Book contents
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Meet the Editors
- Meet the Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Storying-to-Learn: How Stories-that-Matter Help Us Appreciate Social Work in Action
- Chapter 3 The Shortest Distance between Two People Is a Story
- Chapter 4 The Gift of Social Work
- Chapter 5 Dreams, Reality, and Invisibility
- Chapter 6 Who Do I Want to Be as a Social Worker?
- Chapter 7 Social Work in Need of Activism
- Chapter 8 On My Toes
- Chapter 9 A Story of Love, Family, and Mental Health
- Chapter 10 Pieces of Walnut
- Chapter 11 “Kurdistan Is My Country”
- Chapter 12 Living in a Pause
- Chapter 13 Promissory Notes and Other Forms of Consent
- Chapter 14 For Some People You Make a Difference, You Carry Their Hope
- Chapter 15 Partner in Decolonization
- Chapter 16 Human Rights Approaches of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
- Chapter 17 Empathy from Origin
- Chapter 18 Welfare Transitions in an Agrarian Community
- Chapter 19 Former Refugee Youth in Rural Northern Norway
- Chapter 20 Social Work
- Chapter 21 Reflections on Psychiatric Social Work in an African Setting
- Part II Lenses and Lessons
- Index
- References
Chapter 19 - Former Refugee Youth in Rural Northern Norway
Stories as Knowledge Development for Social Work in Refugee Services
from Part I - Storying-to-Learn: How Stories-that-Matter Help Us Appreciate Social Work in Action
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 August 2025
Book contents
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Meet the Editors
- Meet the Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Storying-to-Learn: How Stories-that-Matter Help Us Appreciate Social Work in Action
- Chapter 3 The Shortest Distance between Two People Is a Story
- Chapter 4 The Gift of Social Work
- Chapter 5 Dreams, Reality, and Invisibility
- Chapter 6 Who Do I Want to Be as a Social Worker?
- Chapter 7 Social Work in Need of Activism
- Chapter 8 On My Toes
- Chapter 9 A Story of Love, Family, and Mental Health
- Chapter 10 Pieces of Walnut
- Chapter 11 “Kurdistan Is My Country”
- Chapter 12 Living in a Pause
- Chapter 13 Promissory Notes and Other Forms of Consent
- Chapter 14 For Some People You Make a Difference, You Carry Their Hope
- Chapter 15 Partner in Decolonization
- Chapter 16 Human Rights Approaches of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
- Chapter 17 Empathy from Origin
- Chapter 18 Welfare Transitions in an Agrarian Community
- Chapter 19 Former Refugee Youth in Rural Northern Norway
- Chapter 20 Social Work
- Chapter 21 Reflections on Psychiatric Social Work in an African Setting
- Part II Lenses and Lessons
- Index
- References
Summary
1. In this story the researchers understand mattering as a core value in social work. How can mattering be practised and expressed in social work research? 2. What issues of feeling valued and giving value arise from this story? 3. How could the stories of the participants be presented to social work students in an educational setting?
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