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Human rights at the heart of social work (education)! An appeal for a Human Rights-Based Approach

The Working Group Human Rights at the Heart of Social Work Peter Dijkstra, Clodagh Geraghty, Jeannette Hartman, Rudy van der Hoven, Jeroen Knevel, Michiel Lochtenberg, Didier Reynaert, Michel Tirions.

Human rights at the heart of social work (education)! An appeal for a Human Rights-Based Approach Turning words into action In 2016, a Working Group published a Dutch and English language manifesto entitled Human Rights at the Heart of Social Work (Education)! The purpose of this manifesto was an appeal for a human rights-based approach in social work education. The manifesto has been signed by over a hundred lecturers, professors, opinion leaders, advocacy groups in and around Flanders and the Netherlands. This manifesto was followed by several planning and sharing meetings and conferences in the Netherlands, the establishment of an active Facebook site, and a well-attended symposium in Paris as part of the 2017 EASSW conference, where our endeavour received overwhelming support. The consequence of all these activities is a vibrant, expanding (inter)national network. We have momentum, and we believe now is the time to turn our words into actions! This has led to an Action Plan which we are presenting to you.

The Action Plan and your feed forward The Working Group drew up an Action Plan containing pivotal steps we need to take to achieve interim milestones and the objectives. See the attached Excel file Human Rights at Social Work (Education) - Action Plan. We are now asking you for your input in three ways: 1. Are you interested in a cooperation with us to collaboratively achieve the objectives? If so, what involvement would you or your institution prefer? 2. Do you have any additions or feed forward for us to further specify the Action Plan? 3. We are considering an Erasmus KA2 application. Please let us know if you are interested in a collaboration. (The manifesto and the Action Plan are the basis of the proposal.) We would appreciate having your response by the 15th of February latest. We are also assuming that you would like to be part of an informal mailing list that we have developed in order to forward this initiative. If this is not the case, kindly let us know. Kind regards, The Working Group Human Rights at the Heart of Social Work: Peter Dijkstra, Clodagh Geraghty, Jeannette Hartman, Rudy van der Hoven, Jeroen Knevel, Michiel Lochtenberg, Didier Reynaert, Michel Tirions Contact us: [email protected] and [email protected] 15th of January 2018

Further explanation In this document, we explain the relationship between the manifesto and the Action Plan.

Part I - From plan to defined action The manifesto contains five pillars to effectuate the overall goal: Human rights are at the heart of Social Work schools. Every pillar is operationalized in the Action Plan. Each pillar is briefly described below.

1. Recognize human rights as both a socio-political framework and a framework for social practice. The most important goal for the recognition of human rights is that it will be evidenced in social workers practice. Working in a complex field of (local and national) governments, (global) organisations and a diversity of groups and individuals under different circumstances requires a firm centre of reflexion for carrying out social work in the ‘right’ way and applying a clear ethical framework. The political and economic discourse disturbs and distorts the vision of the social worker as a human rights-based professional. Basic physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs of people have priority over wider political and economic goals that may narrow the view of being human as only a voter or a hard worker. Life is more than to serve these demands. The social worker works on the basis of all 30 Human Rights presented in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international human rights treaties elaborated on this basis. These rights include people’s right to unite, to use the freedom of speech, to share a culture and the right to be recognized or to recognise another as a full human being with dignity. In daily practice at the grassroots level this ethos should be understood and acted upon as an inherent goal of all interventions, whatever the political or economic situation, wherever in the world. The realisation of Human Rights in practice can be found in the product and outcome of [dissemination]; knowledge; experiences and values. Promoting the human dignity of social workers and those they work with should be part of educating future social workers in accordance with the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) declaration of social work.1



1

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 well-being.(This definition was approved by the IFSW General Meeting and the IASSW General Assembly in July 2014) (http://ifsw.org/get-involved/global-definition-of-social-work/).

2. Embed human rights in the social work curricula in an integrated and explicit way. A key rationale for embedding human rights values and standards in social work curricula is the formal NVAO (Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatie Organisatie) accreditation enlarged with human rights as a classifier for accreditation for a social work study in the Netherlands and Belgium. The NVAO is an external, formal instrument to force the cooperation between teachers, management and institutes to take Human Rights in consideration. This is the formal aspect of the translation of the intentions of the manifesto to the operationalisation of the curricula of social work. For this a monitoring instrument will be developed to collect information about the implementation of human rights explicitly within the curricula. The monitoring tool will address the general social work curriculum as well as curriculum related to specialisations in social work, such as youth work and community development. The tool can in part be implemented as a national and international survey for formal and non-formal education and composed by a working group of professional teachers. The survey tool will be pilot tested cross-nationally and will be used to monitor social work curriculum as well as national (and international) standards for social work education. The developers of this monitoring tool will be solicited through the other product and outcome of the planning scheme of the Ambassadorship, professional teachers of at least two members of each UAS of the 25 UAS of the Netherlands and Belgium, so a total of 50 members.

3. Learn how to use human rights as a framework for self critical and politicizing social work In order to understand how to use Human Rights as a framework a special logic is needed. Universities and Institutes have a lot of databases and information systems and social work has its own ‘canon of social work’. A complete historical overview of important thinkers and works of the social work profession exists and informs our current thinking. This special logic and framework will depend on the content and area of social work practice and the relevant Human Rights instruments. This logic has to be developed by experts on Human Rights, data analysists, library workers of the Universities and members of the social work profession. The logics purpose is to retrieve existing data and documents in a human right-based perspective for educational and curricula development goals. It should also facilitate future knowledge and articles be added without surpassing existing logics of libraries connected to the Universities of social work. This goal is stated as the Open Database (OD) project and outcome.

4. Work towards the professional development of lectures in the field of social work and human rights. For developing content in the social work curricula there is a need for books and training. In the Excel schedule this is called Medium and Train the Trainer. Through a parallel process, we intend to develop a ‘train-the- trainer’ course [with all the shareholders] and to select on behalf of the developed [OD logic] a list of existing and to be developed literature for social work education. This part will depend upon the input of the ambassadors as they work at the grassroots level and understand what will be practical for practice.

5. Initiate scientific research to boost the incorporation of human rights into the curricula of social work. Scientific research for Human Rights education in the curricula of social work can be initiated and supported by organising a sustainable international network. This special interest group will seek relevant existing and emerging research, secure finances for new research and seek evidence to validate practices related to human rights education and social work training. Such research will benefit from collaborations and cooperation between social workers at the bachelor or master level and or prospective social work trainers in a PhD process.

Part II - How to do it? Yes, we can, as a famous President stated! The 21th century makes it feasible to establish and operate viable networks that operate both virtually and in same space and time. The internet and all its advantages will be used to create common HUBs (groups of people working together on a product and outcome) where information and products can circulate for sharing and improvement. The ‘modus operandus’ comprises some basic rules as stated below. The ‘what’ is explained in the Excel schedule which references the expected and needed products and outcomes of the HUB’s. Dissemination will take place in different places, times and ways as stated and developed on the road.

The basic networking working rules are: 1. There is a working group Human Rights at the Heart of Social Work which monitors, initiates and communicates the developments according to the goals of the Manifesto the title of which is ‘Human Rights at the Heart of Social Work’. 2. Every member of the working group adopts a product/outcome of the action plan 2017-2021 and finds their counter partner for feedback and backup. In this way, we avoid that one person becomes solely responsible for the targets. 3. The logic of the ‘modus operandus’ will be developed at the beginning of the action plan (first semester of 2018) and will be evaluated at the end. The purpose is to define a logic of development and dissemination that can be used commonly in the separated processes. 4. After determining the logic and the feedback and adaptation of this plan the search for ambassadors will begin. 5. Every ambassador will be a professional educator working at one of the 25 Universities and (s)he will create he(is)re own optimal activities. No demands from outside will determine the ambassadorship, only the common purposes of the Manifesto. 6. Every ambassador will receive the support of the Working Group at any moment requested. 7. Knowledge and experience will circulate on two ways: a. Through books, articles and training materials b. Through meetings, (small scale) conferences or as an agenda point in existing meetings in organisations or network meetings (local or international). 8. The Working Group will organise a small conference every calendar year for sharing the developments, results and on-going processes. 9. All products will be shared with all registered members of the network for evaluating, using and suggesting ways to improve. 10. Everybody who is working as a professional social work educator and signs the Manifesto is considered to be a member of the network Human Rights at the Heart of Social Work. Members will be regularly informed about network activities and receive any developed content free-of-charge. Many thanks to our editors: Clodagh Geraghty and prof. dr. Felisa Tibbitts

Action plan Our objective/target: Human rights are at the heart of Social Work schools

Products/outcomes Accreditation

Monitor HR in SWE

2017

2018

2018

2018

2018

2018

2018

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Jeroen Didier

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Decision-making w.r.t.

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application for EU

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ABBREVIATIONS Ambas Ambassadors e.g.

For example

Fpur

For the Purpose of …

HR

Human Rights

MI

Monitoring Instrument

Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (Internal Quality Assurance)

OER

Open Educational Resources

OD

Open Database

R1

Round 1, etc.

SWE

Social Work Education

TtT

Train the Trainer

UAS

University of Applied Sciences (HBO)

UU

University (Research Universities)

WG

Working Group

w.r.t.

lecturers at UU/UAS

informed and involved

Jeroen

NVAO

educational material to support

Keeping ambassadors

Composing a WG;

Jeroen

Sustainable international network

Inventory of

informed and involved

Didier

Rudy

Finances

Collecting HR related

base medium (ICT);

Inventory of educational Inventory of educational

(fpur OER)

Peter

Michel

base medium (ICT);

OD Logic ready

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With reservation, start

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writing the application

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(e.g. Erasmus KA2

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project)

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Products/outcomes Products/outcomes Accreditation Accreditation

Monitor HR HR in SWE Monitor in SWE

2018 2019

jan-mrt okt-dec

2018 2019

apr-juni jan-mrt

2018 2019

juli-sept apr-juni

2018 2020

okt-dec juli-sept

2018 2020

okt jan-mrt

HR in SWE in SWE

Train the Train the trainer trainer

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material

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Michiel

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Consulting experts on

Inventory of

the 30th of March

financing European

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Dissemination Dissemination

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EASSW (june)

TISSA (august) BPSW confer.

e.g.

For example For the Purpose of …

HR

Human Rights

MI

Monitoring Instrument

Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (Internal Quality Assurance)

OER

Open Educational Resources

OD

Open Database

R1

Round 1, etc.

SWE

Social Work Education

TtT

Train the Trainer

UAS

University of Applied Sciences (HBO)

UU

University (Research Universities)

WG

Working Group

With regards to/with respect to

Red cells = milestones Green cells==actions actionsto totake take Grey cells

With reservation, start writing the application

(e.g. Erasmus KA2

(e.g. Erasmus KA2

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partners

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network w.r.t.

milestones

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ESWRA (april)

ABBREVIATIONS

w.r.t.

(re)writing our own educational material

Werkconfer. (march)

FESET (7,8,9 may)

HRE (december)

NVAO

(re)writing our own educational material

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outside)

Sustainable Sustainable international international network network

material to support

lecturers at UU/UAS

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Peter Peter

With reservation,

Finances Finances

material

(internationally)

(fpur OER)

Didier Medium (book (book Medium e.g.) Didier Jeroen Michiel e.g.) HR & SWE HR & SWE

Inventory of

base medium (ICT); of OD Deciding on criteria & base medium (ICT); Launch educational Development of OD Development of OD Development of OD determining OD logic Inventory of educational Inventory of educational OD Logic ready (digital)

Rudy Rudy Michiel Michiel

Keeping ambassadors

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dec

Peter Peter

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Open Database Database HR Open

2018

novapr-juni

FESET (may)

2020

Products/outcomes Accreditation

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Monitor HR in SWE Open Database HR in SWE

2021

plan jan-mrt

2021

2021

apr-juni

jul-sept

Our objective/target: Human rights are at the heart of Social Work schools

Peter

NVAO accreditation

2017

2018

2018

MI for okt-decDeveloppingjan-mrt

Products/outcomes Accreditation

2020

Action okt-dec

juli-sept

Jeroen Didier

apr-juni

UU/UAS international

UU/UAS international

scope

scope

Peter

Jeroen Didier Rudy Michiel

2018 Monitoring

Developping MI for

juli-sept Instrument ready

2018

2018

2018

okt

nov

dec

(EU/International scope)

Composing a WG;

Evaluation and testing

Monitoring

exploring monitor logic;

of draft monitoring

instrument ready

check monitor USA

instrument

(B/NL scope) Exploring options for d- Exploring options for d-

Open Database HR

Train the trainer

in SWE

Train the trainer

(ambas)

determining OD logic

MichielPeter

Collecting educational HR related material

e.g.) HR & SWE

Medium (book e.g.) HR & SWE

material; drafting

TtT informed and involved

Michel

Michel

material

(internationally)

(internationally) Adjustments, 2nd draft, acquiring feed forward

Keeping ambassadors

among ambas.

among our ambas.

informed and involved

informed and involved

feedback, feed forward,

feedback, feed forward,

milestone updates)

milestone updates)

announcement of UNCRPD

each in B & NL)

Keeping ambassadors

milestone updates)

(e.g. by asking for

Deciding what kind of medium we want to

exploring first ideas,

develop (book, teacher

material

Michiel

first concepts

guide book, toolkit,

(internationally)

Inventory of educational

(re)writing our own

(re)writing our own

(re)writing our own

educational material

educational material

educational material

ecourse, website, etc.)

Rudy Jeroen

Consulting experts on financing European

Jeroen

projects fpur of our HR in SW(E) endeavour

Decision-making w.r.t.

Inventory of options for applying for EU subsidies

Sustainable

Decision taken +

application for EU

who will be the

subsidy + selecting

project leader and

preferred partners (EU +

who will be the

outside) Informing our EU

partners

network w.r.t.

ESWRA (samen met CA-

ESWRA (april)

TISSA (august) BPSW confer.

FESET (may)

FESET (7,8,9 may)

HDCA (september)

HRE (december)

HRE (december) HDCA (september)

ABBREVIATIONS Ambas Ambassadors e.g.

For example

Fpur

For the Purpose of …

HR

Human Rights

MI

Monitoring Instrument

Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (Internal Quality Assurance)

OER

Open Educational Resources

OD

Open Database

R1

Round 1, etc.

SWE

Social Work Education

TtT

Train the Trainer

UAS

University of Applied Sciences (HBO)

UU

University (Research Universities)

WG

Working Group

With regards to/with respect to

Red cells = milestones Green cells==actions actionsto totake take Grey cells

project)

SWE

ESWRA (april) Werkconfer. (march)

HRE (december)

(e.g. Erasmus KA2

project)

milestones

contributions etc.) conferences,

Werkconfer. TISSA (august) (march) BPSW confer.

(e.g. Erasmus KA2

anchoring of HR in

conferences, accomplished,

SD)

With reservation, start writing the application

network w.r.t.

accomplished,

Special Intrestgroup

Jeanette

With reservation, start writing the application

Europe-wide

Informing our EU

milestones

Jeanette

contributions etc.)

Dissemination Dissemination

(e.g. by asking for feedback, feed forward,

informed and involved

Jeroen

(symposia, etc.)etc.) (symposia,conferences conferences

lecturers at UU/UAS

First draft ready.

Composing a WG;

w.r.t.

educational material to support

Acquiring feed forward

Didier

NVAO

Inventory of

conferences etc.) conferences etc.) Keeping ambassadors Dissemniate invitations for 50 ambassadors (2 informed and involved our small scale conference; Drafting of Action Plan (e.g. by asking for ambas of 25 UAS

Rudy

international Sustainable international network network

material

(e.g. milestone updates, (e.g. milestone updates,

Didier Jeroen Michiel

Finances Finances

Collecting HR related

(content & didactic)

base medium (ICT);

Inventory of educational Inventory of educational

structure and content Keeping of Keeping ambassadors ambassadors

ecourse

Medium (book

base medium (ICT);

OD Logic ready

(fpur OER)

Peter

Ambassadorshi p (ambas) Ambassadorship

Deciding on criteria &

Rudy

EASSW (june)