THE FOURFOLD NEOLIBERAL IMPACT ON SOCIAL WORK AND WHY THIS MATTERS IN TIMES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND BEYOND

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Ornellas A., Engelbrecht L., Atamturk E.

SOCIAL WORK-MAATSKAPLIKE WERK, cilt.56, sa.3, ss.235-250, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 56 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.15270/52-2-854
  • Dergi Adı: SOCIAL WORK-MAATSKAPLIKE WERK
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Geobase, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.235-250
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Covid-19, deprofessionalisation, neoliberalism, managerialism, social work practice, social work management
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

While social welfare policy forms a cornerstone of the social work profession, economic policy and its interactions often remain distant and of academic interest only. In this paper the authors argue that understanding how economic policy is impacting upon the profession is important for its day-to-day practice. This has become ever more apparent in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has affirmed social work as an essential service. In particular, the authors argue that the global impact of neoliberal economics on the day-to-day practices of social workers is fourfold in terms of the marketisation, consumerisation, managerialisation and deprofessionalisation of social work.