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Informing Social Work Practice with Theory: Reflections on the Protection of Aboriginal Children in Remote Communities of Australia.
- Source :
- British Journal of Social Work; Dec2019, Vol. 49 Issue 8, p2021-2041, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Recent reforms to the Australian child-protection sector have widened its scope from solely a statutory child-protection system to a public-health model to increase the number of agencies involved in the provision of services for children who are deemed 'vulnerable' or 'at risk'. Nevertheless, the number of Aboriginal children in the sector continues to increase. This paper argues that the reflective basis of social work practice in Australia contains a lack that evades consideration of the 'projective identifications' informing practice. Social workers are more likely to achieve safety outcomes for children when such projections are acknowledged and tendered to in their reflective practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ABORIGINAL Australians
CHILD health services
CHILD welfare
CHILDREN'S accident prevention
CIVIL rights
COMMUNITIES
CULTURE
HEALTH care reform
HEALTH services accessibility
REFLECTION (Philosophy)
RESPONSIBILITY
RURAL population
SOCIAL services
SOCIAL workers
SPIRITUALITY
ETHNOLOGY research
PROFESSIONAL practice
CLIENT relations
THEORY-practice relationship
SOCIAL worker attitudes
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00453102
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 140933430
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy124