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The article reports that the inaugural periodical as Editor-in-Chief coincides with several exciting changes. Topics include examines to welcome the addition of a new Assistant editor, Yun Chen, and a recently appointed Book Reviews editor, Deirdre Lanesskog, who also moves into her new role as Associate editor.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including early career researchers in social work, social pedagogy in Great Britain, and therapy for trauma patients.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including development in the qualitative research methods, impact of art work on the public and effect of social studies on society.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses the contents within the issue, including articles on topics such as social work for women; youth service providers in Hong Kong, China; and resilience-promoting practices in women in South Africa.

An introduction to the journal is presented which discusses articles published within the issue on topics including the process of constructing narratives of older couples on how they make retirement decisions, grief post-suicide, and personal strategies and social support as important to the resilience of asylum seekers from Darfur, Sudan.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including social work research, feminist memory work, and post-disaster research with refugee background peer researchers.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the participatory research with older people, research and technology, and the emotional impact of social work on practitioners.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue including one by Monika Wilinska on old age in Japan and another by Pooja Sawrikar on cultural diversity and the representation of minority ethnic families in child protection services.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the decision-making process related to assisted living (AL), health care for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, and the role of social care workers in community care.

This article is an in-depth reflection on the author’s 10 year experience of editing a qualitative social work research journal. The process issues of managing authors and reviewers are discussed as are the methodological and theoretical challenges involved in the submission and review process. The article concludes with an assessment of the present status and future direction of the journal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors reflects on the phrase "qualitative social work" coined by Ian Shaw and Roy Ruckdeschel, which enabled them to promote creative ideas and approaches to help young scholars explore new spaces. They state that the current issue emphasizes research ethics and social work research with articles on topics such as Identity with regard to the Danish welfare system, health social work and Asperger’s Syndrome.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including challenges represented by immigration, problems in the world of foster care, and the choice-making processes of disabled young people.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including social work programme of the journal, decision making on parents, child welfare system inequalities and quantitative research in the child protection system.