A Happy New Year to all readers of Qualitative Social Work. This is my first editorial for the
journal since I became Associate Editor in 2016. I want to use it to write a piece about a …

This thesis is concerned with the methods that accomplish a central project of child
protection social work, parental self-transformation. Face-to-face practice in child protection …

Kotikäyntityön lisääntyminen on seurausta hyvinvointityön kentällä tapahtuneesta
kotikäänteestä (ks. kotikäänteestä tarkemmin luku 2). Sen myötä erilaiset hyvinvointityön …

This study examines “body work” in the context of home‐based substance abuse care in
Finland, which is provided to adults with intoxicant problems and needing short‐and long …

InthispaperIwilldrawonmyownresearchwith… men (Roy et al. 2015; Hughes, Roy, and
Manley 2015) to explore the epistemological, methodological, and relational possibilities …

Interdisciplinary contributions to social work have supported the profession's development
as a helping profession. Indeed, drawing from other disciplines has been a way to hone …

Hyvinvointipalveluiden kehittämistoiminnassa ja erilaisten toimitilaratkaisujen avulla
tavoitellaan samanaikaisesti sekä palveluiden asiakaslähtöisyyttä ja saavutettavuutta että …

In shifting environments common to peace and conflict research, methodological grounding
is rooted in the fluctuating roles undertaken by the researcher through time and space as …

In the wake of riots in towns and cities across England in 2011, the UK coalition government
launched the Troubled Families Programme, which aimed to 'turn around'the lives of the …

The professional judgements made by child and family social workers are crucially important
for the welfare and protection of vulnerable children. Social workers make assessments of …