It is well known that in cases in which abused children have died, social workers and other
professionals did not relate to them effectively—the phenomenon now known as the …

Little research has been done into what social workers do in everyday child protection
practice. This paper outlines the broad findings from an ethnographic study of face‐to‐face …

Social work and child protection literature, policy and practice discussions largely ignore the
core experience of doing the work. Little attention is given to where it is performed, and in …

Research studies and inquiry reports in the UK have consistently highlighted children's
wishes for social workers to demonstrate honesty, reliability and continuity in their …

Are abused children, non-abusing parents, and social workers in a hostage-like situation?
This is the contention of Stanley and Goddard who in their empirically based examination of …

Research into child and family social work has largely stopped short of getting close enough
to practice to produce understandings of what goes on between social workers and service …

Research into social work practice and inquiries into cases in which practitioners are
deemed to have failed to protect children and vulnerable adults are predominantly focused …

One of the key lessons learnt in the UK from the Laming Inquiry into the death of Victoria
Climbié was the importance of social workers developing consistent and long‐term …

The study of social defences against anxiety used within institutions has a long history,
beginning with the seminal work of Isobel Menzies Lyth, who examined the reasons for the …

This article presents findings from a survey of the experiences of child protection workers in
England when working with parents who exhibit aggression and violence. This work …