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Transnational social work: using a wraparound model
Author(s) -
FURMAN RICH,
NEGI NALINI,
SCHATZ MONA C. S.,
JONES SUSANNA
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
global networks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.685
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1471-0374
pISSN - 1470-2266
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2008.00236.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , context (archaeology) , social work , service delivery framework , public relations , mental health , key (lock) , service (business) , service provider , social needs , sociology , business , political science , health care , psychology , economic growth , computer science , psychiatry , geography , marketing , engineering , computer security , economics , mechanical engineering , archaeology
In this article, we explore the wraparound approach of service delivery as a model for transnational social work. The wraparound model, used primarily within community‐based children's mental health services and child protection initiatives, has been effective when planning services for clients and their families with complicated needs, whose care has to be provided within a multiple provider context. Most social work is delivered nationally or internationally rather than trans‐nationally. In the article we outline how the model could be structured to meet the particular needs of transmigrants, including the involvement of NGOs and INGOs, and identify key obstacles and limitations.