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'Child in Need' plans: tools for family empowerment
- Author:
- STANLEY Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 22(3), June 2010, pp.155-165.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In this article, the author looks at ways of conceptualising social work, discussing how particular 'things' in practice, such as social work plans, can operate as active partners in social work. Actor Network Theory is presented as a method where non-human 'things' can be conceptualised as partners in the work. The paper illustrates this method in action in one local authority setting through a brief anonymised practice illustration of a 'Child in Need' plan as a working partner for work with a family. The author argues that for empowerment to be successful, social work must draw on its non-human partners such as 'Child in Need' plans.
Weaving sociology into New Zealand social work education
- Authors:
- STANLEY Tony, KELLY Stephanie
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 29(6), September 2010, pp.683-694.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Thinking sociologically is an important core skill for social work students and practitioners but, the authors suggest, they can struggle to apply sociological theories to practice situations. This paper introduces a practical teaching model to assist students and practitioners articulate and explain sociological theory in their social work practice. The model has been used to teach sociology for first year New Zealand social work students. It is argued that this model offers students and practitioners a straightforward 'nuts and bolts' method that can easily be drawn on in class, and in practice, to guide sociological theorising.