Attempting to mainstream ethnicity in a multi-country EU mental health and social inclusion project: lessons for social work

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The article will outline the logic, parameters, and methodology of an attempt at mainstreaming ethnicity within EMILIA, an EU 6th FP multi-sites project focused on mental health and social inclusion over two years. Led by two social work researchers within a large multi-disciplinary group consisting of eight sites spread across Southern, Central and Northern Europe, alongside mainstreaming gender, we will look at the findings of the baseline audit, the ensuing action plans and the changes which followed. Examining the process and its outcomes for mainstreaming across the different sites and the services they provide for people experiencing mental health problems highlights the impact of country-specific policies on disclosure of information pertaining to ethnicity as well as country and site policies and practices pertaining to recognising the existence of ethnic inequality and tackling it. Issues underlying formal mainstreaming staff and users' training will be explored. The role of social work within a multi-disciplinary group will also be looked at, and the lessons for European social work will be outlined. The lessons pertain in part to the impact of the wide ranging variation in background, scope and focus on the role social work values, knowledge and skills can play in the intersection between mental health, parameters of social inclusion and mainstreaming ethnicity. Članek opisuje večstopenjsko strategijo, parametre in metodologijo za uveljavljanje enakosti etničnih manjšin, ki smo jih v zadnjih dveh letih uporabili v evropskem projektu 6. okvirnega programa na področju duševnega zdravja in socialne vključenosti. Proces, v katerega je vključenih osem držav južne, osrednje in severne Evrope z bogato multidisciplinarno zasedbo, sta vodili socialni delavki. V članku bomo izpostavili izsledke začetne raziskave, s katero smo zbrali poglede in izkušnje osebja in uporabnikov, oblikovanje akcijskih načrtov in spremembe, ki so jim sledile. Raziskovanje procesa uveljavljanja načela enakosti etničnih manjšin je osvetlilo specifične politike držav glede razkrivanja informacij, ki se dotikajo etničnosti, kot tudi politike in prakse držav in vključenih organizacij, kako prepoznavati in odgovoriti na diskriminacije, ki nastjajo zaradi neenakopravnega položaja etničnih manjšin. Članek se dotika tudi vprašanja učinkovitega izobraževanja za osebje in uporabnike. Predvsem pa nas je zanimala vloga socialne delavke v multidisciplinarni skupini strokovnjakov v tem procesu in implikacije za evropsko socialno delo. Te se nanašajo na vpliv široke raznolikosti okolja, spremljanje in umeščanje vloge, ki jo vrednote, znanje in spretnosti socialnega dela opravljajo na stičišču duševnega zdravja, parametrov socialne vključenosti in uveljavljanja enakosti etničnih manjšin View full textDownload full textKeywordsSocial Inclusion, Mainstreaming Ethnicity, Mental Health, Social WorkKljučne besedeSocialno Vključevanje, Duševno Zdravje, Socialno DeloRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691451003690957