ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the process that began with exploring emerging social work practice in Nepal from the perspective of social workers employed in International non-government organisations comes to an edge with a model of decolonised and developmental Nepali social work. It deals with a brief summary of the participants’ concerns about social work education. The chapter examines social, developmental, and political components of decolonising practice and their interplays to formulate a model of decolonised and developmental Nepali social work. It explores bottom-up how, and meanwhile why, cultural framework, centrality of local knowledge, and peoples’ connection to the past history and environment and spirituality are essential in thinking about decolonised and developmental social work. Finally, the chapter discusses the model in relation to existing literatures in this area and its relevance for ongoing research and further development of socially relevant social work education and practice in Nepal.
