{"id":2110,"date":"2017-09-24T01:55:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T01:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/uncategorized\/antioppression-in-social-work-young-male-suicide-111\/"},"modified":"2019-09-24T12:54:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:54:22","slug":"antioppression-in-social-work-young-male-suicide-111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/antioppression-in-social-work-young-male-suicide-111\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-oppressive practice and young male suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"
How can I link anti-oppression theory in social work to the social justice issue of young male suicide in Australia?<\/p>\n
Relationships of oppression can be established, consciously or unconsciously, where one participant takes on a role of inferiority and another adopts a role of superiority or dominance. There are several ways in which this type of relationship can come about in the circumstance of a social worker dealing with a young male who is at risk of self-harm or suicide:<\/p>\n
Where there is a risk of these types of power relations forming, it is important that the social worker employs Anti-Oppressive Practice. This involves remaining conscious of these social forces and counteracting them by empowering the client, involving them in decisions about their care, and communicating plainly \u2013 without \u2018insider\u2019 jargon.<\/p>\n
Relationships of oppression can be established, consciously or unconsciously, where one participant takes on a role of inferiority and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n