Social Work Practice to Support Survival Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Journal Article Social Work Practice to Support Survival Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa Get access Siobhan E. Laird Siobhan E. Laird Dr. Siobhan E. Laird qualified as a social worker in 1994 with a background in mental health and child protection. She was employed for several years in a community care team in Belfast. Dr. Laird moved to Ghana in 1997 where she lived for four years and worked as the Co-ordinator of Social Work at the University of Ghana. She is presently a lecturer in Social Work at the University of Sheffield. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 135–151, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcl087 Published: 20 September 2006 Article history Accepted: 01 July 2006 Published: 20 September 2006