Michael Paul Garrett’s https://www.universityofgalway.ie/our-research/people/political-science-and-sociology/pmgarrett/ presentation to the the Indian Association of Social Workers Congress – fall of 2023, https://napswi.org/ helps us to put in context the evolving relevance of our code of ethics, practice knowledge and advocacy. He provides a lay of the land on the tensions behind what can I say but to use the word neoliberalism, and the increasing push of care systems and the ensuing regulations to define compliance as professionalism, yet core to social work as a profession, is human rights.
The presentation provides some guides to building “progressive spaces” for our everyday practice, yet Garrett keeps it humble and aims for the local context, with his analysis and vision for social work.
See the presentation here:
Social & Health Practice Ottawa 