Do families in poverty need child and family social work?

Schiettecat, Tineke; Roets, Griet; Vandenbroeck, Michel

doi:10.1080/13691457.2014.953916

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“…Previous research indicates that there is little knowledge about the (diverse) everyday lived and contextualised experiences of parents (Schiettecat et al, ). This is also a concern in research on parents experiencing unemployment (Dyson, Gorin, Hooper, & Cabral, ).…”

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“…The global financial crisis that erupted in 2008 had, and still has, serious consequences for economic growth and unemployment levels worldwide (Crettaz, ; Hanan, ; Hujo & Gaia, ; Karanikolos et al, ; OECD, ). Together with other previous and ongoing profound demographic, social and economic changes since the 1980s, scholars have observed the emergence of a neoliberal social investment paradigm in several European welfare states (Anthony, King, & Austin, ; Cantillon, ; Dwyer, ; Gray, ; Hujo & Gaia, ; Lorenz, ; Schiettecat, Roets, & Vandenbroeck, ). Within this paradigm, human capital investment strategies and the objective of full labour market participation are considered as ways to ensure social justice and economic efficiency, rather than focussing on social protection and the redistribution of resources and power (Hanan, ; Pentaraki, ; van Hooren, Kaasch, & Starke, ).…”

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Families with young children in times of economic downturn: Implications for social work practice

2017

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In response to the global financial crisis, social policies in Europe and elsewhere incorporated a logic of social investment to reduce (child) poverty and social inequality. Several critiques, however, have been raised against the narrowness of this discourse. In order to introduce another way of seeing, an interview study was conducted inspired by the interpretative paradigm of lifeworld orientation. This has allowed us to acquire a critical, in‐depth understanding of the consequences of economic downturn and unemployment for families with young children (0–3 years old), from their point of view. Findings highlight the importance of listening to parents here and now, in order to be able to take account of their concrete, lived realities within the context of the broader society and critically assess these realities according to principles of human dignity and social justice. Implications for social work practice are discussed.

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Families with young children in times of economic downturn: Implications for social work practice

2017

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“…Rather than protecting children in poverty as supposed "victims" of the so-called "bad" education of parents, we argue that poor children are always children of poor parents (Mestrum, 2011). In that sense, we argue that combating the wicked issue of child poverty can only be significant when it is embedded in a rights-oriented approach (Anthony, King, & Austin, 2011;Smith et al, 2008), in which the realization of children's rights is always interrelated with a proactive realization of the welfare rights of their parents (see Lister, 2006;Schiettecat et al 2014).…”

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Dealing with the wicked issue of child poverty: Inter‐organizational networks as forums for collective debate and reflection

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In the international realm, inter-organizational networking is perceived as a highly relevant instrument in social policy that enables welfare organizations to deal with "wicked issues." In this article, we discuss the central empirical findings acquired from a recent qualitative research project that focuses on inter-organizational networks that were formed at the local level to deal with the wicked issue of child poverty as a complex and multidimensional social problem. We explore how the network discussions about normative value orientations in four inter-organizational networks evolve, and identify three central fields of tension that illustrate the complexity for local welfare actors in and across networks to create network strategies in dealing with child poverty: (a) selective versus universal provision, (b) conditional versus unconditional strategies, and (c) instrumental versus lifeworld-oriented approaches. Our findings show that networks can function as valuable forums for collective debate and reflection, since different approaches and perspectives to tackle the problem of child poverty can be confronted with each other. Creating such a forum has the potential to challenge dominant conceptualizations and undesirable assumptions of complex social problems that are present in welfare practices and policies.

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“…A prominent mandate to support families and – by extension – to realize their mobility out of poverty has consequently been attributed to Child and Family Social Work (CFSW), thus capturing the problem of poverty in terms of education and activation of both children and their parents (Schiettecat et al . ). In this respect, it is argued that support tends to be directed towards predetermined objectives grounded in the ideal of transforming citizens depending on state assistance into active, self‐sufficient individuals (Clarke, ), which has immediately been linked to their mobility out of poverty (European Commission, ; OECD, ).…”

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“…Over the last decades, anti-poverty policies in European welfare states have endorsed the idea that the main route out of (child) poverty is paved by the equalization of developmental opportunities of future adults, parental support and integration into the labour market (Frazer & Marlier, 2014). A prominent mandate to support families andby extensionto realize their mobility out of poverty has consequently been attributed to Child and Family Social Work (CFSW), thus capturing the problem of poverty in terms of education and activation of both children and their parents (Schiettecat et al 2015). In this respect, it is argued that support tends to be directed towards predetermined objectives grounded in the ideal of transforming citizens depending on state assistance into active, self-sufficient individuals (Clarke, 2005), which has immediately been linked to their mobility out of poverty (European Commission, 2011;OECD, 2012).…”

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What families in poverty consider supportive: welfare strategies of parents with young children in relation to (child and family) social work

Schiettecat

Roets

Vandenbroeck

2016

Child & Family Social Work

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In current European Welfare states, Child and Family Social Work has been assigned a pivotal role in constructing a route out of (child) poverty. The direction, processes and outcomes of these interventions are, however, rarely negotiated with the families involved. Based on a retrospective biographical research with parents of young children who experienced financial difficulties over time, this paper therefore seeks to uncover and understand how parents give meaning to welfare which strategies they accordingly develop and how these perspectives and welfare strategies interact with Child and Family Social Work interventions. We aim to acquire knowledge about how interventions are constructed, interpreted and being used as potentially supportive levers in realizing the well-being of parents and children in poverty situations and explore how they may influence families’ routes out of poverty. Drawing on Lister’s analytical framework of agency within the bounds of structural constraints, our research provides insights in the essentially complex, multi-layered and paradoxical nature of support and suggests that support cannot simply be perceived as synonymous to mobility out of poverty

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Do families in poverty need child and family social work?

Cited by 19 publications

References 51 publications

Families with young children in times of economic downturn: Implications for social work practice

Families with young children in times of economic downturn: Implications for social work practice

Dealing with the wicked issue of child poverty: Inter‐organizational networks as forums for collective debate and reflection

What families in poverty consider supportive: welfare strategies of parents with young children in relation to (child and family) social work

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