The scholarship has yet to investigate the multifaceted ways that working conditions and
public perception both play a fundamental role in fostering a healthy and effective social …

Learning on how effective social work supervision can strengthen the social service
workforce is especially limited in low-and middle-income countries. To address this gap, this …

This article presents research exploring the conceptualization and practice of supervision
during social worker training in Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire, Francophone West African …

ABSTRACT A coastal country in West Africa, Guinea, is home to 13 million people and ranks
175 out of 189 countries on the UN's Human Development Index. While the majority of West …

Much has been made of the move from a welfare to a development paradigm in Africa
without any serious interrogation of what this means in relation to the development …

Social work education and training in Francophone Africa and Cameroon has been
modelled by Western (French) pedagogies. The aim of this chapter is to examine social work …

Common perceptions of children in Africa tend to focus on poverty, famine, and war. There
has been less attention given to the successes of African countries that have aimed to …

The roots of social welfare can be traced to the beginning of human life and social activity,
with communal societies helping one another as a means to support the welfare of all …

The prerequisite for a standard social work practice agency for students' field practicum in
the Nigerian social work pedagogy is that it should be staffed by trained social workers who …

This book is a timely review of scholarship in social work supervision; re-examining the state
of knowledge, research and practice; and asking if it is time for a new paradigm for the field …