The profession of social work intervenes in the lives of the vulnerable and marginalised. In the majority, social work policy and practice in Australia has been founded on a western practice paradigm. Recent and rapid developments in the migratory trends of migrants and refugees places additional demands on social workers to practice with and for diverse communities. This article argues that the profession of social work is reluctant to embrace the multicultural face of Australia and lacks the intellectual apparatus to respond to diversity. The article underpins Professor Andrew Jakubowicz's analysis to multiculturalism as a powerful platform for social work academics and students to critically engage with by challenge existing racism and discriminatory trends towards multicultural communities that may possibly arise in social work practice.

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在十字路口：澳大利亚的白人社会工作和关于澳大利亚多元文化主义的论述

社会工作的职业介入弱势群体和边缘人群的生活。在大多数情况下，澳大利亚的社会工作政策和实践是建立在西方实践范式之上的。移民和难民迁移趋势的最近和迅速发展对社会工作者与社区和与社区一起进行实践提出了额外的要求。本文认为，社会工作专业不愿接受澳大利亚的多元文化面貌，并且缺乏应对多样性的智力工具。本文强调了安德鲁·雅库博维奇教授对多元文化的分析，认为多元文化是社会工作学者和学生通过挑战现有的种族主义和社会工作实践中可能出现的朝向多元文化社区的歧视性趋势进行批判性交往的强大平台。