1. Migration and social work
Dr. Srenwantee Bhattacharjee
MSW Semester II
MSR220T

2. Areas of social work intervention
Human Rights
Child protection
Housing
Community cohesion
Community safety
Health
Advocacy services for refugees and people seeking asylum

3. Role of social worker Individual and Family counseling and therapy
Group work interventions
Client and system advocacy
Community development to address the collective impact of trauma
Mental health promotion

4. Skills
A social worker has to employ a culturally competent framework for practice that encompasses several stages of awareness and skill development:
Awareness of practitioner’s own beliefs, values and norms;
Awareness of norms and values of the population to be served – acquiring knowledge and learning;
Continuously developing new skills and recognizing personal limitations