From 'no further action' to taking action: England's shifting social work responses to extra-familial harm
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University of BedfordshireIssue Date
2021-07-15Subjects
social workneoliberalism
extra-familial harm
parental responsibility
contextual safeguarding
child protection
Subject Categories::L500 Social Work
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In 2018, England’s safeguarding guidelines were amended to explicitly recognise a need for child protection responses to extra-familial harms. This article explores the feasibility of these amendments, using quantitative and qualitative analysis of case-file data, as well as reflective workshops, from five children’s social care services in England and Wales, in the context of wider policy and practice frameworks that guide the delivery of child protection systems and responses to harm beyond families. Green shoots of contextual social work practice were evident in the data set. However, variance within and across participating services raises questions about whether contextual social work responses to extra-familial harm are sustainable in child protection systems dominated by a focus on parental responsibility. Opportunities to use contextual responses to extra-familial harm as a gateway to reform individualised child protection practices more broadly are also discussed.Citation
Firmin C, Lloyd J, Walker J, Owens R (2022) 'From 'no further action' to taking action: England's shifting social work responses to extra-familial harm', Critical and Radical Social Work, 10 (1), pp.57-75.Publisher
Policy PressJournal
Critical and Radical Social WorkType
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enISSN
2049-8608EISSN
2049-8675Sponsors
This work was supported by the National Lottery Community Fund under Grant 10327066.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1332/204986021X16231574711145