scholarly journals Social worker or social administrator? Findings from a qualitative case study of a child protection social work team

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 1187-1196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Work Team

The Rediscovery of Child Neglect

2000 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Scourfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Child Neglect ◽  
Work Team ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk

The article is a discussion of the construction of child neglect in a child and family social work team in the UK, based on ethnographic research in the social work office. Two influential and contrasting professional discourses on neglect are identified, and it is suggested that the dominant construction of neglect in the team studied is maternal failure to adequately service children's bodies. This construction is discussed in relation to some relevant theoretical insights and in the context of trends in contemporary child protection work.

scholarly journals CARE OR CONTROL? THE METROPOLITAN WOMEN POLICE AND CHILD WELFARE, 1919–1969

2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 623-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
LOUISE A. JACKSON
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Women Police Officers ◽  
Female Delinquency ◽  
Women Police ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

The term ‘policing’ is often used to refer to a broad range of regulatory practices, which have been associated with the development of educative and social work frameworks in the modern state. The relationship between the concepts of ‘welfare’ and ‘penality’ (or ‘care’ and ‘control’) has been the subject of a number of recent studies of social intervention in twentieth-century Britain. However, the role of police officers themselves in the ‘policing of families’ has rarely been elaborated. From their initial appointment to London's Metropolitan Police in 1919 until their official integration on the same terms as male officers in the early 1970s, women police officers played a significant role in the detection and prevention of child abuse, neglect, and female delinquency. Through a case study of the work of the Metropolitan Women Police branch, this article considers the negotiation of a social work ethic within policing as well as the shifting configuration of the ‘care’/‘control’ nexus in welfare legislation and professional practice. The Metropolitan Women Police tended to see ‘care’ and ‘control’ as mutually reinforcing rather than conflicting concepts. Such a formulation was resonant with the rhetoric of social work and official legislation until the early 1960s. It also reflected the philosophy of crime prevention laid down as the principal object of policing, enabling women to justify involvement in child protection and welfare as an aspect of police work.

scholarly journals Faculty as a Barrier to Dismantling Racism in Social Work Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 500-521
Author(s):  
Ebony N. Perez
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Specific Content ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Work Education

Facilitating learning around race and racism is often uncomfortable for faculty as well as students. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the experiences of undergraduate social work educators who teach about race and racism in social work programs. I employed a qualitative case study design to understand the lived experience of undergraduate social work educators who teach race specific content. I employed a combination of purposive sampling and snowballing methods to identify nine participants from the Southeast region of the United States. Utilizing a Critical Race Theory (CRT) framework to analyze interviews, several key findings emerged revealing faculty as barriers to facilitating learning around anti-racist content in the classroom. These findings were a) their own racial identity; b) insufficient formal preparation around race and racism; c) lack of faculty comfort with anti-racist content; and d) lack of skill in teaching anti-racist content. Recommendations include the implementation of scaffolded antiracist content throughout social work curricula that would be required by the Council on Social Work Education as part of the accreditation process.  

scholarly journals Analysis of Understanding of DPR Members against Gender Mainstreaming in DPRD Medan

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 2194-2208
Author(s):  
Yurisna Tanjung ◽  
Sahran Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Draft Regulation ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews

The aims of this study is to find out the understanding DPR members agains gender mainstreaming in DPRD Medan. This study uses a qualitative case study approach. After in-depth interviews with 5 Members of the DPRD Medan, the researcher can conclude that: 1. Members DPRD Medan do not yet understand the term gender mainstreaming in development. 2. Members DPRD Medan have not provided full support for the acceleration of the development of women's empowerment and child protection. These two things are seen from the lack of DPRD initiative rights in the drafting of a specific Regional Regulation on the Protection of Women and Children in the City of Medan. 3. Between the Legislature and the Executive does not have an understanding of the protection of women and children, the executive should propose a draft regulation on the protection of women and children to be endorsed as a regional regulation.

scholarly journals Lessons and Challenges of Social Work Practice

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-76
Author(s):  
Faustine Nakazibwe
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Detailed Case ◽  
Hiv Aids

This article explores the complexities of working as a social worker with people who have HIV/AIDS in Uganda. The exploration takes the form of a detailed case study.

A Qualitative Case Study on the Refugee Child Protection Project

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 171-199
Author(s):  
Jinhee Hyun ◽  
Seungik Lee ◽  
Soungwon Park
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Refugee Child

scholarly journals Two sides of one coin? Relationships build resilience or contribute to burnout in child protection social work: Shared perspectives from Leavers and Stayers in Northern Ireland

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula McFadden
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Building Resilience ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Two Sides

Child protection is a stressful occupation that can result in burnout and job exit for some social workers. This article will focus on the positive and negative impacts of co-worker and manager relationships, reporting on the meaning applied by workers, and on how these relationships impact their ability to manage the challenges of child protection work. Semi-structured interviews with 15 social-workers who left and 15 who stayed reveal the critical importance of relationships at work for either building resilience or contributing to burnout. Recommendations call for employer-level interventions to promote relationship-focused interventions to enhance social worker resilience.

Systematic Bibliographic Database Searching for Literature Reviews: Case Study on Child Protection Decision-Making

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravit Alfandari ◽  
Brian J Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Social Science Citation Index ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Cochrane Central Register ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Central Register ◽  
Cumulative Knowledge

Abstract Skills of the ‘information age’ need to be applied to social work. Conceptual and practical aspects of using online bibliographic databases to identify research were explored using multi-professional decision-making in child protection as a case study. Five databases (Social Science Citation Index, Scopus, Medline, Social Work Abstracts and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) were searched for relevant studies, retrieving 6,934 records of which fifty-eight studies were identified as relevant. The usefulness of specific search terms and the process of learning from the terminology of previous searches are illustrated, as well as the value of software to manage retrieved studies. Scopus had the highest sensitivity (retrieving the highest number of relevant articles) and retrieved the most articles not retrieved by any other database (exclusiveness). All databases had low precision on this topic, despite extensive efforts in selecting search terms. Cumulative knowledge about search strategies and empirical comparison of database utility helps to increase the efficiency of systematic literature searching. Such endeavours encourage and support professionals to use the best available evidence to inform practice and policy.

The Dynamics of Secondary Victimization: When Social Workers Blame Mothers

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-523
Author(s):  
Andrea Fleckinger
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Secondary Victimization ◽  
Starting Point

The article describes the main results from a qualitative research project, which analyzes the relations between mothers exposed to gender-based violence and child protection social workers, looking at the risk of secondary victimization. The issue emerged from 10 years’ experience as a social worker at a women’s shelter where I was required several times to mediate the difficult relationship between child protection social worker and mother. The starting point was a preliminary field research with peers (staff members of women’s shelters) and women who had been blamed for the violence by their child protection social worker. These results formed the basis for the interviews held with child protection social workers. The analysis shows how victim–offender dynamics might also influence social work practices and illustrate the connections between dynamics of secondary victimization and the expectations regarding mothers and victims. Furthermore, some positive examples of support emerged which could be used as a basis for developing targeted methods for social work practice.

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