Towards critical child protection: for a relationship-based and humane practice with children and families.
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| Title: | Towards critical child protection: for a relationship-based and humane practice with children and families. |
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| Authors: | Rogowski, Steve (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Social Work Practice. Mar2026, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p117-129. 13p. |
| Subjects: | Prevention of child abuse, Child welfare, Patients' families, Humanism, Children's rights, Social workers, Occupational roles, Professional practice, Social justice, Medical personnel, Parent-child relationships, Social services, Client relations, Poverty, Neighborhood characteristics |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom |
| Abstract: | In the UK social work with abused children and their families has long been subject to changing conceptions, policies and practices. Post-war concerns about child cruelty, 'battered child syndrome' and non-accidental injury have been superseded by the current concern with child protection. Such changes are linked to the dominance of neo-liberalism and associated managerialism, resulting in a narrower, truncated role for social work as practitioners concentrate on speedily completing bureaucracy. Now the overall priority is to ration resources and assess/manage risk together with changing the behaviour and lifestyles of parents/carers under the threat of losing their child(ren) to adoption. In contrast, this article calls for a critical child protection, a relationship-based practice which acknowledges social justice issues and works towards a more just and equal society. Despite challenges arising from the neo-liberal world, such critical social work involves a humane practice of working alongside children and families with parents/carers supported and encouraged regarding the issues of concern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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