Social Work and the Promotion of Sustainable Social Development

A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760).

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Social Work Training and Research Section, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: social work; group social work; scientific evidence of social impact; successful actions
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Dear Colleagues,

The scientific contributions of social work are not always taken into account. However, scientific evidence has already shown the contributions that this discipline is making to both the scientific community and society, which has become even more evident after the COVID-19 pandemic. Some research in social work is responding to the consecution of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This Special Issue is in the same vein, and it will focus on the following topics and contribute to the achievement of social impact and sustainability in our societies:

  • The interactions of social work with other disciplines or subjects (education, health, etc.) in order to respond to urgent social needs related to the SDGs.
  • Successful actions from social work that are contributing to the consecution of the SGDs.
  • The social inclusion and improvement of vulnerable groups (such as ethnic minorities, women, LGBT+ communities, and low socioeconomic groups).
  • Gender issues such as overcoming situations of violence and gender inequalities addressed in social work in an interdisciplinary way.
  • Governance in social work.

The current focus of both the scientific community and societies on social impact and sustainability is a basis for which social work can contribute to expand our knowledge in an interdisciplinary way. This Special Issue welcomes contributions from diverse disciplines, with a special focus on their interaction with social work.

Dr. Ariadna Munté-Pascual
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • social work
  • vulnerable groups
  • social impact
  • successful actions

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Social Intervention That Facilitates Recovery from Gender-Based Violence: Dialogic Reconstruction of Memory
by Patricia Melgar, Olga Serradell, Claudia Hereu, Sandra Racionero-Plaza and Elena Mut
Soc. Sci. 2024, 13(8), 417; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13080417 - 9 Aug 2024
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Services for victims of gender-based violence are an interdisciplinary work space where the recovery of women and, thus, preventing their social exclusion are among the main objectives. Although previous scientific literature provides some indicators of the social impact of these services, that is, [...] Read more.
Services for victims of gender-based violence are an interdisciplinary work space where the recovery of women and, thus, preventing their social exclusion are among the main objectives. Although previous scientific literature provides some indicators of the social impact of these services, that is, the improvements in the lives of these women, and allow them to advance in their recovery, it is necessary to deepen and broaden this knowledge. One of the objectives of the SOLNET R&D research was to more comprehensively identify the indicators of the social impact of these interventions. This objective was achieved by carrying out 8 case studies and a total of 56 interviews—32 of which involved women who were victims of violence—in third-sector organisations that tend to women victims in 7 different regions of Spain. The results of our research show that the dialogical reconstruction of the memory of violence contributes to overcoming one of the main barriers to women’s recovery: emotional dependency. To achieve this impact, the dialogic reconstruction of memory should focus on changing the image these women have of the abuser and the conceptions of love associated with violence. These results have important implications for the design and evaluation of interventions carried out in services for women victims of gender-based violence. The application of these results can help these women successfully leave the situation of violence and build a violence-free future. Full article
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