
Social Work in Rural Australia
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JANE MAIDMENT is a senior lecturer in Social Work at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology and has taught at Australian universities. She is co-author of Mapping Knowledge for Social Work Practice and co-editor of Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare. USCHI BAY is a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Work at Monash University.
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PART I: INTRODUCTION
1 Understanding rurality: A conceptual framework - Jane Maidment
PART II: RURALITY, TOPOGRAPHY AND POPULATIONS
2 Making a living in diverse rural and remote communities - Uschi Bay
3 Collaborating within and across interprofessional teams - Liz Beddoe and Mollie Burley
PART III: FIELDS OF PRACTICE IN RURAL SETINGS
4 Securing affordable housing in rural and remote towns - Uschi Bay with Yvonne Jenkins
5 Developing new approaches to mental health in farm settings - Jane Maidment
6 Employing and supporting young people's belonging in rural towns - Lesley Chenoweth
7 Caregiving in small rural and regional towns - Wendy Bowles
8 Dealing with violence: Families living in rural settlements - Robyn Mason
9 Analysing criminalisation in rural community contexts - David McCallum
10 Integrating migrants and refugees in rural settings - Linda Briskman
11 Governing homelands in desert Australia - Uschi Bay
12 Engaging with sea-change and tree-change families over time - Sarah Wendt
13 Facilitating intergenerational dialogue: Ageing in rural places - Jeni Warburton and Suzanne Hodgkin
14 Addressing the effects of climate change on rural communities - Margaret Alston
PART IV: FUTURE AGENDA FOR SOCIAL WORK
15 Rural practice: An agenda for the future - Jane Maidment and Uschi Bay
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