Australian Social Work最新文献

{"title":"Collaboration Between Child Protection and Domestic and Family Violence: A Case File Review","authors":"C. Bastian, Sarah Wendt","doi":"10.1080/0312407X.2021.2000627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2021.2000627","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Collaboration across child protection and domestic and family violence sectors has been identified as central to responding to complexities experienced by families within these practice fields. However, there is little research that explores how collaboration happens and what outcomes are produced. This paper reports on a study that reviewed 21 case files between 2015 and 2019 to identify the indicators of collaboration when domestic and family violence are present along with child protection concerns, and what activities and processes enable collaborative practice at these intersections. The study found that collaboration is visible in case files through activities such as information sharing, referral, planning, and case conferencing. However, analysis of case notes and discussions with practitioners revealed that these indicators do not necessarily lead to collaboration consistently. The implication for practice is that effective collaboration is fundamentally relational. It is through relationship building between agencies, practitioners, and families that collaboration is enacted. IMPLICATIONS Collaboration between child protection and domestic and family violence practitioners can be identified through indictors such as information sharing, referral, shared case planning, and shared case conferencing. The democratising of practice can be seen most clearly at case conferences where information is shared for decision making to support victims of domestic and family violence. Collaboration becomes compromised when information is shared without purposeful and meaningful linkages between agencies, or without the goals of responsive service pathways for women and children and a common risk assessment of the perpetrator.","PeriodicalId":47275,"journal":{"name":"Australian Social Work","volume":"76 1","pages":"186 - 202"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49324583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander/First Nations ReviewersAustralian Social Work","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/0312407x.2022.2017228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407x.2022.2017228","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47275,"journal":{"name":"Australian Social Work","volume":"75 1","pages":"ii - ii"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47642361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Children and Young People in the Care System: Relational Practice in Working with Transitions and Challenges","authors":"R. Munford","doi":"10.1080/0312407X.2021.1989003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2021.1989003","url":null,"abstract":"Policymakers and practitioners around the globe are being challenged to respond to the complex and diverse needs of vulnerable children and young people. Children and young people in the care system face multiple challenges throughout their childhood (disrupted attachments, exposure to harm, impoverished social and material conditions, and inadequate resources to meet their basic needs) and experience compressed childhoods. They take on adult responsibilities from an early age and become skilled at making do andmanaging challenging circumstances on their own, including taking care of siblings and other family members. Children and young people in the care system have interrupted education pathways and given this experience, and the attendant lack of social and emotional resources, they may miss out on the “ordinary” activities, milestones, and opportunities (such as social and recreational activities) that enable positive futures. These children and young people have struggled to find meaningful support from services and from other trusted adults that lead to better experiences and outcomes (Munford & Sanders, 2019; Munford & Sanders, 2021). For many, service engagement is inconsistent, interventions are episodic, and promises are not delivered; they have not been well supported in their transitions through the care system and in their transition out of the care system. Social workers play a key role in promoting practice that effectively responds to the needs of children and young people in care and supports them to experience positive pathways out of care. Relational practices offer an approach to practice that responds to their unique needs and complex challenges, expands opportunities, and supports them to achieve positive outcomes and realise different futures. Three core elements of relational practice have relevance for the experiences of children and young people in the care system: building a deep understanding of children and young people’s lived experience; establishing trust-based and respectful relationships with children and young people and supporting them to be at the centre of decision-making processes on plans and interventions; and actively engaging children and young people in planning for transitions within and out of the care system. Effective social work practice begins with listening and seeking an understanding of children and young people’s diverse contexts and experiences. This involves taking time to listen, suspending assumptions and judgement, and showing respect for children and young people’s experiences, contexts, values, beliefs, culture, and coping capacities. When social workers listen deeply to their stories and are attuned to learning about their circumstances and the complex issues they have managed, they build a nuanced and deep understanding of children and young people’s everyday lived experiences. This extends the possibilities of social work interventions as hearing children and young people’s perspecti","PeriodicalId":47275,"journal":{"name":"Australian Social Work","volume":"75 1","pages":"1 - 4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41471229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Australian Social Work: Proposed Guidelines for Articles by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Authors and About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Issues","authors":"Bindi Bennett","doi":"10.1080/0312407x.2021.2013511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407x.2021.2013511","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Australian Social Work (ASW) is an international peer-reviewed journal reflecting current thinking and trends in social work. Authors intending to submit to the Journal should prepare their manuscripts with both a social work audience and an international audience in mind. It is strongly recommended that authors familiarise themselves with articles previously published in the Journal. In this article recommendations are made and Guidelines suggested for the future direction for ASW and other journals in the explicit, respectful acknowledgement of the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait knowledges to published work. Terminology: In these Guidelines, Indigenous refers to all First Nations peoples of the World. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander refers to the unceded sovereign First Peoples of Australia.","PeriodicalId":47275,"journal":{"name":"Australian Social Work","volume":"75 1","pages":"273 - 279"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44675081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Modern History of Child Protection in Australia: Queensland 1965–1980","authors":"Clare Tilbury","doi":"10.1080/0312407X.2021.2010779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2021.2010779","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article examines child protection policy and practice in Queensland in the 1960s and 1970s, which was a period of major social change affecting relations between children, families, and the state. Using government annual reports from the period, the article traces developments in policy and service delivery. It discusses changes in two interlinked areas: the use of preventative family support approaches and the expansion of the professional knowledge base. Understanding the history of a policy field can facilitate critical reflection on current debates. The child protection field continues to revisit long-standing tensions about the best ways to safeguard children from abuse and neglect in their families, albeit in different ways. IMPLICATIONS It is important to recognise and value the social work profession’s strong contribution to building the child protection knowledge base. Many current debates in child protection are not new: since the child protection field developed in the 1960s, it has continually revisited tensions about how best to intervene to address the individual and social causes of child abuse and neglect. Documenting the history of a social policy field can facilitate critical reflection on current developments.","PeriodicalId":47275,"journal":{"name":"Australian Social Work","volume":"76 1","pages":"159 - 172"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48070734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What Is the Best Thing About Being an Indigenous Father in Australia?","authors":"J. Prehn, J. Baltra-Ulloa, J. Canty, M. Williamson","doi":"10.1080/0312407X.2021.2004180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2021.2004180","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In Australia, the ongoing structure of settler colonialism has meant understandings of Indigeneity continue to uphold deficit narratives about the lives of Indigenous peoples. The narrative that predominates for Indigenous fathers is often the labels of dysfunctionality, deviance, and disengagement from their children. Using the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children data, this article seeks to challenge these deficit narratives to shed light not only on the strengths Indigenous fathers report of their experiences of fatherhood, but also on how fatherhood could be reconceptualised under an Indigenous epistemology. We followed recent efforts and used a strengths-based approach in Indigenous fathering research to counter deficit narratives of Indigenous fatherhood and explore how an Indigenous standpoint can inform approaches to social, cultural, and health and wellbeing practices. We applied a content analysis to answers generated by the question “What is the best thing about being your child's father?” The range of responses suggested a most positive and child-centred experience of fatherhood where Indigenous fathers report the sharing of love and culture with their children as direct contributions to children growing up strong. IMPLICATIONS The findings highlight the significant role of a strengths-based approach focused on relationality to challenge unfair and inaccurate deficit-based narratives of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander fathers or both. The article identifies the influence of deficit-based narratives of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander fathers or both as an urgent issue for social work practice to address as such narratives may be implicated in contributing to excessively high rates of child removal.","PeriodicalId":47275,"journal":{"name":"Australian Social Work","volume":"75 1","pages":"358 - 371"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48957398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Afghan Women’s Barriers to Seeking Help for Domestic Violence in Australia","authors":"Rojan Afrouz, B. Crisp, A. Taket","doi":"10.1080/0312407X.2021.2004179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2021.2004179","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Help seeking for domestic violence is complex and multifaceted, and settling in a new country might make the help-seeking process more challenging and complicated. This study explored the barriers to seeking help for domestic violence, specifically experienced by Afghan women after settling in Australia. The study involved 21 semistructured interviews with newly arrived Afghan women. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed, and the data were analysed thematically. The barriers Afghan women experienced were embodied in cultural norms to stay in marital relationships, demands to preserve the family’s reputation, personal circumstances, and women’s experiences with, and perspectives on, available services. The findings suggest that policy and practice should recognise those barriers and respond to them in a culturally appropriate way. IMPLICATIONS Domestic violence services’ procedures and processes should be developed based on an understanding of multiple layers of oppression and barriers to seeking help for migrant women. Service providers should apply an intersectional lens along with antioppressive perspectives to address barriers to domestic violence services women experience at different levels. Social workers in domestic violence services need relevant training to provide culturally appropriate services to migrant women.","PeriodicalId":47275,"journal":{"name":"Australian Social Work","volume":"76 1","pages":"217 - 230"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49264119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contemporary Practitioner Experiences of Relational Social Work: The Case of Child Welfare","authors":"L. Morley","doi":"10.1080/0312407X.2021.2001831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2021.2001831","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Relationships are core to effective social work and provide the glue that binds diverse aspects of practice. Relational practice has come under threat in an era of managerialism, yet at the same time, it is undergoing a revitalisation in social work discourse. For practitioners on the ground, this can create something of a dilemma, because while their discipline steers them towards building relationships in their practice, their efforts are often unsupported by their organisations, which potentially adds to their workload. This paper presents Australian research that was designed to explore how social work practitioners in the child welfare field experienced the emotional labour involved in building and maintaining relationships in organisational environments characterised by economic and technical rationalism. In-depth interviews were used to explore how participants managed their feelings and the findings revealed how they had to “dig deep” into personal and professional resources to connect and converse with clients and colleagues in a meaningful way. When considered through a gendered lens, this issue raises questions about the ethics of workload distribution for relational work in a profession that is predominantly female. IMPLICATIONS The process of building relationships can be undermined by organisational environments that are heavily influenced by managerial principles and this can potentially threaten the ethos of relational practice. Practitioners need to sustain critical reflection on the value of relationships in order to maintain focus on them. Considering this issue through a gendered lens raises questions about the ethics of care afforded to practitioners.","PeriodicalId":47275,"journal":{"name":"Australian Social Work","volume":"75 1","pages":"458 - 470"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45258279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Types of Scholarly Publications Produced by Australian Social Work Researchers","authors":"Clare Tilbury, M. Hughes, C. Bigby, Steven Roche","doi":"10.1080/0312407x.2021.2001834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407x.2021.2001834","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47275,"journal":{"name":"Australian Social Work","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46633873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social Work With Interpreters in the Disability Sector: Developing Practice Principles","authors":"Shona Connor, J. Zubrzycki, D. Foreman","doi":"10.1080/0312407x.2021.2001833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407x.2021.2001833","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47275,"journal":{"name":"Australian Social Work","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44132605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}