Crossing borders: key features of migrant social workers in New Zealand

Authors

  • A. Bartley Senior Lecturer at the School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work, Faculty of Education University of Auckland.
  • L. Beddoe Associate Professor in the School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland.
  • J. Duke Deputy Registrar of the Social Workers Registration Board
  • C. Fouché School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland.
  • P. Harington Principal Lecturer and Head of the School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland.
  • R. Shah A doctoral student at the School of Critical Studies in Education, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol23iss3id157

Keywords:

social work practice, migrant social workers, migrant professionals, professional border-crossing,

Abstract

The emergence of a mobile, professional social work workforce, successfully managing the demands of service-users, policy makers and the public at large in different countries across the globe, provides unprecedented opportunities for professional border-crossing. It is timely to generate New Zealand-specific data on professionals employed in the social services workforce in New Zealand so as to inform educational and institutional responses to this complex phenomenon. A study that seeks to develop a profile of migrant social workers in New Zealand and key issues experienced by these professionals, is underway. This article reports on the first phase of the project, comprising an examination of the key features of registered social workers in New Zealand with an overseas social work qualification and a review of issues and challenges faced by migrant professionals more generally, and by migrant social workers in particular. 

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2016-07-08

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Bartley, A., Beddoe, L., Duke, J., Fouché C., Harington, P., & Shah, R. (2016). Crossing borders: key features of migrant social workers in New Zealand. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 23(3), 16–30. https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol23iss3id157

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