Qualitative Social Work, 10(4), December 2011, pp.520-536.
Publisher:
Sage
This article describes how, in the context of debate about social work's knowledge base, core social work activity might be identified. Based on a conversation between a social worker and two service users, two claims are made. First, that despite concerns with uncertainty in late modernity, some features of interaction remain inherently certain. These include: ‘materiality’, or the setting and its participants are taken as real; ‘identity’, or that participants engage on the basis that they are who they say they are; ‘taken for granted aspects of social organisation’, or all participants can hold a conversation until shown otherwise; and ‘historicity’, referring to a pre-existing set of accounts, justifications, reasons and communicative orderings. The authors concluded that these expectations provide the resource for topic seeking and practices that may be necessary to social work such as ‘authorized breaching of the domestic sphere and private life’.
This article describes how, in the context of debate about social work's knowledge base, core social work activity might be identified. Based on a conversation between a social worker and two service users, two claims are made. First, that despite concerns with uncertainty in late modernity, some features of interaction remain inherently certain. These include: ‘materiality’, or the setting and its participants are taken as real; ‘identity’, or that participants engage on the basis that they are who they say they are; ‘taken for granted aspects of social organisation’, or all participants can hold a conversation until shown otherwise; and ‘historicity’, referring to a pre-existing set of accounts, justifications, reasons and communicative orderings. The authors concluded that these expectations provide the resource for topic seeking and practices that may be necessary to social work such as ‘authorized breaching of the domestic sphere and private life’.
Subject terms:
privacy, social work, social workers, social worker-service user relationships;
Children and Young People Now, 5.3.09, 2009, pp.18-19.
Publisher:
Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Family courts are due to open to the press from April 2009, despite opposition from some lawyers and children's groups. Divorce cases, child protection hearings and domestic abuse injunctions are among the cases that journalists will be able to cover for the first time. The author asks whether this could leave children vulnerable to unwanted exposure.
Family courts are due to open to the press from April 2009, despite opposition from some lawyers and children's groups. Divorce cases, child protection hearings and domestic abuse injunctions are among the cases that journalists will be able to cover for the first time. The author asks whether this could leave children vulnerable to unwanted exposure.
Children and Society, 22(5), September 2008, pp.393-399.
Publisher:
Wiley
Increasingly, Information Technology is being used to identify, record and track children in England under the banners of child protection, reducing risk and improving outcomes. Discussions about the importance of a child's right to privacy have been sidelined in the rush to embrace systems that seek to expand the amount and types of information held on individuals. However, placing so much faith
Increasingly, Information Technology is being used to identify, record and track children in England under the banners of child protection, reducing risk and improving outcomes. Discussions about the importance of a child's right to privacy have been sidelined in the rush to embrace systems that seek to expand the amount and types of information held on individuals. However, placing so much faith in unproven technological solutions may inadvertently increase levels of risk to children.
Subject terms:
information management, information technology, privacy, childrens rights;
The author examines the principles of open justice in family courts and discusses the validity of the assumptions underlying the Constitution Paper 'Confidence and Confidentiality: Improving Transparency and Privacy in Family Courts' and whether those proposals provide adequate protection for privacy interests, especially those of children.
The author examines the principles of open justice in family courts and discusses the validity of the assumptions underlying the Constitution Paper 'Confidence and Confidentiality: Improving Transparency and Privacy in Family Courts' and whether those proposals provide adequate protection for privacy interests, especially those of children.
Subject terms:
legal proceedings, privacy, confidentiality, Family Courts;
Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Quality Action Groups have been set up in different parts of the country as a structured means of bringing 'stakeholders' together to improve services. The author, Quality Assurance Manager at Wiltshire Social Services Department, describes one project and how it achieved greater privacy for a group of people with learning difficulties.
Quality Action Groups have been set up in different parts of the country as a structured means of bringing 'stakeholders' together to improve services. The author, Quality Assurance Manager at Wiltshire Social Services Department, describes one project and how it achieved greater privacy for a group of people with learning difficulties.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, privacy, quality assurance, social care provision;
Sexual Abuse a Journal of Research and Treatment, 32(4), 2020, p.476–49.
Publisher:
Sage
... current implementation. However, as opposed to respondents in the United States, U.K. respondents were also open to the idea of providing a degree of privacy to convicted sex offenders and were more tolerant of sexual offenders living near them. Finally, age, race, and parental status of the respondents were found to be statistically significant predictors among four identified dependent variables
(Publisher abstract)
Within both the United States and the United Kingdom, laws have been implemented that govern the behavior of individuals convicted of certain sexually based offenses. Thus, research has naturally gravitated toward examining the public perceptions of these laws. Although both the United States and United Kingdom have laws regarding convicted sex offenders, and although these laws vary, research into the perceptions of these laws has largely been concentrated within the United States. The current study seeks to fill this gap through a survey of U.K. residents that assesses their perceptions of the implementation of Sarah’s Law. Respondents were gathered through convenience sampling methods in both Bristol and London, England (n = 140). Overall, respondents were fairly supportive of Sarah’s Law and its current implementation. However, as opposed to respondents in the United States, U.K. respondents were also open to the idea of providing a degree of privacy to convicted sex offenders and were more tolerant of sexual offenders living near them. Finally, age, race, and parental status of the respondents were found to be statistically significant predictors among four identified dependent variables testing support of the law. Implications from these results are discussed, and a direction for future comparative research is highlighted.
(Publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
sex offenders registers, offenders, public opinion, privacy, law;
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 41(4), 2019, pp.491-494.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
Lifelong anonymity orders are rare in the UK. The most well-known cases are lifelong anonymity orders issued to protect adults who committed crimes as children. The Courts continue to experience challenges when dealing with how best to protect those who are the subject of intense and prolonged media reporting. These challenges have taken on a new form in the digital age and for family lawyers there are now important questions about the practicalities of upholding anonymity orders in the era of social media and rapidly developing technologies. Policymakers need to sensitively explore the ways in which policy, practice and regulation of social media platforms and their content can fully guarantee that lifelong anonymity orders are upheld, in order to ensure the safety, protection and well-being of those who have been granted them.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Lifelong anonymity orders are rare in the UK. The most well-known cases are lifelong anonymity orders issued to protect adults who committed crimes as children. The Courts continue to experience challenges when dealing with how best to protect those who are the subject of intense and prolonged media reporting. These challenges have taken on a new form in the digital age and for family lawyers there are now important questions about the practicalities of upholding anonymity orders in the era of social media and rapidly developing technologies. Policymakers need to sensitively explore the ways in which policy, practice and regulation of social media platforms and their content can fully guarantee that lifelong anonymity orders are upheld, in order to ensure the safety, protection and well-being of those who have been granted them.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
social media, privacy, rights, adults, digital technology;
Nursing and Residential Care, 15(7), 2013, pp.490-493.
Publisher:
MA Healthcare Ltd.
Place of publication:
London
... acceptability and adaptability. The importance of balancing the persons own privacy with their need for safety and protection is stressed.
(Original abstract)
This article explores some of the ethical tensions associated with the appropriate use of telecare. First, it describes what should be included in a basic ethical framework. It then highlights the 'Dependability Telecare Assessment Tool', which provides and framework to help in the assessment of telecare. It has four main areas which should be considered: fitness for purpose; trustworthiness, acceptability and adaptability. The importance of balancing the persons own privacy with their need for safety and protection is stressed.
(Original abstract)