Equity for government school students

Reclaiming social work services in New South Wales

Bibliographic Data

ID11956879
AuthorsJennifer Mckinnon (0000-0002-4455-7674, Charles Sturt University, corresponding author), Alison Kearns (Charles Sturt University), Judith Crockett (0000-0003-2039-4345, Charles Sturt University)
Year2004
Volume57
Issue3
Pages237-246
Publication date2004-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1447-0748.2004.00149.x
OpenAlexW2062251135
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

In Australia, school education is largely a state government responsibility, hence there are varying responses across Australia to the welfare needs of school students. The present study explores the basis for the provision of social work services within schools, particularly the special needs of rural schools, and suggests that NSW school students are disadvantaged by not having access to social work services that might help them overcome some of the educational barriers that they face. The nature of educational barriers is examined and literature on the role of school social workers is reviewed. The authors find that the social justice rhetoric of State and Commonwealth educational agencies is incongruent with NSW school practice

Commonwealth · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Educational Equity · Equity (law · Government (linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Poverty · Public relations · Sociology · Welfare dependency · Work (physics · Education Systems and Policy · Public Administration · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work

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