The aim of this article is to present empirical evidence on the factors that facilitate the
emergence of moral suffering and the consequences of the phenomenon in social workers …

In human service organizations, staff are a key factor for ensuring quality and success. This
is also the case in residential youth care. Staff turnover and shortages thus pose a serious …

This article examines how police-assisted gang desistance in Denmark is run on the
backdrop of a particular kind of 'relational work'that focuses on relationships as the basis for …

Internationally, particularly in anglophone countries, there are increasing calls for a new
vision for child welfare involving significant shifts in service delivery from a statutory …

Introduction: As part of advocating for clients, it is a requirement for social workers to
understand structures and power bases which sustain social injustices. This article …

The quality of the helping relationship is experienced when theories and principles are
enacted in practice. Here, the people social workers seek to serve are able to decide …

Child and family social work–particularly child protection-is recognised as an emotionally
demanding job with implications for worker resilience, retention, and the quality of decision …

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el nivel de burnout (agotamiento) en trabajadores/as
sociales de la Región de Ñuble de Chile y estudiar la asociación de fenómenos laborales …

This chapter contains reports on violence and victimization experienced by children and
young people. This can trigger experienced trauma. Please be aware of this when reading …

This October 2022 issue of Australian Social Work marks both endings and beginnings.
What unites the nine papers in this Issue is their clear focus on social work education …