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From parental engagement to the engagement of social work services : discussing reductionist and democratic forms of partnership with families
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Author
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Abstract
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| Social work has moved from a child protection discourse towards a child welfare discourse that views the relationship between social workers and families as a partnership. Partnership with families in the field of child protection and child welfare, however, mirrors diverse ideological motives of social policy, civil society and practice. We engage in a theoretical discussion of different interpretations of partnership. We draw a primary distinction between reductionist and democratic forms of partnership with families. In a reductionist approach, social workers activate parents in order to realize the goals set by social work. A democratic approach to partnership refers to a shared responsibility between social workers, parents and children. In this approach, effective partnership is not something to be realized as an outcome, but a point of departure that implies a joint search for meaning and an experiment with which social workers engage. This engagement presents non-participation not as problematic but as an essential element of participation. The focus then shifts from a methodical approach to partnership how to activate people to participate in the care process to the question of how the engagement of social workers can be constructed together with families. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Child and family social work. - Oxford
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Publication
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Oxford
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2013
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ISSN
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1356-7500
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1365-2206
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DOI
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10.1111/J.1365-2206.2012.00864.X
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Volume/pages
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18
(2013)
, p. 449-457
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ISI
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000323898500007
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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