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2. Key misconceptions when assessing digital technology for municipal youth social work.
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Mackrill, Thomas and Ebsen, Frank
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COMMUNICATION ,COMMUNITY health services ,RESEARCH funding ,SOCIAL case work ,SOCIAL justice ,TECHNOLOGY ,CLIENT relations ,MOBILE apps - Abstract
Municipal youth protection work has become infused with digital technology, and yet there is still limited research on how to assess the impact of digital technology on municipal youth social work. This article reviews a range of misconceptions regarding the assessment of digital technology for youth social work in municipal contexts. This review was generated in connection with the development of an app system for communication between young clients and their municipal social workers in Denmark. The misconceptions relate to: variations in technologies and contexts; the impact of digital technologies on the relationship; social justice; differentiating between the user and the digital technology; digitalization and standardization; stakeholder and functional models of municipal social work. The paper concludes that the relationship between municipal social work and digital technology is complex and that thus complex comprehensions of municipal social work practice are needed if the relationship between technologies and practice is to be grasped adequately. The paper argues that given the complexity of the field and the speed of technological and legal changes, external support with regard to assessing how to use, develop and incorporate digital technology needs to be made available to municipalities and social workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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3. Touch in residential child care: staff’s bodies and children’s agency.
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Eßer, Florian
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FOSTER home care ,CORPORATE culture ,FOSTER children ,RESEARCH funding ,SOCIAL case work ,TOUCH ,CLIENT relations ,RESIDENTIAL care ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
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- 2018
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4. Individualising or categorising recognition? Conceptual discussions concerning the relationship between foster children and their child welfare workers.
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Lindahl, Robert
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FOSTER children ,OCCUPATIONAL roles ,FOCUS groups ,HUMAN rights ,CONFIDENCE ,CHILDREN'S rights ,CLIENT relations ,SOCIAL workers ,INTERVIEWING ,CONSUMER attitudes ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,HUMANITY ,ATTACHMENT behavior ,CHILD welfare ,SOCIAL worker attitudes ,LOVE ,FOSTER home care ,TRUST - Abstract
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- 2021
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5. Poverty, exclusion and child protection practice: the contribution of ‘the politics of recognition&respect’.
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Gupta, Anna and Blumhardt, Hannah
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POVERTY & psychology ,POLICY sciences ,CHILD welfare ,HUMAN rights ,PROFESSIONAL employee training ,RESPECT ,SOCIAL services ,ADULT education workshops ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,JOB performance ,CLIENT relations ,THEMATIC analysis ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
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- 2018
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6. 'Perhaps I should be working with potted plants or standing at the fish counter instead?': newly educated social workers' reflections on their first years in practice.
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Tham, Pia and Lynch, Deborah
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PROFESSIONAL practice ,OCCUPATIONAL roles ,RESEARCH methodology ,CLIENT relations ,THEORY-practice relationship ,INTERVIEWING ,SOCIAL worker attitudes ,RESEARCH funding ,SOCIAL services ,SOCIAL work education ,REFLECTION (Philosophy) - Abstract
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- 2021
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7. Social work g uanxi : a reflexive account of the social work relationship in the Chinese context.
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Cheung, Johnson Chun-Sing
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CHINESE people ,EMPATHY ,PROFESSIONAL ethics ,PUBLIC welfare ,REFLECTION (Philosophy) ,RURAL conditions ,SOCIAL case work ,SOCIAL workers ,CLIENT relations ,PROFESSIONALISM - Abstract
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- 2017
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8. Facing adversity together by looking beyond ability: an approach to resilience among at-risk children and youth.
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Ruiz-Román, Cristóbal, Juárez, Jesús, and Molina, Lorena
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ADOLESCENCE ,CHILD development ,CHILD welfare ,CULTURE ,HEALTH promotion ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,NEEDS assessment ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,SELF-efficacy ,SOCIAL workers ,OCCUPATIONAL roles ,CLIENT relations ,SOCIAL support ,SOCIAL context ,ADVERSE childhood experiences - Abstract
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- 2020
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9. Simulating supervision: How do managers respond to a crisis?
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Wilkins, David and Jones, Rebecca
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COMMUNICATIVE competence ,DOMESTIC violence ,PROFESSIONAL employee training ,PUBLIC health laws ,SOCIAL workers ,STUDENTS ,SUPERVISION of employees ,CLIENT relations ,SOCIAL support ,MOTIVATIONAL interviewing ,CLINICAL supervision - Abstract
Supervision is fundamental to child and family social work practice, in England as elsewhere, yet there is little research regarding what managers and social workers do when they meet to discuss the families they are working with. Recent years have seen a growing interest in the use of simulated clients and objective structured clinical exams to help develop and evaluate the abilities of social workers and students. This paper describes a study of 30 simulated supervision sessions between English social work managers and an actor playing the role of a student social worker in need of support. The simulation concerns a referral regarding an incident of domestic abuse. During the simulations, managers typically asked closed questions to obtain more information before providing solutions for the supervisee in the form of advice and direction. There was little evidence of emotional support for the social worker, nor empathy with the family. Managers typically acted as expert problem-solvers. The implications of this are discussed in relation to current theoretical models of supervision for child and family social work and in relation to how children’s services responds to domestic abuse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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10. On toleration in social work.
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Besch, Thomas M. and Lee, Jung-Sook
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SOCIAL services & ethics ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,GROUP identity ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,CULTURAL pluralism ,CULTURAL awareness ,CLIENT relations ,SOCIAL attitudes ,CULTURAL competence ,SOCIAL worker attitudes ,ETHICS - Abstract
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- 2018
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11. The managerialist turn and the education of young offenders in state care.
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Neves, Tiago
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ACADEMIC achievement ,AUTONOMY (Psychology) ,INSTITUTIONAL care of children ,GOAL (Psychology) ,JUVENILE offenders ,SCIENTIFIC observation ,PUBLIC welfare ,REFLECTION (Philosophy) ,RISK management in business ,SCHOOL environment ,SOCIAL control ,ETHNOLOGY research ,QUALITATIVE research ,MANAGEMENT styles ,CLIENT relations ,TEACHING methods - Abstract
Managerialism has become a major trait of youth justice systems throughout Europe over the past couple of decades. This has taken place in the wider context of significant changes in criminal justice systems, which in their turn are articulated with the rise of neo-liberalism. There has been a shift from a humanistic penal welfarism strongly predicated on state interventions, and aimed at the social reintegration of offenders, to a containment regime focused mostly on social control, risk management and the reduction of insecurity. Based on ethnographic work carried out in a detention and education centre for juvenile offenders in Portugal, this paper presents and discusses the ways in which this managerialist turn impacts on the education of youths in custodial state care. Specifically, it focuses on the downgrading of educational expectations, the relegation of schooling to a matter of low priority, and the decline of the rehabilitation ideal. The implications of this managerialist turn for professional practice are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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12. The use of ‘empowerment’ among organisations supporting victims of domestic violence in Sweden.
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Helmersson, Sara and Jönson, Håkan
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CRISIS intervention (Mental health services) ,BEHAVIOR modification ,CONCEPTS ,DOMESTIC violence ,LOCAL government ,MEDICAL cooperation ,RESEARCH ,HEALTH self-care ,SELF-efficacy ,SUPPORT groups ,SOCIAL change ,CRIME victims ,PHYSICIAN practice patterns ,CLIENT relations ,COMMUNITY-based social services ,RESIDENTIAL care ,CROSS-sectional method - Abstract
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- 2015
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13. Facing conflict: patterns of relationships amongst Lithuanian social workers in the workplace and the role of supervision.
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Ruškus, Jonas and Kiaunytė, Asta
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CONFLICT management ,ANALYSIS of variance ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,CHI-squared test ,CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) ,DEFENSE mechanisms (Psychology) ,GROUP identity ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,JOB stress ,PERSONAL space ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,ROLE conflict ,SOCIAL workers ,SUPERVISION of employees ,AFFINITY groups ,JUDGMENT sampling ,PEER relations ,CLIENT relations ,PROFESSIONALISM ,METHODOLOGY - Abstract
The complexity of the Lithuanian social work profession is analysed in this paper. The aim of the research presented is to identify the patterns of relationships that Lithuanian social workers develop in the workplace when facing conflict. The research findings suggest that social work presupposes instability, mobility, fluidity, risks and consequently conflict and multiple emotional reactions from those involved. The complexity of social work, evoking various professional risks and conflicts, anticipates emotional reactions from social workers, such as anger and avoidance. Professional conflict and change can become a resource of positive emotional reactions and a stimulus for the development of the organisation. Professional relationships that are based on equality, openness and participation, even in situation of change or conflict can cultivate energy, creativity and enthusiasm. For conflict within an organisation to be resolved, external support that is methodologically grounded and professional is needed. Supervision can help to recognise the interrelation of patterns of relationships in the workplace when facing conflict, through reflection on one's professional functioning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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14. The coping model: what is it and what might be its implications for social work practice?
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Eriksen, Rita Elisabeth
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PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,CONTENT analysis ,INTERVIEWING ,LEARNING strategies ,LIFE ,RESEARCH methodology ,POVERTY ,PUBLIC welfare ,RESEARCH ,STATISTICAL sampling ,SELF-perception ,SOCIAL services ,TIME ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,VALUES (Ethics) ,QUALITATIVE research ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,CLIENT relations ,SECONDARY analysis ,PLANNING techniques - Abstract
This article examines whether a coping model developed as a framework for analysis of research interviews is useful in social work practice. The coping model emerged from a study involving qualitative interviews with social service clients in Norway, designed to explore how they coped with challenges in everyday lives, both on an individual level and in interacting with their environment. The model emerged from preliminary analysis and was then used in further analysis of the interview data. The study showed that the informants experienced two major challenges: (1) Unemployment and (2) living with a shortage of money over time, even though their life situations were heterogeneous. Some informants experienced potent coping strategies in finding employment and became independent of social services. Other informants experienced shortages in their capacities for work and continued to be dependent on allowances. They used their coping resources to achieve more meaningful life situations without employment. The coping model represents how coping is understood theoretically in the study and the present paper considers the model's relevance and implications for social work practice itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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15. The relevance and experience of education from the perspective of Croatian youth in-care.
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Sladović Franz, Branka and Branica, Vanja
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ACADEMIC achievement ,CONSUMER attitudes ,CONTENT analysis ,ENDOWMENTS ,FOCUS groups ,FOSTER children ,FOSTER home care ,HIGH school students ,MEDICAL protocols ,SELF-efficacy ,VOCATIONAL education ,QUALITATIVE research ,CLIENT relations ,RESIDENTIAL care - Abstract
Education can contribute to the well-being of children and youth in out-of-home care by increasing resilience, acting as a secure base and enhancing life chances and pathways. This paper presents results of a qualitative study which aimed to examine the educational opportunities of youth in public care in Croatia from the user's perspective. A brief review of Croatian experience regarding in-care youth is presented and discussed. Six focus groups were conducted with 31 youth from children's homes and foster families. Participants perceive education as important for all children and youth because it can enable better life conditions and improve employment possibilities but they consider it to be even more important for in-care children due to their lack of a stable family base, financial insecurity and pressure to be independent. Educational experiences reveal different educational choices, circumstances that promote and those that impede education, as well as a differentiated approach to in-care children. The young people pointed to several factors that facilitate positive educational outcome: personal strengths and self-efficacy, financial support and a good relationship with professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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16. 'You get a completely different feeling' – an empirical exploration of emotions and their functions in digital frontline work.
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Løberg, Ida Bring and Egeland, Cathrine
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SOCIAL support ,COUNSELORS ,DIGITAL technology ,CLIENT relations ,JOB stress ,INTERVIEWING ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,RESEARCH funding ,EMOTIONS ,THEMATIC analysis ,EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
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- 2023
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17. Perspectives on organizational structure and social services' work with clients – a narrative review of 25 years research on social services.
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Grell, Pär, Blom, Björn, and Ahmadi, Nader
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CLIENT relations ,ORGANIZATIONAL structure ,CONTINUUM of care ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,HOLISTIC medicine ,SOCIAL work research ,SOCIAL worker attitudes ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,HEALTH care teams ,SOCIAL services ,INTEGRATED health care delivery ,MEDICAL specialties & specialists - Abstract
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- 2022
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18. Inscrutable patchwork: exploring inconsistencies in the history of twentieth-century residential childcare.
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Hauss, Gisela
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CHILD care ,CHILD welfare ,COMMITMENT (Psychology) ,COMMUNICATION ,COMMUNITIES ,CONFLICT (Psychology) ,SOCIAL case work ,CLIENT relations ,RESIDENTIAL care ,HISTORY ,CHILDREN - Abstract
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- 2020
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19. A policy, management and practitioners' perspective on social work's rational turn: there are cracks at every level.
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Devlieghere, Jochen and Roose, Rudi
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CHILD welfare ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,HEALTH policy ,NEEDS assessment ,RESPONSIBILITY ,STATISTICAL sampling ,SOCIAL services ,PHYSICIAN practice patterns ,QUALITATIVE research ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,JUDGMENT sampling ,CLIENT relations ,SOCIAL worker attitudes - Abstract
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- 2020
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20. What is the purpose? Caseworkers' perception of performance information.
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Høybye-Mortensen, Matilde and Ejbye-Ernst, Peter
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CLINICAL medicine ,COMMUNICATION ,COMMUNITY health services ,COMPARATIVE studies ,DOCUMENTATION ,EXECUTIVES ,INFORMATION resources management ,INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems ,MEDICAL databases ,INFORMATION technology ,INTERVIEWING ,MANAGEMENT ,RESEARCH methodology ,CASE studies ,NEEDS assessment ,EVALUATION of organizational effectiveness ,PUBLIC welfare ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH funding ,SOCIAL case work ,VOCATIONAL rehabilitation ,EMPLOYEES' workload ,ELIGIBILITY (Social aspects) ,OCCUPATIONAL roles ,PEER relations ,CLIENT relations ,KEY performance indicators (Management) ,SOCIAL services case management ,SOCIAL worker attitudes - Abstract
Caseworkers in welfare organisations play a pivotal part in the production of performance information (PI), since the information they record determines the quality of the PI. Previous studies have demonstrated how tasks that are considered illegitimate are stressful for the professionals performing them and are not performed properly. Caseworkers' perception of the PI, which their recordings feed into, must therefore be of great importance with regard to how the caseworkers perform the task of recording. From a qualitative study of the production and use of PI in municipal disability services in Denmark, we gained insight into how caseworkers perceived the purposes of PI. We conclude that PI used in the planning of services to meet clients' needs is recognised as a legitimate purpose. The distance between the manager and caseworkers seems to be important for the degree of understanding of the purpose of the tasks: The shorter the distance, the more understanding. Furthermore, caseworkers also see more subjective purposes of doing the recordings properly. Firstly, it makes management aware of the size of their workload. Secondly, the recordings serve as a documentation tool, which can be useful when clients file complaints. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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21. Romanian social workers facing the challenges of neo-liberalism.
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Lazăr, Florin, Mihai, Anca, Gaba, Daniela, Ciocănel, Alexandra, Rentea, Georgiana, and Munch, Shari
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ADAPTABILITY (Personality) ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,INTERVIEWING ,JOB stress ,RESEARCH methodology ,PRACTICAL politics ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH funding ,STATISTICAL sampling ,PSYCHOLOGY of social workers ,QUALITATIVE research ,PROFESSIONAL standards ,CLIENT relations ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,THEMATIC analysis ,DATA analysis software - Abstract
With a history of almost 90 years, professional social work in Romania once flourished up until World War II. The Communist Party disbanded the profession in 1968 and it was reinstated after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. Within the context of the socio-economic transition from a centralised to a free-market economy, Romanian social policy and social work have evolved from a Marxist/socialist-type ideology, one that advocates for state intervention, to a libertarian/neo-liberal-type ideology, which promotes both state withdrawal from welfare provision and individuals taking responsibility for their own welfare. These two trends continue to co-exist subject to sometimes divergent forces such as international institutions and internal Romanian social pressures. Using a qualitative approach, we explore how Romanian social workers are adapting to the neo-liberal realities and identify three types of perceived challenges: 1. those related to regulation, 2. linked with collaboration in social work activity and 3. those related to the social worker-client relationship. Under neo-liberal pressures, the social worker's role of agent of social change becomes marginalised in daily practice, leaving little power to influence agency policies that negatively impact clients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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22. What’s your agenda? Reflective supervision in community-based child welfare services.
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Rankine, Matt, Beddoe, Liz, O'Brien, Mike, and Fouché, Christa
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INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,PROFESSIONAL employee training ,REFLECTION (Philosophy) ,SOCIAL workers ,STUDENTS ,STUDENT attitudes ,CLIENT relations ,THEMATIC analysis ,CLINICAL supervision ,DATA analysis software - Abstract
The provision of community-based child welfare services (CCW) in a managerialist climate in Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) necessitates constantly renegotiated contractual partnerships, service targeting and measured outcomes. Reflective supervision is essential to counter the perceived negative impacts of managerialism on CCW work. Within this environment, there is a struggle to ensure supervision provides reflective spaces for social workers to develop in their work with service users despite the demands of meeting organisational imperatives. This article reports on a qualitative study which critically analyses the espoused theory and theories-in-use [Argyris, C., & Schön, D. (1974).
Theory in practice: Increasing professional effectiveness . San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.] about reflective supervision held by social workers practising in the demanding environment of CCW. In the first phase of the research reported here, nine key informants who had both considerable experience in CCW and academic experience in ANZ were interviewed about the nature of reflective supervision in CCW social work. Findings indicate that social workers working in CCW settings are influenced by factors associated with self-awareness, relationships, organisational and professional obligations within a changing and risk-averse managerial environment. Key informants assert that social workers from CCW backgrounds need reflective supervision to engage in self-reflection, consider wider socio-cultural factors and to critically develop social-justice-informed practice with service users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2018
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23. Observed successful collaboration in social work practice: coherent triads in Swedish juvenile care.
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Basic, Goran
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SOCIAL services ,FOSTER home care ,FOSTER children ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,RESEARCH funding ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,FIELD research ,PROFESSIONAL identity ,CLIENT relations ,FIELD notes (Science) ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
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- 2018
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24. Towards an actor-oriented approach to social exclusion: a critical review of contemporary exclusion research in a Swedish social work context.
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Davidsson, Tobias and Petersson, Frida J. M.
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POLICY sciences ,SOCIAL isolation ,SOCIAL services ,SOCIAL work research ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,CLIENT relations ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
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- 2018
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25. Neoliberalism and social work identity.
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Hyslop, Ian
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POLITICAL psychology ,POLICY sciences ,GROUNDED theory ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,SOCIAL services ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,JOB performance ,PROFESSIONAL identity ,CLIENT relations ,SOCIAL worker attitudes ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
This article considers the relationship between the identity of social work and the neoliberal political project. Reference is made to a small but carefully structured quantitative research study in Auckland, New Zealand which examined the knowledge applied and produced in the practice of social work. This study found evidence consistent with Philp’s [(1979). Notes on the form of knowledge in social work.Sociological Review,27(1), 83–111] theorisation of a specific ‘form of knowledge’ for social work which is produced and reproduced as a function of relational engagement between social workers and those who are constructed as ‘clients’ in an unequal society. This discourse casts the ‘failing subject’ as socially located and inherently redeemable in direct contrast to populist neoliberal constructions of personal responsibility and moral deficit. With reference to dialectical theory it is suggested that this resilient discourse, embedded in ‘every-day’ practice, is inevitably a source of resistance to the imposition of neoliberal practice and policy design. This resistance provides hope for the progressive voice of social work in the current contest of ideas in relation to the future development of social work. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2018
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26. How do social work novices and experts solve professional problems? A micro-analysis of epistemic activities and the use of evidence.
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Ghanem, Christian, Kollar, Ingo, Fischer, Frank, Lawson, Thomas R., and Pankofer, Sabine
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SOCIAL services ,CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) ,PROBABILITY theory ,PROBLEM solving ,RESEARCH funding ,STATISTICS ,T-test (Statistics) ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,CLIENT relations ,DATA analysis software ,SOCIAL worker attitudes ,MEDICAL coding ,WORK experience (Employment) ,MANN Whitney U Test - Abstract
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- 2018
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27. Practice wisdom in social work: an uncommon sense in the intersubjective encounter.
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Cheung, Johnson Chun-Sing
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ABILITY ,BEHAVIOR ,EXPERIENTIAL learning ,INTUITION ,PROFESSIONS ,SOCIAL services ,SOCIAL workers ,WORK ,TRAINING ,COMPASSION ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,CLIENT relations - Abstract
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- 2017
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28. Complexities of cultural difference in social care work in England.
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Willis, Rosalind, Pathak, Pathik, Khambhaita, Priya, and Evandrou, Maria
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ASIANS ,BEHAVIOR ,BLACK people ,COMMUNICATION ,CONFIDENCE ,CONTINUING education ,ETHNIC groups ,INTERVIEWING ,JOB satisfaction ,LANGUAGE & languages ,CULTURAL pluralism ,RELIGION ,RESEARCH funding ,STATISTICAL sampling ,SOCIAL services ,SOCIAL workers ,UNCERTAINTY ,WHITE people ,QUALITATIVE research ,JUDGMENT sampling ,JOB performance ,CLIENT relations ,THEMATIC analysis ,CULTURAL competence ,DATA analysis software - Abstract
The ageing of the ethnic minority population in Britain has led to a more ethnically diverse older client group for social care services than has ever been the case. This article focuses on the issue of how social care staff in England experience working across differences of culture, ethnicity, religion, and language. First, the article critically discusses the concept of cultural competence. Then, it reports on the perspectives of social care staff on their attempts to work in a culturally competent way. Individual in-depth qualitative interviews were carried out with 39 social care practitioners, and thematically analysed. Themes related to professional competence, appropriate behaviour, and training needs. Some practitioners felt unable to perform to their accustomed skill level when working across diversity, which has implications for the quality of care provided and job satisfaction. Other practitioners were confident in working across diversity. The key difference between these practitioners was a degree of cultural reflexivity. Recommendations for training are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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29. Reluctant participation – the experiences of adolescents with disabilities of meetings with social workers regarding their right to receive personal assistance.
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Hultman, Lill, Pergert, Pernilla, and Forinder, Ulla
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CONCEPTUAL structures ,CONTENT analysis ,EXPERIENCE ,INTERVIEWING ,MATHEMATICAL models ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEETINGS ,NEEDS assessment ,PSYCHOLOGY of children with disabilities ,RESEARCH funding ,SOCIAL services ,SOCIAL workers ,TEENAGERS' conduct of life ,PATIENT participation ,QUALITATIVE research ,THEORY ,CLIENT relations ,SOCIAL support ,MEDICAL coding ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
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- 2017
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30. Coordinating co-production in complex network settings.
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Tuurnas, Sanna Pauliina, Stenvall, Jari, Rannisto, Pasi-Heikki, Harisalo, Risto, and Hakari, Kari
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BUSINESS networks ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL care ,STATISTICAL sampling ,SOCIAL services ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,CLIENT relations - Abstract
This article draws together the concepts of network management and co-production with complexity sciences. So far, these approaches have rarely been connected in research literature. We suggest that this conceptual framework offers new insights for analyzing the challenges of co-production in complex network settings in the local public services. The aim of the article is to find out how complex network structures meet the co-production process in the context of social and health care services. The empirical part of the article presents a Finnish case study of a multiprofessional service network producing social and health care services for youth. Here, the clients, in this case children and young people with a need for social services, often need multiple services from different service providers simultaneously. Our research findings suggest that the outcomes of the service process are not only dependent on the client's needs, but rather on organizational and professional interests. Our research gives new insights for the discussion on co-production; when it is applied as an intended policy to improve and deliver public services, the complexity of interaction among the street-level workers and the detached professional frameworks should be kept in mind. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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31. Generating productive citizens or supporting the weak? Ambivalences and contradictions in working with young welfare recipients.
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Hauss, Gisela
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AGE distribution ,EMPLOYMENT ,INVESTMENTS ,CASE studies ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,HEALTH outcome assessment ,PUBLIC welfare ,SOCIAL security ,VOCATIONAL education ,ETHNOLOGY research ,CLIENT relations ,SOCIAL attitudes ,SOCIAL support ,SOCIAL worker attitudes - Abstract
Since 1990, the social investment paradigm has been gaining importance within the social policy of Western industrialised countries. Investments are made in human capital to shape productive citizens capable of satisfying the demands of flexible labour markets. This article adopts an ethnographic perspective to analyse the current transformations of everyday practice within the context of the investment paradigm. Investigating such a practice in selected welfare institutions, it focuses on the work done with young adults, a client segment of interest from a social investment perspective already owing to its age. The article explores the techniques and strategies of professional action and discusses their implications for social work, which is active in this field along with other professional groups. The findings presented here show that the action taken by social workers moves between different rationales and is shaped by various ambivalences and force fields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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32. Public Social Services’ encounters with irregular migrants in Sweden: amid values of social work and control of migration.
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Cuadra, Carin Björngren and Staaf, Annika
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IMMIGRATION law ,ANALYSIS of variance ,DECISION making ,EXECUTIVES ,HUMAN rights ,INTERNET ,NOMADS ,POWER (Social sciences) ,PUBLIC welfare ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH ,ROLE conflict ,SOCIAL control ,SOCIAL workers ,STATISTICS ,PUBLIC sector ,CLIENT relations - Abstract
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- 2014
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33. Empowered and self-managing users in methadone treatment?
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Bjerge, Bagga and Nielsen, Bjarke
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METHADONE treatment programs ,CONCEPTS ,FIELDWORK (Educational method) ,HOLISTIC medicine ,INTERVIEWING ,MEDICAL protocols ,NEGOTIATION ,SCIENTIFIC observation ,PARADIGMS (Social sciences) ,SELF-efficacy ,SELF-management (Psychology) ,SOCIAL control ,SOCIAL services ,SUBSTANCE abuse treatment ,ETHNOLOGY research ,QUALITATIVE research ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,CLIENT relations ,TREATMENT programs - Abstract
Empowerment is a keyword in treatment. Users should have the means and possibilities to influence their treatment and become self-managing. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a Danish methadone treatment project, we find that the practices of users and staff are often not carried out in accordance with governmental intentions. We identify a gap between the official notions of treatment and practices. We analyse the notions and practices of empowerment by applying two analytical perspectives. First, we apply a constructionist perspective in which empowerment is analysed as wanting to set users ‘free’ but also as ways to govern. We elaborate the analysis by applying a more practice-oriented focus. Drawing on this perspective, we analyse the ways in which staff and users constantly produce, construct and negotiate institutional practices that differ from the governmental intentions for treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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34. Social assistance in Austria: regulating the poor as in-between.
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Leibetseder, Bettina
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ELIGIBILITY (Social aspects) ,CITIZENSHIP ,CONSUMER attitudes ,HUMAN rights ,INTERVIEWING ,PUBLIC welfare ,SOCIAL classes ,SOCIAL control ,SOCIAL isolation ,QUALITATIVE research ,CLIENT relations ,THEMATIC analysis - Abstract
Not only the concept of social inclusion is widely recognized as an important basis today for making social policy, but it also provides a platform for the policing of the poor. Thinking uncritically about social inclusion prevents us from seeing how it operates to re-inscribe subordination even as we help the poor overcome their marginalization. With an awareness of the paradox of inclusion, it is possible to examine how welfare policy today operates to discipline the poor as people who must accept their plight at the bottom of the socioeconomic order. While formal policy may not make this paradox apparent, the disciplinary effects of an inclusionary social assistance policy are starkly visible when we examine its implementation, where we can see how the excluded become included in ways that perpetuate their subordination. Social assistance recipients obtain a benefit, but the way they are treated does not correspond with full social rights, which is reminiscent of Georg Simmel's discussion of the poor. As exemplified by research at one local social assistance office in Austria, welfare recipients are ultimately neither included nor excluded. Welfare, as administered today, upholds the system of social stratification by perpetuating an ‘in-between’ status for the claimants of social assistance benefits at the frontline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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35. Outreach approaches in the private domain: an international study.
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Kloppenburg, Raymond and Hendriks, Peter
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PREVENTION of child abuse ,SELF-neglect ,AUTONOMY (Psychology) ,COMPARATIVE studies ,HOME care services ,IDENTIFICATION ,INTERVIEWING ,MEDICAL ethics ,PATIENTS ,POVERTY ,PRIVACY ,SOCIAL control ,SOCIAL services ,SOCIAL workers ,TRUST ,QUALITATIVE research ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,OCCUPATIONAL roles ,CLIENT relations ,PREVENTION - Abstract
The aim of this article is to present the results of an international study on outreach approaches in the private domain in social work with a focus on moral dilemmas. The reason to start the study was to investigate if a trend in Dutch social work toward outreach approaches can be recognized in other European countries and what can be learned from other outreach practices. First, a definition of outreach approaches in the private domain was discussed. Next, data were collected by interviews with social workers in four different countries, executed by social work students and researchers. Although no evidence was found that outreach approaches in other countries than the Netherlands are increasing, many similarities were found in social workers' interpretation of their outreach work. All the interviewees emphasized that outreach approaches are intended for excluded people who are at risk or a risk and who are not in contact with social services. All workers stress the importance of gaining trust and staying in touch. A dilemma is that workers often find themselves between two fires. They tend to give priority to the relation with the client and accept that this can contradict rules of organizations or society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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36. Enabling young people with a care background to stay in education in Hungary: accommodation with conditions and support.
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Rácz, Andrea and Korintus, Márta
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ACADEMIC achievement ,ENDOWMENTS ,FOSTER children ,PATIENT aftercare ,HOUSING ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL protocols ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,REFERENCE values ,VOCATIONAL education ,VOCATIONAL guidance ,CLIENT relations ,SOCIAL support ,ACADEMIC accommodations - Abstract
Young people can legally leave care at the age of 18 in Hungary. At that time, they can step out of the child-protection system or have the option of requesting to stay in aftercare provision if they wish to pursue their studies. Aftercare provision is a combination of services that include accommodation, financial support, personal advice, help to find the most suitable form of education, support for studying, assistance to achieve integration into society and conflict management. Most young people choose this option, remain until they are 24 or 25 years of age and become independent roughly at the same age when their peers leave their families to start a life on their own. The article discusses the educational careers of young people with a care background within this context. Children in care are less likely than their counterparts living in birth families to go on with their studies after the compulsory age of completing schooling. Most of them wish to learn some kind of profession, and only a small percentage enter higher education. The system of aftercare provision is a good means to motivate young people in care to study further and to help those who wish to obtain a higher education degree. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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