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University Of Strathclyde
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Gender Specific Studies | Counselling, Welfare and Community Services | Social Work
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2006
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 24-10-2010
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 24-11-2009
Abstract: In Australia and the United Kingdom over the past two decades, the way human service professionals have been involved in ‘communities’, whether defined by ‘place’, ‘interest’ or ‘exclusion’, has varied with the political complexion of the government in power. This has resulted in both opportunities for and constraints on human services practice and community participation. In this article, the terminology and the conceptual frames associated with work both in and with communities are critically scrutinized. However, it is also contended that spatial analysis and social entrepreneurship can enable those working in the field to respond productively to the New Public Management and ‘Third Way’ approaches that have shaped the policy context of human services practice. It is argued that a form of spatial analysis and of social entrepreneurship can be used to facilitate meaningful participation in decision-making processes in a variety of communities and to re-forge social connections at a range of levels.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 1995
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2005
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-1996
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 24-11-2009
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-11-2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 07-10-2014
DOI: 10.1093/BJSW/BCS141
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 03-04-2013
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 10-10-2012
DOI: 10.1093/BJSW/BCS145
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 31-08-2020
DOI: 10.1093/BJSW/BCAA109
Abstract: Turning rhetoric into reality and fully embracing the principles and practice of the Care Act 2014 in innovative, citizen-focused and creative ways has been a journey constructively embraced in Birmingham over the last two years. This has been a journey with critical learning points which incorporate theoretical reflection, managerial and practitioner innovation and an emphasis on citizen-focused co-production. This article considers the context, examines the nature of the change process and appraises the findings from the eighteen-month evaluation. All of these learning points and the process of change itself are eminently transferrable to other Local Authorities operating in the four countries which comprise the UK as well as to the international arena.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 09-2002
DOI: 10.1108/14668203200200019
Abstract: This paper examines three competing perspectives about appropriate positionings for disabled women in relation to abuse. It concludes that structural oppression must be challenged and proposes that the issue of disabled women and abuse is worthy of much greater attention and collaborative discussion.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 23-06-2006
DOI: 10.1093/BJSW/BCL090
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 12-1994
DOI: 10.1177/026101839401404205
Abstract: This article explores some of the issues raised by feminists who are engaging with the debates within postmodernism and poststructural ism. It specifically examines contributions in the areas of knowledge, gender and power. It then goes on to identify key debates within the field of gender and child abuse. It argues that areas of concern, cur rently, cohere around the kinds of theory required and how power and gender should be understood. The article explores some of the possibilities for theorising raised by the perspectives. It concludes with a brief look at some possible ways forward in relation to policy.
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 29-01-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2009
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 03-2017
Abstract: This article compares field supervision in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to practices in a major city in England in order to contextualize the academic training of students. It considers practical dimensions and incorporates a qualitative study carried out in England exploring how the process of supervision in social work affects student learning and development from the supervisor’s perspective. In the study, particular attention is paid to field support provided to students and to practice educator qualifications. The results support the importance of placement supervision and the role of practice educators and supervisors in the overall social work education process.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 10-03-2016
DOI: 10.1017/S1474746416000038
Abstract: Since 2000, the New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia has pursued major child welfare reforms. Responding to the ‘crisis in child protection’ and informed by a public health approach, key aims were to prevent child maltreatment and promote child welfare by ‘expanding and enhancing early intervention and family services’. This article critically reviews the aims, approach and main developments in NSW. The article argues that in several respects the reforms extended and enhanced early intervention and family services in cost-effective ways but suffered from implementation problems, limitations in service developments and major reform challenges which inhibited their scope and impacts. These limitations raise critical issues about the reform framework, resource constraints and ideological influences.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 18-05-2022
DOI: 10.1177/00208728221095962
Abstract: The various feminisms create a complex and sometimes contradictory picture. Within social work and social care, there has been a mixed reception. However, it is maintained that a gendered analysis in a profession where women remain in the majority remains highly relevant. In particular, the continuing and increasing pay gap and the relatively low numbers of women in senior positions are used as markers. Similarly, comparisons between ‘choice’ feminism and current practices are appraised. It is argued that critical deconstructive analyses drawn from postmodern feminism remain significant in both naming and addressing pervasive gender inequalities in national and international arenas.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 30-06-2009
Abstract: English Vulnerability is a policy and practice concept which is often ascribed a fixed meaning with universal connotations. In this article, different conceptualizations of vulnerability are examined. It is argued that this exploration militates against the erosion of self-determination and autonomy and revitalizes working relationships between service users and professionals. French Vulnérabilité est un concept de politique et de pratique auquel est souvent attribuée une signification fixe aux connotations universelles. Dans cet article, les conceptualisations différentes de la vulnérabilité sont examinées. Il y est discuté que cette exploration milite contre l’érosion de l’autodétermination et de l’autonomie et revitalise des rapports de travail entre les usagers des services et les professionnels. Spanish La vulnerabilidad es un concepto de política y práctica social al que se adscribe un significado fijo, con connotaciones universales. Se examinan diferentes conceptualizaciones de vulnerabilidad. Se arguye que este examen milita en contra de la erosión de la autodeterminación y la autonomía, y revitaliza las relaciones de trabajo entre los usuarios de servicios y los profesionales.
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 05-08-2005
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Date: 2009
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Date: 2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 30-08-2022
DOI: 10.1093/BJSW/BCAC157
Abstract: In this article, the effects of social isolation which can lead to increasing feelings of loneliness and abandonment for some are examined. The article analyses findings which emerged from a qualitative study carried out with older people in three distinct areas in Scotland (city, rural and urban) who were shielding during Covid-19. It focuses on the ways in which social isolation affected them and the extent to which information and communication technology (ICT) and telecare technologies served to mitigate key aspects. The key themes which emerged from the research included loneliness as ‘multi-layered’, with these layers including ‘disconnections between loneliness and social isolation’ ‘well-being reversals’ ‘neighbours as strangers’ ‘disjointed communities and co-production’ and ‘service abandonment’. Additional themes which emerged focused on ‘ICT rebounds and evolvement’ and ‘hope, buoyancy and reciprocity’. These layers and themes can be seen to have longer term significance with regard to the implications for social work and social care planning as we move forward. They also emphasise the need for greater cohesiveness between health, telecare and social care services.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 10-04-2014
Abstract: In the arena of disability, disabled children and young people continue to be positioned in a variety of ways with some of these affording opportunities and others continuing to focus on deficit and constraint. Social workers occupy a pivotal position at the interface between policy and practice, and can effectively counter circular processes of disablement. In this article, a frame of reference is employed which, by incorporating key areas such as targeting and rights and social exclusion and social investment, enables the potential for further development in relation to the personalization agenda in both Australia and the United Kingdom, to be critically appraised.
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Date: 2007
DOI: 10.1142/S0219246207000046
Abstract: Domestic Violence defined as intimate partner violence is differentially understood and responded to within and between countries and it frequently falls short of being seen as a human rights issue which requires government, community and professional responses. This article explores definitions and explanations of domestic violence that have been put forward and considers the associations that have been made between violence and abuse. It also reviews multi-country links between women's health and domestic violence and examines controversial issues surrounding fathers who have been domestically violent. As part of the discussion, professional responsibility and responses are also appraised. It is argued that domestic violence is intrinsically related to gendered power imbalances which have different manifestations in different social and cultural contexts. However the view that violence is inevitable in certain situations is challenged. The ethical imperative of zero tolerance is emphasized, but further research in relation to how gendered power imbalances foster intimate partner violence in some contexts but not in others and how this can be explored in ways which move the discussion away from pathologising explanations, is highlighted as an area for further investigation.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 09-04-2009
DOI: 10.1093/BJSW/BCP042
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 04-1998
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Start Date: 03-2021
End Date: 07-2024
Amount: $309,807.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
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