Call For Articles

Social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities are central to social work. Underpinned by theories of social work, social sciences, humanities, and indigenous knowledge, social work engages people and structures to address life challenges and enhance wellbeing.

IOARP Journal of Social Work (IOARP JSW) provides a multi-disciplinary platform for academics, researchers, experts, and practitioner to explore and share the theoretical and practical aspect of social work, and highlight the issues and trends in the domain. Authors are requested to submit their contributions in form of theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative methods, action-based research, and case studies on all topics of social work including but not limited to the following;

• Social work contribution to sustainable communities and sustainable development
• Role of social worker in community development
• Role of social worker in policy formulation and implementation
• Impact of social workers on the society
• The measure of success in community development
• Social work practices in developing countries
• Is social work a profession
• Importance of social work in the society
• Relationship between the social work and social development
• A generic or specialist social work education
• Challenges and opportunities in developing social work curricula
• Historical research on social work, social services, social welfare, and social justice
• International dimension in social work education
• Knowledge, skills and values of social work
• Reflecting on social work teaching methods
• Research and evaluation of social work practice and service delivery, including organizations, decision making, community practice, and policy practice
• Research on social work and social policy, social justice, diversity, inequalities, resistance and social change
• Research on social work education and pedagogy
• Research on social work participants, cultures and contexts, including comparative research
• Research on the role of history, media, and memory in social work
• Social work research methodologies and theory building
• Social work research on practice and education
• Teaching social work and social work education in time of crisis
• The theory and practice relationship 

Submitting Articles for a Review

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Publication

Accepted articles will be published in the relevant issue of the journal on the IDL - IOARP Digital LibraryTM at www.idl.ioarp.org. IDL is a global gateway dedicated towards publishing high-quality research in a wide range of subject areas.

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Publishing Programme

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About the IOARP

IOARP Journal of Social Work (IOARP JSW) is a brand of the IOARP - International Organisation for Academic Research Publishing. IOAPR are a UK based publisher and conference organiser that provides a platform to the researchers to explore and share fundamental advances, current state of the technology, outcomes of ongoing research and emerging issues in various subject areas through our conferences and journals. To read more about IOARP, please visit www.ioarp.org or write to us on info@ioarp.org.