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Using a collaboratory model to translate social work research Into practice and policy
- Author:
- et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 15(1), January 2005, pp.29-40.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The purpose of this article was to examine how an initiative of 10 collaborative projects focused on children and youth have applied principles of participatory research, collaboratories, and technological solutions. The study analyzed multiple forms of qualitative data, including semiannual formative evaluations and semistructured interviews of participating partners. Both the collaborative method and the infusion of technology were central to the functioning of collaboratory projects and, ultimately, the translation from research to practice and policy. The community-based participatory nature of the research projects resulted in applicable findings that were credible with people affected by the issues studied. The present study suggests that when there is steadfast commitment on the part of a diverse group of partners, even simple applications of technology can make a difference.
Social work with families who are homeless or who have housing needs: a reflective guide for social workers and social work managers
- Authors:
- SEN Robin, et al
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
This guidance reflects the fact that housing and family homelessness is an important but complex issue within social work practice - a finding supported by the practice experiences of a small sample of children's services practitioners in England. The survey data, alongside wider evidence, also suggest that the issue of family homelessness is currently neglected within contemporary social work research and policy development in the UK. Families who are homeless or in housing need are caught within the shadow of two overriding constraints: on the one hand a structural shortage of quality secure housing; on the other, the fact their needs are complex either due to their underlying social needs, or strict limitations to their social assistance entitlements as families with no recourse to public funds. Despite these twin constraints, social work practice has an important role to play. It can make a difference to families with housing needs by providing, or facilitating a pathway to, housing advocacy, advice and support. Most importantly of all, it can maximise families’ access to s.17 statutory family support so that families can be supported to stay together wherever this is safely and practically possible. (Edited publisher abstract)
Researching the non-take up of social rights: a social work perspective
- Authors:
- DEWANCKEL Lore, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 52(3), 2022, pp.1416-1434.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In the face of growing social, economic, political and demographic challenges, many European welfare states have been confronted with barriers in realising the social rights of certain groups of citizens. This phenomenon has often been referred to as 'the non-take up of social rights'. Considering the core mandate and key principles of social work as a practice-based profession and academic discipline, we argue that social work should have a key role in knowledge and practice development on understanding and combating the non-take up of social rights. Our integrative contextual literature review, nonetheless, demonstrates that there is a tangible scarcity of theoretically and empirically grounded social work research that generates fruitful and in-depth insights into the socially unjust situations and complex dynamics behind these processes of non-take up. This article therefore aims to identify and discuss the key knowledge gaps in the existing body of research on non-take up. As a result, we address critical foci for a future empirical social work research agenda to munition social work practice development that strongly accentuates the substantial realisation of social rights and accordingly contributes to social justice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social work under COVID-19: a thematic analysis of articles in 'SW2020 under COVID-19 magazine'
- Authors:
- SEN Robin, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 52(3), 2022, pp.1765-1782.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article presents a thematic analysis of 100 articles which appeared in 'SW2020 under COVID-19' online magazine, authored by people with lived experience, practitioners, students and academics. The magazine was founded by an editorial collective of the authors of this article and ran as a free online magazine during the period of the first UK COVID-19 lockdown period (March-July 2020). It contained a far higher proportion of submissions from the first three groups of contributors, above, than traditional journals. The analysis is organised under four analytic themes: 'Hidden populations; Life, loss and hope; Practising differently and Policy and system change'. The article concludes by describing the apparent divergence between accounts that primarily suggest evidence of improved working relationships between social workers and those they serve via digital practices, and accounts suggesting that an increasingly authoritarian social work practice has emerged under COVID-19. We argue that, notwithstanding this divergence, an upsurge in activism within social work internationally during the pandemic provides a basis for believing that the emergence of a community-situated, socially engaged social work is possible post-pandemic. (Edited publisher abstract)
Providing social care following release from prison: emerging practice arrangements further to the introduction of the 2014 Care Act
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Louise, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 52(2), 2022, pp.982-1002.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Although prisoners have significant care needs and are particularly vulnerable following release, there have been longstanding concerns about their social care. Among its provisions, the 2014 Care Act defined the responsibilities of local authorities for identifying and meeting the social care needs of prisoners. Here, we report the findings of a national survey of local authorities undertaken in 2016, which explored the early arrangements put in place following the Care Act for prisoners on release. Eighty-eight of 158 local authorities responded, including 81 per cent of those with prisons in their catchment area. Key themes included difficulties with case finding, with a reliance on referrals from other agencies, although provision for those already known to local authorities generally worked well. Other themes were difficulties in sharing assessments and information between local authorities, and problems with care planning and co-ordination with other agencies. We discuss some of the tensions and challenges inherent in implementing the Act and highlight areas requiring attention, including the need for more robust case finding and systems for information transfer. We also suggest measures to strengthen arrangements. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social work as a human rights profession: an action framework
- Authors:
- REYNAERT Didier, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 52(2), 2022, pp.928-945.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Human rights are foundational to social work, as recognised in the global definition, leading many to consider social work a human rights profession. Although human rights has become an important compass for social work, comprehensive frameworks for understanding the 'practice' of human rights in social work are still limited. Only recently attempts have been made to fill this gap. This article seeks to continue these efforts and contribute to a better understanding of how social work constructs, deconstructs and reconstructs ideas of human rights in daily practice. We investigated the following research question: 'How do social workers "act" when using human rights as a framework for practice?' We used a qualitative research design consisting of ethnographic research and focus groups, with both social workers and service-users participating. Based on our research, we developed five building blocks for an action framework for human rights in social work: (i) system world-oriented action; (ii) lifeworld-oriented action; (iii) participatory action; (iv) joined-up action and (v) politicised action. These building blocks give a comprehensive account for the discursive practice of human rights in social work. (Edited publisher abstract)
The Social Work Organisational Resilience Diagnostic (SWORD) tool and workbook
- Authors:
- GRANT Louise, et al
- Publisher:
- Research in Practice
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 184
- Place of publication:
- Dartington
- Edition:
- 2nd
This workbook, developed by the Social Work Organisational Resilience Diagnostic (SWORD) Change Project, aims to help social work leaders and managers to understand and improve resilience in their organisations. It draws on research findings and learning from interviews and workshops with social workers and leaders. It provides a range of evidence-informed practical interventions to develop conditions shown to support resilience at individual, team and organisational levels. The diagnostic tool takes the form of a staff survey to provide feedback on organisational strengths and weaknesses. It is structured around five key principles: a secure base; a sense of appreciation; learning organisation; mission and values; and wellbeing. The workbook materials are available as on online resource and pdf document. This version was updated in 2021 to bring in learning from the COVID-19 pandemic and to include features which support remote working. (Edited publisher abstract)
Experiences of adult social work addressing self-neglect during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work, early cite April 2022,
- Publisher:
- Sage
Summary: Internationally there has been much interest in the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care and support of older people including those with needs arising from self-neglect and/or hoarding. During the pandemic English local authorities' legal duties remained to respond to concerns about harm about people with care and support needs living in the community. This paper reports interviews with 44 participants working for adult safeguarding/adult protective services (APS) in 31 local authorities recruited from all English regions. Interviews took place online in November-December 2020 as the pandemic's second UK wave was emerging. Analytic induction methods were used to develop themes. Findings: Participants reported some of the variations in referrals to their services with more contact being received from community sources concerned about their neighbours' welfare. Participants provided accounts of the local organisation of adult safeguarding services during the pandemic, including in some areas the potential for offering early help to older people at risk of harm from self-neglect or hoarding behaviour. Online inter-agency meetings were positively received but were acknowledged to potentially exclude some older people. Applications: This article reports observations from adult safeguarding practitioners about their services which may be of interest internationally and in renewing services that can sustain public interest in the welfare of their older citizens and in developing early help. The findings reflect those from children's services where online meetings are also predicted to enhance professional communications post-pandemic but similarly need to ensure effective engagement with service users and their families. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social work and countering violent extremism in Sweden and the UK
- Authors:
- FINCH Jo, et al
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 25(1), 2022, pp.119-130.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Social Work in Europe, is now being tasked with managing the 'problems' of terrorism, i.e supporting those affected by terrorist attacks, managing returnees affiliated with Terrorist groups in the Middle East, or, as will be discussed here, identifying those at risk from radicalisation and extremism. Both Britain and Sweden have Counter-Terrorism policies, but recent developments in both countries have made it a statutory requirement for social workers to work within such policies. This paper seeks to explore the policies in both countries, utilising a comparative approach to consider the similarities in not only policy and practice but also in the ethical consequences such policies pose for social workers across Europe. The exploration considers; the extent to which anti-radicalisation policies influence social work practices in Sweden and the UK and how they might undermine social work as a human rights profession. The results indicate that anti-radicalisation policies run the risk of reducing social work to become a 'policing profession' practising social control. This has substantial consequences for social work and its global ethics, which should be considered and struggled against by social workers committed to principles of social justice and human rights. (Edited publisher abstract)
Impact of social work services on the resilience of migrant children
- Authors:
- HUANG Dan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 32(3), 2022, pp.345-355.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Purpose: This study examines the effectiveness of social work services designed to enhance resilience among migrant children in urban China. Methods: the researchers selected four primary schools (i.e., two public and two private migrant schools) in the X District, Guangzhou City, China. A total of 461 valid samples were surveyed for analysis. Three regression models were employed to explain the influence of social work services on students' resilience. Results: Social work services exert a positive and significant influence on the resilience of migrant children. Concretely, social work services in terms of educational activities, interest activities, and psychological counseling affected the resilience of migrant children after controlling for the impact of social capital, self-efficacy, and individual and household economic status. Moreover, students who participated in educational activities exhibit superior resilience. Discussion: Social work organizations should provide more participation opportunities and diversified service items to migrant children. (Edited publisher abstract)