Blurring Professional Borders in Service of Anti-Poverty Collaboration
Combining Social Work Skills and an Anti-Oppressive Feminist Lens with Legal Aid
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11344014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew C Schoeneman, Andrew Schoeneman (0000-0003-0973-8928, University of Richmond, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-5096 • E-ISSN: 0191-5096 |
| Publisher | WMU Department of Occupational Therapy (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15453/0191-5096.3863 |
| OpenAlex | W2610736611 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
The history of legal aid is contested and gendered. Like social work, since the late 1800s professionalization and broader political forces have pushed legal aid toward greater focus on individual-level interventions to alleviate poverty. As a result, the capacity of contemporary legal aid programs to work collaboratively with low-income communities to address their legal and non-legal concerns is limited. This article traces the shared histories and commitments of legal aid and social work, calls for an increased collaboration between legal aid programs and social workers, and proposes an anti-oppressive, feminist theoretical perspective to guide this collaboration. By embracing collaboration across professions and using this theoretical lens, both legal aid programs and social workers can more effectively and more inclusively address the broader needs and concerns of low-income communities. Specific recommendations for practice and education are discussed
Legal profession · Legal service · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Professionalization · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
The Road Not Taken
Anti-Oppressive Social Work Theory and Practice
Interprofessional teamwork
Under the cover of kindness
Punishing the Poor
Anti‐Oppressive Social Work Theory and Practice
Intersectionality as a Useful Tool
The Birth of Legal Aid
Use of Critical Consciousness in Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice
The New Politics of Social Work Practice
Social Work and the 'Missionary Zeal to Whip the Heathen Along the Path of Righteousness
Nonprofit Human-Service Organizations, Social Rights, and Advocacy in a Neoliberal Welfare State
A Feminist Response to Rothman's ''The Interweaving of Community Intervention Approaches
Professional Determinants in Community Collaborations
The Interweaving of Community Intervention Approaches
The Division of Labour in Society
Women and Justice for the Poor
Revisiting the 'Big Three' Foundations
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |