A new practice in social work: the anchors of a model based on our traditions

Abstract

This article aims to visualize the different connections between the Narrative Practice of White and Epston, a postmodern and poststructuralist practice with Social Work, and how the latter is fully identified with the narrative generating a discussion that leads us inexorably to the germ of a new model more in line with the principles of Social Work postulated at the World Conference, held by the IFSW in Melbourne in 2014, where he advocated a “Social Work that is a profession based on practice and an academic discipline that promotes change and local development, social cohesion, and the strengthening and liberation of people. The principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversity are fundamental for social work. Supported by the theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and indigenous knowledge, social work involves people and structures to face challenges in life and increase well-being.”