The need for professionals to use reflection to learn about and develop their practice is now
a universally stated goal. In social work however there has been little research into whether …

Social workers' constructions of children and childhood are central to how professionals
interact with children and support their needs. The aim of this integrative review was to …

The home visit is a key aspect of child and family social work. Following the announcement
of lockdown in England, all but the most urgent of home visits 'went virtual'overnight. During …

Framed as an extension of Noddings' notion of the 'ethic of care,'the paper sets out an
argument about 'Professional Love'as both a term to comprehend the reciprocal pedagogic …

Parental dying is a life changing experience for children. This study explores children's
strategies and (inter) actions in their everyday life when facing critically ill parents and …

While recognition that some service users do not want social work involvement has grown in
recent years, little research has explored what relationships between social workers and …

Social work in the United Kingdom is preoccupied with what social workers cannot do due to
having limited time to spend with service users. Yet remarkably little research has examined …

Communication skills are fundamental to social work, yet few studies have directly evaluated
their impact. In this study, we explore the relationship between skills and outcomes in 127 …

This paper outlines research findings on the relevance of the Secure Base model (Schofield
& Beek, 2014) for developing supportive teams in child and family social work. When the …

Within the context of Norwegian Child Welfare Services, children's best interests are often
promoted through inter‐professional collaboration. Although children have the right and …