Child protection;
reunification;
risk;
safety;
social constructionism;
SOCIAL-WORK;
PROTECTION;
WELFARE;
D O I:
10.1177/1473325011411010
中图分类号:
C916 [社会工作、社会管理、社会规划];
学科分类号:
1204 ;
摘要:
This article reports on how workers and clients in child protection social work services manage the return home process. Social workers in these cases attempt to build relationships with clients that have therapeutic, educational and social control functions. Within these relationships, workers must manage competing tensions between 'risk' and 'safety' while they attempt to build collaborative relationships with parents. This article draws on a qualitative study that interviewed workers and clients within a child protection agency in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It found that workers constructed clients' problems in ways that avoided attributing moral failure or judgment, resisted 'knee-jerk' reactions, and had high frequency contact with both parents and children. They viewed 'good enough' parenting within the context of the case, believed in parents' ability to change, and used solution focused approaches combined with contextual support to build parenting competence and confidence. These findings are discussed with regard to concepts of risk and in light of the aims of social work.
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Amer Univ, Dept Econ, 4400 Mass Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 USA
Univ Massachusetts, Ctr Adopt Res, Sch Med, Worcester, MA 01655 USAAmer Univ, Dept Econ, 4400 Mass Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 USA
机构:Queens Univ Belfast, Inst Child Care Res, Sch Sociol Social Policy & Social Work, Belfast BT7 1LP, Antrim, North Ireland
Mcsherry, Dominic
Larkin, Emma
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Larkin, Emma
Kelly, Greg
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Kelly, Greg
Robinson, Clive
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Queens Univ Belfast, Inst Child Care Res, Sch Sociol Social Policy & Social Work, Belfast BT7 1LP, Antrim, North IrelandQueens Univ Belfast, Inst Child Care Res, Sch Sociol Social Policy & Social Work, Belfast BT7 1LP, Antrim, North Ireland
Robinson, Clive
Schubotz, Dirk
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Northumbria Univ, Social Work & Family Law, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, EnglandNorthumbria Univ, Social Work & Family Law, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, England