Linguistic Social Work As A New Approach

Abstract

Social workers actively work with language and use their communication, speaking and interviewing skills to carry out intervention processes. At this point, linguistic social work adopts an approach that advocates open communication, linguistic diversity and empowerment of individuals in this context. The linguistic social work advocates a empowering perspective for clients to use their preferred language, by highlighting the importance of language at the point of providing a service sensitive to different cultures. This article explains the concept of linguistic social work, which is in the same context as the cultural competence and empowerment approach, with an emphasis on the importance of language for the social work profession and discipline.

Keywords

• Language
• Linguistic Social Work
• empowerment
• cultural competence

YENİ BİR YAKLAŞIM OLARAK DİLBİLİMSEL SOSYAL HİZMET

Abstract

Sosyal hizmet uzmanları, aktif bir biçimde dil ile çalışmaktadırlar ve müdahale süreçlerini gerçekleştirmek için iletişim, konuşma ve görüşme becerilerini kullanmaktadırlar. Tam bu noktada, dilbilimsel sosyal hizmet, açık bir iletişimi, dil çeşitliliğini ve bu kapsamda bireylerin güçlendirilmesini savunan bir yaklaşımı benimser. Dilbilimsel sosyal hizmet, farklı kültürlere duyarlı bir hizmet sunulması noktasında dilin önemine dikkat çekerek, müracaatçıların kendi tercih ettikleri dili kullanmalarında güçlendirici bir perspektifi savunur. Bu makalede, sosyal hizmet mesleği ve disiplini için dilin önemine vurgu yapılarak, kültürel yetkinlik ve güçlendirme yaklaşımı ile aynı bağlamda olan dilbilimsel sosyal hizmet kavramı açıklanmaktadır.

Keywords

• dil
• dilbilimsel sosyal hizmet
• güçlendirme
• kültürel yetkinlik

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