Ainoa Marín Risquez

In permanently introducing this new section to our periodical, we wish to call the reader’s attention to a unique approach we are consciously taking. In a desire to identify impending foci in our field, we have invited the youngest of our colleagues – MA and PhD candidates in social work – to act as our reviewers. Furthermore, considering the vast multitude of scholarly articles published annually, we have asked our students to primarily focus on this segment which is more likely to reflect the most recent findings. That said, we have not set a strict date range in the hope that our reviewers will freely discover or recover studies which might have been overlooked heretofore.

Ghelani, A. (2021). Knowledge and Skills for Social Workers on Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams. Clinical Social Work Journal, 1-12.
Reviewed by Jorge García Vacas

Pollack, S. (2004). Anti-oppressive social work practice with women in prison: Discursive reconstructions and alternative practices. British Journal of Social Work, 34(5), 693-707.
Reviewed by Ainoa Marin Risquez

Mathebane S. M., Sekudu J. (2018). A contrapuntal epistemology for social work: An Afrocentric perspective. International Social Work. 61(6): 1154-1168.
Reviewed by De Block Elisa

 Lynne M. Healy (2014). Global education for social work: old debates and future directions for international social work. Global Social Work: Crossing Borders, Blurring Boundaries, 27,369-380.
Reviewed by Chiara Antico

Matejkowski, J., Johnson, T., & Severson, M. (2014). Prison Social Work. Encyclopedia of Social Work.
Reviewed by Xènia Núñez Andrés

In this paper I present my personal reflections and knowledge of social work based on the film “The Angels’ Share” directed by Ken Loach and released in 2012. The movie is about young who cannot escape their criminal past. To avoid prison, they are sentenced to community service with an assigned social educator, Harry. He soon becomes their mentor, reintegrating them into socjety in a most curious way, introducing them to art and the world of whiskey. The message of this film goes beyond being hopeful, as it shows us the variability of social work, and how it consists of helping individuals, groups or communities to improve social functioning and create conditions, adapting to each situation by using the optimal resources for the individuals being the environment.