Exploring the interconnectedness between social work education and social work practice: perceptions of BA social work graduates from one of Ghana's public universities
In: Social work education, S. 1-16
ISSN: 1470-1227
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In: Social work education, S. 1-16
ISSN: 1470-1227
In: Social work education, Band 43, Heft 3, S. 588-603
ISSN: 1470-1227
In: Children and youth services review: an international multidisciplinary review of the welfare of young people, Band 126, S. 106036
ISSN: 0190-7409
In: Qualitative social work: research and practice, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 30-46
ISSN: 1741-3117
This paper aims to contribute to the indigenisation discourse by illustrating how dominant discourses and cultural practices explain and perpetuate social problems. We argue that focussing on the fundamental issue of a cultural conceptualisation of social problems will contribute positively to the development of the indigenous social work practice framework. As social work education forms an important foundation for how future social work practices will be performed, we interviewed 15 social work practicum students in Ghana about the cultural underpinnings of social problems. Themes developed from the interview data suggest that culture plays a key role in conceptualising social problems in Ghana. Although not often, culture tends to underpin and perpetuate social problems, such as streetism, child marriage and child neglect. Social work practice within the indigenous framework should aim at addressing the negative impacts of the cultural undertones of social problems. Social work practitioners should increase advocacy and knowledge sharing on the cultural explanations of social problems and collaborate with community leaders to change cultural values and norms that have negative ripple effects on children, young people and women.