Category Archives: Open Access

Prejudice and preconception: Social work & the Media – Opinion piece by: Bronagh Miskelly

When in 2008 the Baby P case hit the headlines, I found myself on live TV thinking: “Why am I here?” This wasn’t a philosophical crisis but rather a musing…

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An Interview with Annie Hudson Director of Children and Young People’s Services at Bristol Council

SWSCmedia:  What made you decide to do this programme with BBC? Annie Hudson:  We were approached by the BBC in autumn 2009 about doing a follow-up to ‘Someone to Watch…

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#SWSCmedia Debate Summary for 14-Feb-2012 – #ChildProtection Debate

Thank you everyone for participating in our #ChildProtection debate last Tuesday. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Below is the summary for the debate. We’re delighted…

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Every Child: Connecting the Local and International and Making a Difference in Children’s Lives – by: Anna Feuchtwang

There are at least 24 million children around the world living without parental care. As far as we know.  More shocking is that we don’t know for sure how many…

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Making Social Work Work: An International Perspective – Courtesy of Every Child

This literary review calls for families and children in developing countries to be supported in waysthat are appropriate to the conditions, culture and resources available rather than through approaches to…

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Engaging with involuntary and resistant parents in child protection work – by: Prof. Brian Littlechild

How do we   best go about  engaging  with involuntary and resistant parents in child protection work? From the evidence of recent Serious Case Reviews (SCRs), this could be seen as…

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Child Protection in Court – Countering Oppressive Practice – Opinion piece by: Sasha Williams

“Oppressive: Adj: Of the nature of or characterised by cruel or unjust exercise of authority or power; unreasonably harsh; tyrannical. weighing heavily on the mind, spirits or senses; depressing.” (Shorter…

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Protecting Our Children: #ChildProtection: A Helpful or an Oppressive Practice?

In follow up of Bristol Council’s important and courageous collaboration with BBC and the Open University to create a fly-on-the-wall mini-series #ProtectingOurChildren, we wish to explore the practice of child…

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Care and Support should be the primary Goals – Opinion piece by: Dr. Laura Lewis

To what degree are social work services caring and supportive, rather than controlling or solely focused on safeguarding?  This question is not purely academic in nature, as positive outcomes and…

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Reflections on Support vs. Safeguarding – Opinion piece by Nushra Mansuri @BASW_UK

I must admit, I think that this is a very contemporary debate, particularly in terms of last week’s excellent opening programme of the three part series  ‘Protecting our Children –…

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