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Empowering the marginalised: Exploring the potential of Theatre of the Oppressed as an intervention for youth offenders in social work practice Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 David Puvaneyshwaran
SummaryThere is limited literature of the usage of Theatre of the Oppressed within Social work practice. In this study, a group of youth offenders (n = 9) and three social workers known to a Social Service Agency participated in a 9-week Theatre of the Oppressed workshop, consisting of activities aimed to raise critical consciousness. The workshop eventually culminated in a Forum Theatre performance
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The family as a source of social support for older adults: Implications for gerontological social work Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Ivana Bražinová, Oldřich Chytil
SummaryResults of our previous research indicated that older adults believe that there's a lack of sufficient social support from informal sources available to them in difficult situations they face. In follow-up research, we found that older adults defined limitation in their self-sufficiency in daily activities to be the most significant difficult situation for them. This paper disseminates the results
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Narratives of experts by experience: A journey from criminal to expert Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Janika Lindström, Teemu Rantanen, Timo Toikko
SummaryThis study focuses on the narratives of participants of a long-term expert-by-experience training programme for people with a history of crime about their past, and how they use their life experience in their work as experts by experience. The research data was collected during interviews of respondents with a history of crime (N=19). The interviews were analysed using a narrative identity framework
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Coping and self-care: Mediating the association of job stressors with vicarious trauma and vicarious resilience Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Evelia Murcia Álvarez, Xoán M Lombardero Posada, Francisco X Aguiar Fernández, Ana B Méndez Fernández, Antonio González Fernández
SummaryThe indirect exposure to patients’ traumatic experiences may generate contrasting reactions in helping professionals, such as vicarious trauma and vicarious resilience. Theoretical models predict that job stressors facilitate vicarious trauma and reduce vicarious resilience and that personal resources may mediate this relationship. However, there is little empirical research linking some of
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Puppetry to educate social work practitioners: Telling the refugee story Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Uma A Segal, Felia Davenport, Ramona Marshall, Daniel “Digger” Romano
SummaryThe complexities of refugee resettlement are difficult to comprehend, and alternative approaches to education may enhance empathy. Puppetry's art form often engages broad audiences, allowing puppets to tell important stories. This project developed a research-based educational puppet show to increase understanding of refugees in the United States (US). Using a mixed-method approach, this exploratory
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Complexities facing social work: Honor-based violence as lived reality and stereotype Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Rúna í Baianstovu, Sofia Strid
SummaryIt is widely accepted that honor-based violence is a lived reality and a serious problem. However, honor-based violence is also a contested academic and political field, characterized by a polarized debate about whether or not the violence comprises stereotyping images of immigrants. This article asks how honor-based violence can be understood in light of this polarization, and what consequences
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Protection of unaccompanied child and adolescent migrants in Catalonia: Inhabited places, occupied places or non-places? Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Ruth Vilà Baños, Angelina Sánchez-Martí, Montserrat Freixa Niella, Marta Venceslao Pueyo
SummaryIn response to the so-called “refugee crisis,” the Catalan regional government set up experimental services for children migrating without guardians, with the explicit aim of safeguarding their rights. With their continued arrival, however, overcrowding in the facilities and the youths’ educational and life prospects have become topics of fierce debate. This article investigates whether young
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‘You have to let them do it themselves’: Analyzing professional support in a befriending project Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Liesbeth Naessens, Sarah Dury, Peter Raeymaeckers
SummaryIn Western welfare states, public and non-profit service organizations are increasingly looking for ways to combine the efforts and expertise of professionals and volunteers to provide support and services to vulnerable target groups. However, little is known about how professionals and volunteers collaborate to provide these social services and support. The aim of this qualitative study is
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Skills to enhance the efficacy of anti-racist supervision Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Sarah Ross Bussey
SummaryIn a time of increased social division, overt bigotry, and pervasive structural violence, social workers have an opportunity to lead the helping professions in meaningful social transformation. Social work supervisors play a central role in developing and guiding ethical social work practice. Yet, little empirically driven scholarship exists providing supervisors with strategies for disrupting
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Early work experiences, social inclusion and transition to adulthood: The voice of care-experienced young adults Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Veerle Soyez, Robbie Gilligan, Laura Arnau-Sabatès, Helena Johansson, Ingrid Hojer, Hana Pazlorova, Yvonne Sjöblom, Jill Stoddart
SummaryIt is widely recognised that young people in out-of-home care are often involved in a complex process of culminating disadvantage and exclusion. Investing in the core ingredients of social inclusion (participation and interpersonal relationships) while still in care can counterbalance ongoing exclusion processes. In this article, we explore how early work experiences (before the age of 18) can
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The reality of transitioning from orphanages to family homes: Life in extended families in Zimbabwe Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Melanie Moen, Cathrine Chiimba, Elsa Etokabeka
SummaryMany young orphans in Zimbabwe grow up in residential care facilities, but according to governmental policies and literature in this field, these children should be transitioned to extended families to ensure optimal development. Thus, semi-structured interviews was conducted with a social worker, two residential care administrators and five extended families; whereas the participating orphans
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The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Nour Shimei
SummaryMigration has always constituted a meeting point of opportunity, risk, and vulnerability. Concerns surrounding the sex trafficking of women have caused moral panic since the mid-1800s and led to social workers’ preventive initiatives and interventions in Europe and the United States. This article explores a historical moment in which Henrietta Szold, who headed the Social Welfare Department
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The impact of community resilience, well-being, and community attachment on human service workers’ burnout Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Joana Henriques, Sílvia Luís, Catarina Rivero, Sónia P Gonçalves, Lara Patrício Tavares, Helena Á Marujo
SummaryBurnout has become an increasingly prevalent condition, especially affecting professionals in direct contact with clients. Human service workers (HSWs) have quite emotionally taxing jobs supporting vulnerable groups. In developing a close relationship with the communities they work with, it could be possible that community-related variables have an impact on HSWs’ burnout. We aim to analyze
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Changing children's public perception of social work: A narrative evaluation of an educational intervention about social services Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Ylva Spånberger Weitz
SummaryThis article explores children's learning experiences from taking part in an educational intervention about social services in school. Data were collected from six group interviews with 27 children after they had participated in lessons about social services. Following a narrative evaluation approach, the analysis focuses on the narratives of change that are made visible through the children's
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“There's a lot missing”: Treating survivors of sex trafficking with trauma bonds Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Kaitlin Casassa, Alexa Ploss, Sharvari Karandikar
SummarySurvivors of sex trafficking often develop trauma bonds with their traffickers. A trauma bond refers to an intense emotional attachment that can develop between victims and their abusers. Re...
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Outreach to farmworkers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Kennedy Saldanha
SummaryOutreach is an important element of social care. It is an informal but planned form of on-site service delivery to vulnerable populations. Outreach affects some target populations, such as m...
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The myth of spirituality Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-04-09 Edward H Taylor
This article is designed to open a conversation about the place of spirituality in social work, highlight possible ethical issues, and question whether spirituality, as defined by social work and p...
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A systematic review of technology-mediated social work practice: Benefits, uncertainties, and future directions Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Rojan Afrouz, James Lucas
SummarySocial workers are increasingly using digital technology and online platforms in service delivery, with many services having moved online in 2020 following the emergence of the COVID-19 pand...
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Experiences of social workers who witness mistreatment as captured in drawing and narrative Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Rachel Lev-Wiesel, Ella Barhon, Yariv Itzkovich, Chana Eliraz, Dar Shimony, Hadar Goldenberg, Noa Dori-Egozy, Tal Orly
SummaryThe current study attempted to find out how the Bystander’s role and response are reflected in the drawings and narratives of social workers. The sample consisted of 32 social workers aged 2...
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An observation checklist for use by residential social workers in juvenile justice institutions Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Kore G Lampe, Eva A Mulder, Robert RJM Vermeiren, Olivier F Colins
SummaryStructured observation can be valuable to complement self or parent reports used for diagnostic information or risk assessment, although this method is hardly used and understudied in reside...
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Social workers as willful subjects Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Hagit Sinai-Glazer, Michal Krumer-Nevo
How does social workers' agency come about amid the structural constraints they face in their everyday practice? Based on ethnographic fieldwork at a social services department in Israel, this arti...
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Looking into backstage discussions in social work: A qualitative synthesis of recent empirical findings Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Annika Taghizadeh Larsson, Anna Olaison, Johannes Österholm
SummarySocial work practice has a history of collegial, intra-, and interprofessional discussions that take place backstage, that is, without the presence of clients. Because of their backstage cha...
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Living in a segregated community? Interaction between families and service organizations supporting people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Michelle Hei Yan Shum, Chi Kin Kwan, Maggie Pin Mui Yeung, Kwok Kin Fung, Joshua Chi Lam Ching
SummaryIndividuals with intellectual disabilities who might have been previously placed into segregated institutions now live independently in the community, supported by the necessary community ca...
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Orienting social work to incorporate place-based principles: A practical guide to the use of place in social work practice Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 G. Allen Ratliff, Genevieve Graaf, Mimi Choy-Brown
SummarySocial work has long history with practice in diverse places. Indigenous social work traditions have long been grounded in place and land. There has been little attention to the role of plac...
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Impact of COVID-19 on social work field education: Perspectives of Canadian social work students Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Cara Au, Julie L. Drolet, Vibha Kaushik, Grant Charles, Monica Franco, Jesse Henton, Marina Hirning, Sheri McConnell, David Nicholas, Amanda Nickerson, Jessica Ossais, Heather Shenton, Tamara Sussman, Gabriela Verdicchio, Christine A. Walsh, Jayden Wickman
SummarySocial work field education has experienced major disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while also embracing new opportunities to grow. The Transforming the Field Education Landscape res...
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Empowerment in old age: A ladder of user participation in social services for older people Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Ping Kwong Kam
SummaryThis article indicates how to achieve empowerment in old age by promoting user participation in social services for older people. Common empowerment strategies include promoting community an...
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Social workers’ voluntary political participation: Testing a civic engagement model Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Jangmin Kim, Hyunwoo Yoon, Seung-Hwan Oh
SummaryWith rapidly changing and complex social problems, social workers’ political participation has received increasing attention in promoting social justice and human rights. However, limited st...
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An applied model of cultural competence in child protection practice Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Siobhan Laird, Cath Williams
SummaryThis empirical qualitative study explores the application of a model of cultural competence in child protection practice with families from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in th...
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Emerging social workers during COVID-19: Exploring perceived readiness and training needs Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Susanny Beltran, Asli Yalim, Ashley Morris, Lauren Taylor
Summary (methods and approach)Social workers support clients’ psychosocial and resource needs across care settings. Social workers are typically not, however, trained to engage in emergency respons...
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From behaviour-based to ecological: Multi-agency partnership responses to extra-familial harm Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Rachael Owens, Jenny Lloyd
SummaryIn the United Kingdom (UK), inquiries into the abuse of adolescents harmed in contexts beyond their families frequently document failures in multi-agency arrangements. Forms of extra-familia...
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Emotional dissonance and burnout among child welfare workers: The moderating role of social support from colleagues, supervisors, and organization Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Morten Birkeland Nielsen, Håkon Johannesen, Jan Olav Christensen, Live Bakke Finne
SummaryOccupational burnout has significant costs for individuals, employers, and the society. Knowledge about risk and protective factors is therefore highly important. This study examined emotion...
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A bicultural model of social work with immigrants: Professional interventions, acculturation orientations, and burnout of social workers Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Eugene Tartakovsky, Gil Baltiansky
SummaryIn the present study, we developed a bicultural model of social work with immigrants consisting of professional interventions rooted in the dominant and the immigrant cultures. We further de...
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Effects of family interventions on interpersonal conflicts: A network perspective Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Lukas Fellmann
SummaryIntense conflicts are prevalent in families receiving child welfare services. Research in the field of family interventions usually focusses on dyadic conflicts within the limits of the nucl...
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Critical social work in public social services: Poverty-aware organizational practices Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-02-24 Yuval Saar-Heiman, Mor Nahari, Michal Krumer-Nevo
SummaryWhereas some studies have addressed the conditions and practices required to infuse critical notions into the organizational context of public social services, there is a paucity of knowledg...
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The roles and ethics of psychosocial support workers in integrated health services for sexual and gender-based violence survivors Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Amani Clovis Kasherwa, Ali Bitenga Alexandre, Gilbert Mubalama Mugisho, Agino Cecilia Foussiakda, Juvenal Bazilashe Balegamire
SummaryMental Health and Psychosocial Support are integral components of the multisectoral programs addressing wartime sexual violence. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, an integrated framework ...
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Perspectives of social workers and supervisors about the supervision of protective services Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-02-19 Mei-Kuei Yu, Min-Yu Liao
SummaryAlthough numerous studies have quantitatively examined the different aspects of supervision, such as satisfaction in clinical and student supervision, empirical evidence on current practices...
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Ethical and legal dilemmas experienced by Israeli social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Michal Segal, Ayelet Gur
SummaryThe Covid-19 pandemic (Coronavirus) has created complex challenges for recipients of social services worldwide and for the social workers entrusted with assisting them. This article presents...
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Family violence content in baccalaureate and master's level social work programs Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Lynette M. Renner, Molly C. Driessen
SummaryScholars continue to call for social work students to be better prepared in the areas of family violence. In this study, we gathered information on the inclusion of intimate partner violence...
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Integrating an innovative social work practice into a pediatric dental residency program Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Elisabeth A Purkis, Brittaney Hill, Marcio A da Fonseca, Clark M Stanford
SummaryThis article describes the implementation and outcomes of a social work program in a university pediatric dental clinic serving low-income families. The goal was to decrease barriers to dent...
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Beyond medicalized approaches to violence and trauma: Empowering social work practice Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Nancy Ross, Catrina Brown, Marjorie Johnstone
SummarySocial workers are positioned to respond to clients with a history of trauma by practicing bio-psycho-social, trauma, and violence-informed care but frequently encounter systemic barriers to...
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A qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of social workers’ experience in end-of-life care Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Simone Dewar, Jo Mensinga, Michelle Redman-MacLaren, Lise Johns
SummarySocial workers are an integral part of end-of-life (EOL) care interdisciplinary services and provide comprehensive psychosocial support to dying people. However, despite the rewards, EOL car...
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Meeting the nutrition and physical activity needs of young people in residential out-of-home care Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Rachael Green (nee Cox), Melissa Savaglio, Lauren Bruce, Ruby Tate, Kostas Hatzikiriakidis, Madelaine Smales, Anna Crawford-Parker, Sandra Marshall, Veronica Graham, Helen Skouteris
SummaryHealth outcomes for young people living in residential out-of-home care are poor. There has been increased emphasis on the need to prioritize preventative support and upskill residential car...
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Paradoxes, contradictions, and dilemmas: Reflections on the contours of a pandemic and its implications for social work education Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Kerry A Brydon, Fiona McDermott
SummaryThis is a reflective and theoretical article that discusses the impact of COVID-19 on social work practice. The pandemic, which made its presence felt globally from early 2020, continues to ...
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Gerontological social workers’ perspectives about the future at the start of a COVID-19 vaccination program: A photovoice study Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Sofia Fontoura Dias, Lia Araújo, Liliana Sousa
SummaryThe COVID-19 pandemic is a continuing public health crisis, although it has lessened in its intensity since the start of worldwide vaccination programs. In aged care facilities, gerontologic...
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Does mentoring improve the health of people in the community? A realist evaluation Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Jeanine Suurmond, Kasper Kruithof, Janneke Harting
SummaryMentoring is an intervention aimed at strengthening social networks of individuals by providing one-to-one support to develop a social network. While there is a lack of insight into how the ...
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Eating disorder mental health literacy: A national survey of clinical social workers in the United States Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Chelsea R. MacCaughelty
SummarySocial workers’ eating disorder mental health literacy (ED-MHL) is essential to the detection, assessment, and treatment of eating disorders (EDs) and disordered eating (DE) in clinical prac...
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Examining the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social work in health care Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 David B. Nicholas, Patricia Samson, Leeann Hilsen, Janet McFarlane
SummaryThis qualitative study examined the COVID-19 pandemic as experienced by healthcare-based social workers in relation to practice, and personal and professional impacts of providing care in th...
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Reconceptualizing protective factors in response to risk with vulnerable children Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Gavin Heron, Claire Lightowler
The quality and robustness of childcare professionals’ thinking about protective factors is crucial to interventions with vulnerable children. Yet, protective factors in childcare are under-concept...
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Evidence informed fatherhood program: An evaluation Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Charles C. Daniels, Jr.
SummaryBlack fathers with histories of incarceration and trauma have multiple stressors that interfere with their ability to navigate life in the community, parent their children, and develop self-...
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Asserting the right to care – Birth parents’ arguments in newborn care orders Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2022-08-24 Ida Benedicte Juhasz
SummaryRemoving a newborn from his or her birth parents’ care is arguably a stark display of state power into the family. This study explores birth parents’ engagement with care proceedings in all ...
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Bereaved mothers and widows’ grief and their unfolding relationships: Implications for social work Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2022-08-02 Yael Hochman, Einav Segev, Irit Regev, Yafa Zafrani, Yafa Sharfi, Ayelet Elkayam
SummaryThe literature on coping with loss has examined parental loss and widowhood largely independently, pointing to the enduring and developing grief along the lifecycle. Little is known about th...
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Working conditions and well-being in UK social care and social work during COVID-19 Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2022-07-06 Jermaine Ravalier, Paula McFadden, Patricia Gillen, John Mallett, Patricia Nicholl, Ruth Neill, Jill Manthorpe, John Moriarty, Heike Schroder, Denise Curry
Summary Stress and mental health are among the biggest causes of sickness absence in the UK, with the Social Work and Social Care sectors having among the highest levels of stress and mental health sickness absence of all professions in the UK. Chronically poor working conditions are known to impact employees' psychological and physiological health. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected
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Child protection investigations by private consultants or municipally employed social workers: What are the differences for children? Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2022-07-06 Ann-Sofie Bergman, Kerstin Arnesson, Ulrika Järkestig Berggren
Summary In Sweden, a practice has developed where the social services have started to hire private consultants in child protection investigations. This article analyses and compares the handling of child protection investigations carried out by private consultants and municipally employed social workers with regard to the reasons for the reports, the investigations, the assessments, and the decisions
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Vulnerability among older people ageing with deafblindness Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2022-07-05 Peter Simcock, Jill Manthorpe, Anthea Tinker
Summary Vulnerability is an underexamined concept in social work. Scholarly activity principally concentrates on policy analysis and theoretical debate; less attention is given to lived experience of vulnerability from the perspectives of particular groups, impoverishing understanding of the phenomenon. This article presents findings from the first United Kingdom-based study of the lived experience
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Indigenised approaches to addressing elder abuse in Uganda Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2022-06-30 Charles Kiiza Wamara, Thomas Strandberg, Maria Bennich
Summary The social gerontological field has long called for a culturally appropriate framework to understand, prevent, and respond to elder abuse in the Global South. This emphasis is, in part, based on the notion that elder abuse is a cultural and structural concern that cannot be effectively addressed using mainstream social work approaches. Therefore, indigenised approaches are preferred while tackling
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Securing citizens’ social rights under neoliberal welfare governance: the case of Israeli social services Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2022-06-23 Sigal Bracha-Sadowitz, Guy Feldman, Lia Levin
Summary While scholars have examined how neoliberal ideas and policies manifest at the front lines of the welfare state, far less is known about how the neoliberal approach prevalent in such states shapes decisions that senior state actors make about social welfare policy. The current study advances the literature by examining the processes and motivations behind the decision to withdraw from enacting
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Social service providers under COVID-19 duress: adaptation, burnout, and resilience Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2022-06-22 Judith LM McCoyd, Laura Curran, Elsa Candelario, Patricia A Findley, Kerry Hennessey
Summary This article examines the response of social services organizations and their workers to the COVID-19 pandemic in a northeastern U.S. state. Using an exploratory, cross-sectional survey design with a convenience sample (N = 1472), we ask: (1) how did agencies and social service workers manage service disruptions associated with COVID-19; (2) how did social service workers perceive shifts in
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Predictors of service utilization among homeless former foster youth: Implications for intervention Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2022-05-31 Amanda Yoshioka-Maxwell
SummaryA high percentage of homeless youth have a history of foster care placement; this population faces high rates of behavioral health problems. No research has focused on the predictors of service use among homeless former foster youth. This analysis seeks to determine what foster care and homeless experiences are associated with service use among this population. Data were collected via convenience
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Public perception of social workers as a source for providing help during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2022-05-25 Maya Kagan, Yahel S Elbaz Kachlon
Summary The current study examined the contribution of select demographic and psychosocial variables, as well as prior experience with social workers (SWs), to explaining the likelihood of seeking their help by the general public in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the purpose of the study, an online questionnaire was administered to a sample of 582 respondents older than 20. Findings The findings
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Parents’ views on improving relationships with their social workers Journal of Social Work (IF 1.555) Pub Date : 2022-05-23 Mary Baginsky
Summary: In England, the reason why most families have a social worker is because their children have been identified as having suffered or being at risk of suffering significant harm from abuse or neglect or requiring a statutory service for another need. Research has shown that positive relationships between social workers and families are essential. A study to evaluate Signs of Safety (Sofs) provided