Social Work and Social Innovation: Emerging Trends and Challenges for Practice,

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This volume brings together findings and insights on innovation in the practice, research and education of social work, with a particular focus on the role of participation, collaboration and co-creation as key drivers of social innovation in these fields.

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Written by leading experts from across Europe, this book provides a grounded exploration of innovation in the practice, research and education of social work.It focuses on the role of participation, collaboration and co-creation as key drivers of social innovation within these fields, providing practical examples of social entrepreneurship, people-centred design and participatory led innovation.The positive outcomes of local social innovations are analysed in the wider European framework, with reflections and recommendations for advancing innovation in policy, service provision, education and research.

Author Biography

Jean Pierre Wilken is Professor of Social Work at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands, Professor Community Development and Well-Being at Tartu University, Estonia and Visiting Professor Relational Social Work at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy.Anne Parpan-Blaser is Professor at the School for Social Work of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland.Sarah Prosser is CEO of Prosser Projects, and lecturer at VID University of Applied Sciences, Norway.Suzan van der Pas is Professor Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Leiden University of Applied Sciences.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Jean Pierre Wilken, Anne Parpan- Blaser, Sarah Prosser, Suzan van der Pas and Erik JansenPart 1: Framing Social Innovation and Social Work1. Social Work and Social Innovation: How the Twain Can Meet – Jean Pierre Wilken and Anne Parpan-Blaser2. How to Change Our Neighbourhoods, Regions and the World: Using Symptoms, Systems and Transformation as a Framework for Social Innovation and Social Work – Sarah Prosser and Ole Pedersen3. Social Work, Social Innovation, Discretion and Creativity: Day-to-Day Innovation of Practice – Tony Evans4. Potential for Social Innovation in Social Work: Applying the Capability Approach – Annica Brummel, Erik Jansen, Mara A. Yerkes and Jana JavornikPart 2: Examples of Social Innovations in Social Work across EuropeTheme A: Co-creation and Co-production of Social Services: Social Innovation in Practice5. The Art of Co-creation: Service Innovation in Europe – Chris Fox and Susan Baines6. Promoting Social Service Innovation: Regional and Local Examples from across Europe - Alfonso Lara-Montero7. Co-creation in Action: Lessons from the CoSIE Project – Sandra Geelhoed and Eva Heijmans8. Social Innovation and Service Users' Involvement: Enhancing the Knowledge of Social Work – Kristel Driessens, Sidsel Natland and Vicky Lyssens-Danneboom9. Moderating the Process of Social Innovation: Insights from a Case Study on Labour Market Activation – Koen Dortmans, Erik Jansen and Lineke Van HalTheme B: Education and Learning: Social Innovation in Social Work Education and Learning10. Regional Learning Networks in the Social Welfare Domain: Drivers of Social Innovation in Social Work – Suzan Van Der Pas and Erik Jansen11. Putting Learning Communities into Practice: Innovation of Social Work Education – Meike Koop, Ankie Schoenmakers, Ina Tilma, Nathalie Grahame and Henk Spies12. Learning from Innovation Processes: Introducing Easy Language in Adult Protection Services – Anne Parpan-BlaserTheme C: Community Work, Community-Led Innovation and Collective Action13. The Rediscovery of Community: Community Development as Social Innovation – Jean Pierre Wilken and Dagmar Narusson14. Climate Change from a Green Social Work Perspective: Responding to a Constantly Evolving Crisis Challenging Social Work Practice – Lena Dominelli15. Co-creation of Nature-Based Solutions: Guidelines for Citizen Engagement – Nathalie Nunes, Knud Erik Hilding-Hamann and Isabel Ferreira16. Innovating Social Work Practices to Better Address Homelessness: Participatory Action Research with Community Services in Italy – Marta Gaboardi, Sabina Licursi and Emanuela Pascuzzi17. Challenging the Power Status Quo: Paradoxes in Grass Roots Social Innovation – Luc De Droogh and Jeroen GradenerTheme D: Social Entrepreneurship: Inclusive and Regenerative Models of Social Business and Innovation for Sustainable Impact18. Social Entrepreneurship as Social Innovation: What about Social Work? – Leendert de Bell, Zsolt Bugarszki and Geof Cox19. The Growing Rhetoric of Entrepreneurship in Times of Crisis: Future Challenges of Social Work in the Case of Portugal – Antonela Jesus and Maria Inês Amaro20. Unlimited Incubators for Belonging, Cohesion and Impact: Nurturing 'What Is Already There' – Sarah Prosser, Ole Pedersen and Rosa Engebrigtsen Bye21. Developing the Innovative Power of Social Work: Synthesis and Future Directions – Erik Jansen, Anne Parpan-Blaser, Suzan Van Der Pas, Sarah Prosser and Jean Pierre Wilken

Details ISBN1447369327 Publisher Bristol University Press Series Research in Social Work Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781447369325 Format Hardcover Imprint Policy Press Subtitle Emerging Trends and Challenges for Practice, Policy and Education in Europe Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9781447369332 Edited by Erik Jansen Audience Professional & Vocational Author Rosa Engebrigtsen Bye Publication Date 2024-06-28 UK Release Date 2024-06-28 DEWEY 361.3094 ISBN-10 1447369327 Pages 324 Illustrations 4 Tables, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white AU Release Date 2024-06-30 We've got this

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