains dissatisfaction with the hegemonic spread of Western social work. Analysis reveals different cultural orientations in a number of contexts and suggests that the Western context is indigenous defined by values and characteristics that are inconsistent with the other cultural orientations…
Developing an international social work education collaboration: A partnership approach between Monash University, Australia and University of Papua New Guinea
In late 2009 staff from the Department of Social Work at Monash University in Australia responded to a call for expression of interest in becoming volunteers in a program sponsored by the Australian Group of Eight Universities that sought to strengthen teaching and curriculum development activities with the University of Papua New Guinea. The presenting request was for volunteers to conduct short teaching stints in Papua New Guinea. The discussio…
Young People Leaving Care: Supporting Pathways to Adulthood
Kerry BrydonMonash University© 2013 Kerry Brydon
Melanesian visions? Some preliminary thoughts about social work education and practice in Papua New Guinea
Social work is a discipline that has its origins in the Western context but has spread to a wide range of contexts. We undertook a small research project as a quest to enhance the delivery of fieldwork programs but the findings clearly held implications for the development of new social work models and practices that are unique to the Papua New Guinea context. While further research is needed, it is our contention that the integration of Melanesi…
Social Work Advocacy in Singapore: Some Reflections on the Constraints and Opportunities
One central concern of social work is advocacy for social justice. This is a lofty ideal but a difficult ideal to achieve in view of social work being delivered in sociopolitical contexts with varying degrees of tolerance of advocacy. This discussion is based on a case study from Singapore and considers some of the particular constraints and opportunities in that context, while also making the point that those similar constraints and opportunitie…
Untreatable families? Suggestions from literature
The purpose of this paper is to highlight insights from literature, which suggest that some families are unable to respond to intervention and treatment. Discussion of this aspect of family functioning is notably missing from the discourse on family preservation. There will be an outline offered of the factors that may be contributing to this reality, one consequence being that children wait indefinite periods of time for lasting arrangements to …
Am I Still a Social Worker? Reflections on Child Protection Practice
Social workers alone appear to be held accountable for failures in child protection. However, social workers operate within a broader contextual environment. The protection of children does not occur in a vacuum, divorced from social and political influences. This discussion examines this issue and considers critical influences that appear to have eroded the social work perspective on child protection
Social Work Advocacy in Singapore: Some Reflections on the Constraints and Opportunities
One central concern of social work is advocacy for social justice. This is a lofty ideal but a difficult ideal to achieve in view of social work being delivered in sociopolitical contexts with varying degrees of tolerance of advocacy. This discussion is based on a case study from Singapore and considers some of the particular constraints and opportunities in that context, while also making the point that those similar constraints and opportunitie…
Offering social work education in an offshore context: A case study of an Australian programme delivered in Singapore
This article presents a case study of a social work education programme developed in one context and delivered in another. It briefly reviews the history of the programme and of the social services sector in the recipient country. Based on qualitative research, the article identifies a number of messages that have the potential to inform future such ventures. In particular the article concludes by challenging the dominance of western-centred cons…
Social Policy in Singapore: Insights from a Social Work Perspective
Social work practice, irrespective of the location of practice, is shaped by local conditions, particularly the laws and policies applicable to the practice. Most governments adopt some form of institutional arrangements pertinent to local conditions to meet local needs, such arrangements in Western contexts commonly being described as the welfare state. In other contexts, notably the East Asian context, the Western welfare state has been deemed …
Promoting diversity or confirming hegemony? In search of new insights for social work
All human societies have constructed indigenous strategies for responding to human need. While there are calls for social work to embrace diversity, there remains dissatisfaction with the hegemonic spread of Western social work. Analysis reveals different cultural orientations in a number of contexts and suggests that the Western context is indigenous defined by values and characteristics that are inconsistent with the other cultural orientations…
Developing an international social work education collaboration: A partnership approach between Monash University, Australia and University of Papua New Guinea
In late 2009 staff from the Department of Social Work at Monash University in Australia responded to a call for expression of interest in becoming volunteers in a program sponsored by the Australian Group of Eight Universities that sought to strengthen teaching and curriculum development activities with the University of Papua New Guinea. The presenting request was for volunteers to conduct short teaching stints in Papua New Guinea. The discussio…
Young People Leaving Care: Supporting Pathways to Adulthood
Kerry BrydonMonash University© 2013 Kerry Brydon
Melanesian visions? Some preliminary thoughts about social work education and practice in Papua New Guinea
Social work is a discipline that has its origins in the Western context but has spread to a wide range of contexts. We undertook a small research project as a quest to enhance the delivery of fieldwork programs but the findings clearly held implications for the development of new social work models and practices that are unique to the Papua New Guinea context. While further research is needed, it is our contention that the integration of Melanesi…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Social Work (6 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (6 works) · Work (physics (6 works) · Context (archaeology (5 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)