ABSTRACT
Green social work as introduced by Dominelli (2012) is a holistic model of social work that offers an overarching framework in working with children in disasters. In her book entitled Green Social Work: From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice , she defines green social work as
that part of practice that intervenes to protect the environment and enhance people’s well-being by integrating the interdependencies between people and their socio-cultural, economic and physical environments and among peoples within an egalitarian framework that addresses prevailing structural inequalities and useful distribution of power and resources.
Dominelli (2012: 8) When viewed through the lens of green social work, disasters risk reduction and management seek to harmonise human activities with the environment rather than subdue it. Given this perspective, social workers engaged in child protection in disasters will not only prevent children from being harmed but educate them to become carers of the environment. This chapter also covers the importance of understanding trauma and its implication to the well-being of children during disasters; the policies and implementing guidelines for child protection, mechanisms, programmes and interventions, as well as roles of social workers in this setting.