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Approaches to Supporting Young People in Out-of-Home Care Who ‘Self-Place’ in Unapproved Locations: Perspectives of Statutory Child Protection Practitioners 支持在未经批准的地点 "自行安置 "的家庭外照料青少年的方法：法定儿童保护工作者的观点

The British Journal of Social Work Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae131

J. Venables, Chloe Warrell, Joel Cullin, Kathy Ellem, Karen Healy

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The Evolving Workplace: The Possible Impacts of Hybrid Working and Hotdesking on Retention of Social Workers 不断变化的工作场所：混合工作和办公桌轮用对留住社会工作者的可能影响

The British Journal of Social Work Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae120

A. Pulman, L. Fenge

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Understanding Me, Understanding You: A Guide for Supporting Autistic People, Easing Anxiety and Promoting Mutual Understanding Susan Allen 理解我，理解你：支持自闭症患者、缓解焦虑和促进相互理解的指南苏珊-艾伦

The British Journal of Social Work Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae075

Deborah Hadwin, Jemima Wright

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Correction to: Impact of Family Group Conference Referrals at Pre-Proceedings Stage on Child Outcomes: A Randomised Controlled Trial 更正：诉讼前阶段家庭小组会议转介对儿童结果的影响：随机对照试验

The British Journal of Social Work Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae083

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Threshold Decisions in Social Work: Using Theory to Support Practice 社会工作中的阈值决定：运用理论支持实践

The British Journal of Social Work Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae073

Danielle Turney, Ravit Alfandari, Brian J. Taylor, Christian Ghanem, Duncan Helm, Campbell Killick, Olive Lyons, Donna O’Leary, Frank C Ebsen, Teresa Bertotti

{"title":"Threshold Decisions in Social Work: Using Theory to Support Practice","authors":"Danielle Turney, Ravit Alfandari, Brian J. Taylor, Christian Ghanem, Duncan Helm, Campbell Killick, Olive Lyons, Donna O’Leary, Frank C Ebsen, Teresa Bertotti","doi":"10.1093/bjsw/bcae073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae073","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Decision making is an intrinsic and complex aspect of social work practice, requiring consideration of diverse but connected aspects. Decisions are often required as to whether a situation requires protective state intervention or whether it reaches the criteria for public or charitable services. Such instances of deciding whether or not a situation is ‘on one side of the line or the other’ are referred to in this article as ‘threshold judgements’. This article draws on experiences and material from a range of social work contexts to explore generalisable theory-informed understandings of ‘threshold judgements’ and ‘threshold decisions’ to develop knowledge and skills on this topic. The article outlines signal detection theory and evidence accumulation (‘tipping point’) theory and discusses these as ways to understand the key concepts underpinning threshold decisions in social work. We then argue that although these threshold concepts are a necessary part of decision making in social work, as in many other aspects of life, they are not sufficient. Operationalising such decisions requires some form of sense-making. Naturalistic decision making and heuristic models of judgement are discussed as frameworks for practice which seem to be useful in this context.","PeriodicalId":185272,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Social Work","volume":"54 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141108962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Adult Safeguarding Inequalities in Northern Ireland: An Exploratory Study 北爱尔兰成人保障不平等现象：探索性研究

The British Journal of Social Work Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae064

Lorna Montgomery, Laura Doyle, Lisa Bunting, Nicole Gleghorne

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Negotiating Access to Hard-to-Reach Populations through Institutional Gatekeepers in Social Work Research 通过社会工作研究中的机构把关人，协商接触难以接触人群的机会

The British Journal of Social Work Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae039

Barbora Gřundělová, Zuzana Broskevičová, Iveta Kowolová

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‘It Sounds Bizarre, but I Can Call It a Good Thing Now’: Social Worker’s Lived Experiences of Posttraumatic Growth following Dual Disaster Events 听起来很奇怪，但我现在可以说这是件好事"：社会工作者在双重灾难事件后的创伤后成长经历

The British Journal of Social Work Pub Date : 2024-03-28 DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae042

Daniel J Youssif-Hay, Raewyn Tudor, Jane Maidment

{"title":"‘It Sounds Bizarre, but I Can Call It a Good Thing Now’: Social Worker’s Lived Experiences of Posttraumatic Growth following Dual Disaster Events","authors":"Daniel J Youssif-Hay, Raewyn Tudor, Jane Maidment","doi":"10.1093/bjsw/bcae042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae042","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This article reports on findings from a research study on social workers who practised in Christchurch, New Zealand, following two disaster events: the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 and the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks. The concept of posttraumatic growth (PTG), with particular reference to vicarious PTG, double exposure and shared resilience, is also explored in relation to this research. Data were gathered via qualitative interviews with twenty-three registered social workers conducted in 2021 and analysed through a reflexive thematic analysis. The findings reveal Christchurch social workers believed, due to their involvement in disaster response work, that their practice skills were enhanced, and they gained new understandings of trauma, including the positive changes which can occur as a result of exposure to traumatic experiences. The social work participants also considered their interpersonal and professional relationships as essential to the development of their own sense of resilience. This article concludes with a discussion on the implications of these findings and PTG theory for contemporary social work practice.","PeriodicalId":185272,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Social Work","volume":"58 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140371509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ruling Relations Coordinating the ‘Migrant Family’ in Institutional Encounters between Finnish Social Work Professionals and Migrant Service Users 在芬兰社会工作专业人员与移民服务使用者的机构接触中协调 "移民家庭 "的统治关系

The British Journal of Social Work Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae034

Maija Jäppinen, Hanna Kara, Camilla Nordberg, Anna-Leena Riitaoja

{"title":"Ruling Relations Coordinating the ‘Migrant Family’ in Institutional Encounters between Finnish Social Work Professionals and Migrant Service Users","authors":"Maija Jäppinen, Hanna Kara, Camilla Nordberg, Anna-Leena Riitaoja","doi":"10.1093/bjsw/bcae034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae034","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Despite the growing body of literature on how migrancy transforms family relations, surprisingly little research exists on how ‘migrant family’ takes shape in institutional encounters. In this article, we analyse the negotiations on when and how family relations become addressed in encounters between social workers and migrant service users. Drawing from institutional ethnography, we understand the local service encounters as actively regulated by extra-local relations of ruling, represented here mainly by texts such as legislative acts, service descriptions and professional guidelines. The results show that the ways in which family is present and addressed in the institutional encounters often became an act of balancing between a broader understanding of family relations building on the service user’s self-definition as well as psychosocial and holistic professional ideals, and a narrower administrative understanding rooted in the Finnish legislation on social security and immigration. The legislative texts thus become a strong relation of ruling that coordinates the actual encounters and what happens in them. Nevertheless, family is essential to human subjectivity, and if the institutional encounters focus only on those family relations recognised by the legislation, important aspects of human relations remain unseen.","PeriodicalId":185272,"journal":{"name":"The British Journal of Social Work","volume":"140 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140223900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Family Carers and Caring: What’s It All About, Alisoun Milne and Mary Larkin 家庭照护者与照护：这一切是怎么回事》，艾莉森-米尔恩和玛丽-拉金

The British Journal of Social Work Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae040

Mo Ray

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