Twenty-fourth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations

Abstract

We offer discussion and refelxões from research carried out in Brazil and Australia based on the research question: What is the work carried out by social workers in Brazil in Australia in the face of increasingly frequent disasters and catastrophes? The objective is to investigate the responsibilities and competencies of professional social workers in coping with disasters and catastrophes in different continentes. The methodology covers bibliographical, documentary and field research in a systematic and interdependent way, using the quantitative and qualitative approach developed in the two countries located on different continents. The perspective of totality allows the apprehension of the contradictions and dynamics of the object studied. It is noteworthy that in both countries, despite the geographical, social and cultural distance, Social Work intervenes in various expressions of the social issue, in the most distinct areas of activity, and, in this case, acting in disasters is a demand that presents itself from time to time, requiring immediate action. The research involves researchers from the two countries involved.

Presenters

Maria Isabel Barros Bellini
Professor, Social Work, Sociology and Political Science, Pontifical Catholic University - School of Public Health, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Niki Edwards
Academic Discipline Lead, Social Work and Human Services, School of Psychology and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Julie King
Land and Property Management Authority, New South Wales, Australia

Nadianna Rosa Marques
Student, Master, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil