Social Work Communication with Parents Who Are Practising Christians: An Empirical Study
AbstractGiven Britain ’s religious, spiritual and secular diversity, and national legislation and policy directives such as The Children Act 1989 and Working Together to Safeguard Children, this empirical study addressed the lack of specific research investigating social workers’ actual communication-in-action with C hristian parents during statutory parenting assessment. The research deployed the two complementary theoretical frameworks of Critical Realism and Worldview studies to generate a deep understanding of communication. Thick descriptions of the communication act, social-worker-with-Christian-parent com munica...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - May 31, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Improving the Service to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders through Innovative Practices Between Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers and Social Workers in Hospitals in Victoria, Australia †
AbstractAboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have suffered violence and extreme prejudice in every walk of life as a result of the European colonisation of Australia. We acknowledge the ongoing colonial legacy to this suffering and discuss how cultural safety is a solution to overcoming some elements of the disadvantages that still beset Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in terms of accessing health care. Accessible and culturally safe health services are critical in reducing health inequalities for First Nations ’ people because of the burden of ill-health they experience. ‘Cultural safety’ in this cont...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - May 31, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Safeguarding Adults Together under the Care Act 2014: A Multi-Agency Practice Guide, Barbara Starns
Safeguarding Adults Together under the Care Act 2014: A Multi-Agency Practice Guide, StarnsBarbara, St Albans, Critical Publishing, 2019,pp. 160, ISBN9781913063252,£16.99 (pb) (Source: British Journal of Social Work)
Source: British Journal of Social Work - May 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Strengths-Based Child Protection: Firm, Fair and Friendly, Carolyn Oliver
Strengths-Based Child Protection: Firm, Fair and Friendly, OliverCarolyn, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2017, pp. x and 249, ISBN 978-1-4875-2123-3, £29.95 (pb) (Source: British Journal of Social Work)
Source: British Journal of Social Work - May 23, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A Systems Model of Repeat Court-Ordered Removals: Responding to Child Protection Challenges Using a Systems Approach
AbstractRepeat removals, where parents lose successive infants and children to out-of-home care, is a systems problem requiring a systems approach to broaden our thinking and expand our choices for action. A transdisciplinary group of key stakeholders in Australia jointly constructed a causal loop diagram to bring forth the systemic structure underlying the issue and identify system conditions that need to be altered. Analysis of the causal loop diagram surfaced eight dynamic positive feedback loops which result in a self-reinforcing system. While the model reflects the understanding of a relatively small group and require...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - May 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
