Starting the Indigenisation Process of Social Work Practice in Malaysia

Adam Andani, Mohammed and Md Sayed, Uddin and Bougangue, Bassoumah (2020) Starting the Indigenisation Process of Social Work Practice in Malaysia. Social Work & Society International Online Journal, 18 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1613-8953

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Abstract

This study focuses on the extent to which social work practice in Malaysia can be indigenised. The social work programmes and practices needs to accommodate the traditions and sociocultural practices of the people to provide adequate and relevant services. Considering the shortcomings and inadequacies of current social work theories and practices, social problems in Malaysia might better be handled if the practice of social work is indigenised. Combination of direct and summative qualitative content analysis research methods is adopted. As such, the studies assessed factors encouraging social work practice and why the need to indigenise social work in Malaysia. To get relevant data, Google Scholar was used as a tool to access the major databases provided by Tailor and Frances, Emerald, Elsevier, Springer, Sage and others. Relevant literature reveals that for development with indigenisation, social workers have delved into different forms of service delivery and different assumptions as proposed service delivery in other parts of the globe. It is revealed that the analysis of social workers in Malaysia is centered at the micro level due to the casework orientation.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Social Work, social welfare, community agencies, voluntary work , social networking, resource assessment and development, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, , research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Depositing User: Mohammed
Date Deposited: 18 May 2020 00:45
Last Modified: 23 Aug 2023 02:31
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29709

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