Asylum Seekers

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Field of Practice and Agency Information The specific field of practice, which will be addressed within this report, is refugee or asylum seeker support, with a specific focus on child migrants who arrive in Australia without any adult family members accompanying them. There are a range of agencies which provide support for the above mentioned individuals, these include: the Australian Red Cross, Australian Refugee Association and Life Without Barriers, which will be the key focus agency of this paper.

The above-mentioned agencies can be categorised as both Government and non-Government agencies, and as such garner funding from both Government grants and private donations. It can be said that there may be implications, deriving from the …show more content…
For example Silove, Sinnerbrink, Field, Manicavasagar and Steel (1997, p. 355), explains that anxiety amongst asylum seekers within their study was heavily associated with asylum seeker officials. In addition, Silove et al. (1997, p. 355) explain that untreated witnessing of trauma contributed greatly to higher diagnoses of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in refugees and asylum seekers when compared to their Australian counter parts. Relative to children, Mares and Jureidini (2004, p. 521) state that issues such as anxiety, PTSD, self-harm and depression, were extremely common, affecting up to eighty per cent of the given sample. Furthermore, Hodes, Jagdev, Chandra and Cunniff’s (2008, p. 723) study of unaccompanied children revealed that most had experienced an extremely traumatic event and reported depressive symptoms. Moreover, Hodes et al. (2008, p. 723) explains that these depressive symptoms were made worse when sufficient support was not available and affected female children more than their male counterparts. As such it can be said that a key characteristic of unaccompanied children seeking assistance from refugee support agencies may be exposure to a traumatic …show more content…
It is also crucial that social workers within this field of practice are sensitive to their client’s possible exposure to past traumatic events and any triggers, which may make them feel uncomfortable. Furthermore, an understanding of developmental stages may also be useful.

As support focusing on refugees and asylum seekers is an emerging field of practice, there is no one theoretical framework that is followed, however multiple social work theories are relevant. For instance, Payne (2014, p. 373) explains that anti-oppressive theories and multicultural sensitivity may assist individuals who have been socially excluded. Furthermore, Payne (2014, p. 127) explains that crisis and task-centered practice may assist individuals with practical responses to a traumatic event, such as those experienced by refugees and asylum
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