Anti Oppressive Practice Examples

Anti Oppressive Practice AOP

I have chosen AOP as the second critical theory in this piece because I believe it is compatible and intersects well with the components of CRT. AOP is a principle and a theory that seeks radical change to how society is structured by advocating for anti-racial and anti-discriminatory on how power and wealth is determined and shared, a change for social justice just as CRT. (Robins 2011) describes AOP as a central on the misuse and usage of power on and by different system within community. He further explained that AOP should be seen as posture or viewpoint that needs to be incorporated with other methods and theory in social work. This, I believe is because not all methods are client centred or looks at things

Anti-oppressive practice is also an approach of work in the social work that gives great emphasis to social change, empowerment, and partnership. Through anti-oppressive practice the problem of the individual is seen in a greater context: the individual, cultural, and societal and structural aspects are taken into consideration in the understanding of the problem and in its potential solutions. (Thompson 2002) developed the PCS model in other to fully grasp the full understanding of the individual, cultural and society which should influence the way social workers work with people of Black and ethnic minority and other oppressed groups. Intervention in the lives of the client should not only take place at the personal level but also cultural and structural in many cases all this level are interwoven. Power and Empowerment

A central concept in the anti-oppressive and CRT practice is the role of power. Power is usually in the hands of the dominant group which is able to exert a strong impact on the oppressed and marginalized people in the society.

Firstly, in other to work effectively towards anti-oppressive practice with the BME I believe it is vital to have good partnership cooperation with other professionals or community organizations within the same working settings. The partnership should aim at bridging the gap between the majority and minority in the society. The partnership must as well be politically motivated in order to make organizational changes in the social and structural sector of the society. Just like empowerment, partnership aims at social changes, which makes them a core component of the anti-oppressive practice. One recommendation in empowering black and ethnic minorities is to work in partnership with the BME group to counter the oppression and racism with what (Cappiccie et al 2012) refers to as hegemonic negotiation which is geared towards challenging ideological biases of the dominant group. This could be done by probing the relevant authorities on why certain people could not get recourses or have resources given to others within the same society. This could be used to challenge the cultural and structural racism whilst social worker makes sure those clients are involved in every aspect of