Critical Social Work (Fook, 2002)

• Critical deconstruction and reconstruction—unsettle dominant discourses and create structures for new discourses to work
• Empowerment—deconstruct and reconstruct power relations
• Problem conceptualization and assessment—traditionally reflects dominant discourses of powerful groups; reframe concepts and language
• Narrative reconstruction—uncover and challenge unhelpful assumptions
• Contextual practices—grounding action in local, immediate context, but transcending everyday practice
• On-going learning—working critically in uncertainty
  
  from Fook, J. 2002. Social work: Critical theory and practice. London: Sage.