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Transformative Mental Health Social Work Practice: What, When, and with Whom Do We Learn?
Research on Social Work Practice, Vol.First online, pp.1-9
27/11/2025
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Abstract
Transformative mental health social work fosters participatory processes that drive emancipatory changes in services and systems, addressing societal barriers to inclusion, equity, and full citizenship. This study explored how transformative practices, aligned with United Nations' calls for reform toward person-centred, rights-based mental health recovery across Canada and Australia, are learned. Using co-operative inquiry, the research captures diverse experiences and knowledge from social work practitioners, managers, students, academics, and family members in a practice research partnership to examine how learning prepares and sustains mental health social workers for transformative practice. Findings revealed an iterative approach to learning in mental health, highlighting the diverse foci of learning (what) at various career stages (when) and the reciprocal nature of learning for and from others in the practice environment (from whom). In this unique context, the study underscored the importance of professional identity resilience.
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- Title
- Transformative Mental Health Social Work Practice: What, When, and with Whom Do We Learn?
- Creators
- Brenda Morris - Carleton UniversityMelissa Petrakis Dr - Monash UniversityJulian Lue - Carleton UniversityFredrik Velander - Charles Sturt UniversityAmanda Rocca - Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (Canada)Cynthia Clark - Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (Canada)Emily Deacon - Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (Canada)Fiona Smith - La Trobe UniversityLouise Whitaker - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Research on Social Work Practice, Vol.First online, pp.1-9
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Grant note
- This work was supported by a Carleton University Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant.
- Identifiers
- 991013333528702368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s).
- Academic Unit
- Social Work; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article