2019
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcz119
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From Snapshots of Practice to a Movie: Researching Long-Term Social Work and Child Protection by Getting as Close as Possible to Practice and Organisational Life

Abstract: Gillian (2019) From snapshots of practice to a movie: Researching long-term social work and child protection by getting as close as possible to practice and organisational life. British Journal of Social Work.

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“…Our longitudinal design included a case-study approach (see Ferguson et al, 2020b), where we tracked the work that was done by social workers with selected families over the 9 months. We also interviewed 21 parents and one grandparent, most of whom (17) were involved in these longitudinal case-studies.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Our longitudinal design included a case-study approach (see Ferguson et al, 2020b), where we tracked the work that was done by social workers with selected families over the 9 months. We also interviewed 21 parents and one grandparent, most of whom (17) were involved in these longitudinal case-studies.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This was achieved through the use of a hybrid approach combining audio telephone calls, video calls with the family, the use of photos and video films (via WhatsApp) and inperson encounters. While the worker could not hold the baby physically, through her virtual and in-person availability, her kindness and reliability, she held her and her parents 'in mind' and this generated a trusting relationship that promoted parental esteem and skills, self-efficacy and contributed to healing past traumas (Ferguson et al, 2020b;Ruch et al, 2018). On-screen relating and the achievement of 'digital intimacy' (Pink et al, 2021) was a vital part of this.…”
Section: Hybrid Practice: Integrating Face-to-face Digital and Humane Practicementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Relational approaches are acknowledged as the basis for effective collaborative practice -the effectiveness of helping children and families in CPS is related to the collaborative relationship between the worker and the family, with an emphasis on the quality of that relationship (Munro, 2011) and the ability to work together in partnership (Milner & O'Byrne, 2009;Roesch-Marsh, Gillies & Green, 2017). Several authors agree that the relationship between the professional and the client constitutes the primary mechanism for achieving beneficial transformations (Bolin, 2018;Ferguson, Leigh, Cooner, Beddoe, Disney, Warwick & Plumridge, 2020;Segal 2013). De Jong andBerg (2001) view engaging and building a relationship as the basis for collaboration with involuntary parents.…”
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“…In presenting the findings key scenes from the data are selected that typify what was said and done and the atmospheres of encounters and experiences over time, their smells, sounds, moods, emotional textures -in essence, how the work and relationships felt. This qualitative longitudinal approach (Neale, 2019) enables the drawing out of key patterns of relating between social workers and service users and how they were influenced over the course of a year by the ebbs and flows of what was going on in the family and the organisation -what we have elsewhere called the 'seasons of social work' (Ferguson et al, 2019).…”
Section: Researching Long-term Practice and Relationshipsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This paper seeks to contribute to filling this gap in knowledge by drawing on an ethnographic study that used participant observation to explore how social workers establish, develop and sustain long term relationships with children and parents in child protection cases and how this is influenced by organisational life, staff support and supervision. Fifteen months of fieldwork were spent with social workers, the first three months of which were used to identify a sample of 30 cases that were then shadowed for as long as they were open for up to a year (Ferguson et al, 2019).…”
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