Social work and the media: A collaborative challenge

Stanfield, Deborah; Beddoe, Liz

doi:10.11157/anzswj-vol25iss4id62

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“…Stanfield and Beddoe (2013) note that the New Zealand social work experience is similar to that in the United Kingdom, albeit with less focus on individual public scapegoating. Brown (2000) noted an impact on social work retention in Child Youth and Family of 'the cumulative, caustic effects of negative media portrayal and poor public perception' (p. 51).…”

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Public perception of social work and social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand

Staniforth

Fouché

Beddoe

2016

ANZSWJ

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There have been limited studies that have looked at how the public perceive social workers and the profession of social work. This study reports results of a telephone survey in which 386 members of the public in Aotearoa New Zealand were asked about their beliefs and impressions about social work and social workers. Study findings demonstrate that members of the public surveyed appeared relatively well informed about what social workers do, and were generally positive in their views.

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Section: Media Representationmentioning

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Public perception of social work and social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand

Staniforth

Fouché

Beddoe

2016

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“…Toks negatyvios ir priešiškos informacijos srautas ne tik verčia nepasitikėti savo sprendimais, bet ir riboja VTAS veiklą, kuri nuo veiksmingos vaiko apsaugos gali pakrypti prie įrodymų rinkimo, reikalingo kaltinimams atremti. Dėl šios priežasties labai svarbu formuoti socialiai atsakingus žurnalistus, išmintimi medijose pasižyminčius atsakingus specialistus ir bendradarbiaujantį požiūrį, nukreiptą į socialinį teisingumą ir demokratiją (Stanfield, Beddoe, 2013).…”

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Societal and Political Pressure on Child Protection: The Perspective of Child Protection Professionals

Tamutienė¹,

Auglytė²

2018

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Although goals of child protection policy are defined by law and the institutional implementation system is in place, the practical protection of the child is not sufficiently effective. Effective child protection is adversely affected by the so-called social (fear of children being subjected to violence) and institutional risk (high workload, excessive bureaucracy, etc.) that arise in the practical process of child protection. The purpose of this article is to investigate the experiences of the children's rights protection specialists (CRPS) during the process of the social risk management, and to characterise the context of social, political and mass media pressure on the CRPS, its impacts and solutions in the daily work of CRPS in Lithuania. Article is based on analysis data of 10 semi-structured qualitative interviews with children's rights protection specialist conducted in 2018 March-April. It has been established that controversial policy goals are being addressed in the field of child protection, which oblige CRPS to preserve a child's family and, at the same time, protect the child from domestic violence. In everyday practice, matching these goals poses many challenges. CRPS experiences a negative attitude from the public, mistrust of their work, the issue of their decisions, accusations and pressures through mass media and politicians who influence on a constant workload and stress. CRPS is confronted with extremely difficult situations in its work only rely on informal support from colleagues and individual strategies for coping with stress. Structured CRPS support tools are not implemented. As a result particularly in the context of public cases specialists remain single, accused and without support. Such work environment encourages employees to burn out, emotional overload, insensitivity, and other factors that reduce work efficiency. It is recommended to implement structural stress-strain strategies that would enable all kinds of support to specialists, help them more objectively look at situations and share decision-making responsibilities. It is very important to form socially responsible journalists, since the publication of negative and inaccurate news only undermines confidence of VTAS, undermines their professionalism, complicates the day-to-day work of child protection.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.17.3.21954

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“…The portrayal of social work has been of concern to social workers, professional bodies, employers, and funders of services for many decades (Aldridge, 1990;Condie et al, 1978;Franklin and Parton, 1991;Pollak, 1961) throughout the Western world. While little research has been conducted in New Zealand, negative portrayal has been recognised as a professional issue by several authors (Lytollis, 1996;Stanfield and Beddoe, 2013). Social work in New Zealand is subject to very similar professional and political challenges to those reported in international literature.…”

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‘Proud of what I do but often … I would be happier to say I drive trucks’: Ambiguity in social workers’ self-perception

Beddoe

Staniforth

Fouché

2017

Qualitative Social Work

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A public perception of social work research programme commenced 10 years after the introduction of limited professional registration of social workers in New Zealand. A first study explored public perceptions of social workers via a telephone survey. In a second study, social workers were asked, amongst other questions, how they thought the public would respond to the same questions about their profession that were asked in the first survey. An online survey accessed the views of 403 social workers and generated rich quantitative and qualitative responses, including to two very specific open questions (the focus of this article), first about social workers’ expression of pride and second, felt stigma as potentially encountered in their professional and personal domains. These two concepts, pride and stigma, constitute organising constructs in this article, along with aspects of professional identity expressed in participants’ imagining of the public view: ambivalence, hard work, difficult journeys, professional virtues, and being misunderstood. The complexity of a social work professional identity is further examined.

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Social work and the media: A collaborative challenge

Cited by 22 publications

References 40 publications

Public perception of social work and social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand

Public perception of social work and social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand

Societal and Political Pressure on Child Protection: The Perspective of Child Protection Professionals

‘Proud of what I do but often … I would be happier to say I drive trucks’: Ambiguity in social workers’ self-perception

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