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1. "Fighting the invisible system": A grounded theory study of the experiences of child protection social workers in England.

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Brazil, Charlie, Nolte, Lizette, Rishworth, Barbara, and Littlechild, Brian

Subjects
CHILD welfare, HEALTH systems agencies, MEDICAL care use, CORPORATE culture, GOVERNMENT policy, PROFESSIONAL practice, INTERPROFESSIONAL relations, CHILD health services, INTERVIEWING, SOCIAL services, SOCIAL worker attitudes, DECISION making, EXPERIENCE, REFLEXIVITY, SOCIAL case work, RESEARCH methodology, RESEARCH, MATHEMATICAL models, GROUNDED theory, THEORY, SOCIAL support, PROFESSIONAL competence, HOPE
Abstract

This article reports on an exploration of social workers' perspectives on the social policy and agency processes that shape their experiences of working in child protection services. A qualitative constructivist grounded theory methodology was employed, and 17 qualified social workers and managers were recruited. Social workers described working within an oppressive system, balancing unrealistic demands placed on them, and struggling to restore balance and hope. They shared how this filtered into the work they do with families and the role that relationality and peer support has in surviving the work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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2. Mania, meaning and gender : an exploratory study to investigate men's experiences of mania

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Rishworth, Barbara

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It is apparent from the literature that the accounts and descriptions of 'bipolar disorder' fail to capture the difficulties described by those who experience manic depression. The gender differences in diagnosis, the accounts and experience of manic depression (and specifically mania), have not been sufficiently explored. Furthermore, the majority of the research has been quantitative, and research that has looked at the "personal knowledge" (Peyrot, McMurry & Hedges, 1987) of individuals experiencing manic depression has been sparse. Paveley (2006) considered women's experiences within the context of their social, economic and relational lives. Paveley identified six themes: a) autonomy and the loss of control; b) maintaining a coherent sense of self; c)'paranoia'; d) a need for explanations; e) loss; and f) contradictory responses to depression. The aim of this study therefore was to explore men's experiences of mania (and depression) and to examine how conceptions of gender may have influenced those experiences within the context of their social, economic and relational lives. This study also reflected the extent to which men's experiences of mania accord with the concept of bipolar disorder. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore six men's accounts of mania (and depression) which were then analysed from a critical realist position using a qualitative approach, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Mania emerged as a complex phenomenon with related benefits and difficulties. Five themes were identified: a) Sexuality, Maleness, Femaleness and Mania; b) How I experience, relate to and value mania; c) relationships and mania; d) identity, self and where am T in the experience and e) search for explanations; "Why me? Why now? One theme was explicitly concerned with gender and how gender mediates and is impacted by mania. There was a compelling difference between the men's explicitly gendered accounts and the 'absence' of explicit gender reference in the women's accounts in Paveley's (2006) research. The theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed and further areas for research outlined.

Published
2009

4. Rethinking child protection and adoption: achieving social justice in practice

Author

Stevens, Clarissa, Proctor, Fran, Rishworth, Barbara, Boorman, Amanda, Unwin, Abbie, Featherstone, Brid, Bilson, Andrew, Stevens, Clarissa, Proctor, Fran, Rishworth, Barbara, Boorman, Amanda, Unwin, Abbie, Featherstone, Brid, and Bilson, Andrew

Abstract

This article presents contributions made at the ‘Rethinking Fostering and Adoption: Achieving Social Justice in Practice’ plenary at the 2019 Social Work Action Network conference. The contributors write from a variety of vantage points but share the view that the current child protection and adoption system in England requires radical transformation in order to become more humane, supportive and socially just. The article begins with an outline of the ‘investigative turn’ in children’s services and key findings from the adoption enquiry of the British Association of Social Workers. It goes on to argue, from lived experience perspectives, that we urgently need a new kind of children’s social care system that foregrounds support, rights, social inclusion and trauma prevention.

Published
2019

6. 'My children are my world': Raising the voices of birth mothers with substantial experience of counselling following the loss of their children to adoption or foster care.

Author

Nolte, Lizette, Rishworth, Barbara, Stevens, Clarissa, and Morgan, Hannah CM

Subjects
BIRTHPARENTS, PSYCHOLOGY of adopted children, COUNSELING, FOSTER home care, INTERVIEWING, MEDICAL referrals, MENTAL healing, MOTHER-child relationship, SOCIAL stigma, PSYCHOSOCIAL factors, ATTITUDES of mothers
Abstract

There is very little published literature on 'what works' in terms of support for birth mothers following the loss of their children to compulsory adoption or foster care. The aim of this article is to raise the voices of a group of birth mothers, a historically stigmatised, powerless and neglected group, with substantial experience of counselling following the loss of a child. A user of services and expert by experience was recruited to join the research team and was consulted at all stages of the research process. Five birth mothers were interviewed regarding their experiences of involvement with a counselling service for birth relatives post-child removal. These interviews were systematically analysed using an IPA methodology through the lens of the research question: What are the experiences of birth mothers who engage in person-centred counselling following the loss of a child or children to compulsory adoption or foster care? Three master themes were constructed from the data: 'From feeling alone, judged and let down ... to feeling part of a special relationship', 'The healing process' and 'My children are my world'. The clinical invitations extended by these findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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